Best Grill for Pontoon

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Best Grill for Pontoon

#1 Post by diesel1978 » Tue May 29, 2012 1:58 pm

I'm looking for some people with experience using Grills made for pontoons to help me find a good one. I've used a wal-mart small gas grill one and it just isn't working out.

Ideally i'd like one that mounts to the rail or something.

Anybody have any good experience with one?










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Re: Best Grill for Pontoon

#2 Post by BobG » Tue May 29, 2012 2:06 pm

We just had a thread on this exact subject, a week or two ago.

That being said, I'm just not crazy about the typical grills that mount to the top-rail of the boat. It MAY be because I have so much room on my boat, that I can set one up between the forward fishing chairs, and have 360 degree access. Do I use a greasy old portable grill though? No that would be way too easy! I have a custom made stainless fire-pit, with a 6 inch "banjo" burner (can you say 65,000 BTU's?). I had to go with a 0-40 PSI regulator on it. I generally use a 14" wok on it.
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Re: Best Grill for Pontoon

#3 Post by Woody » Tue May 29, 2012 2:09 pm

BobG wrote:.....No that would be way too easy! I have a custom made stainless fire-pit, with a 6 inch "banjo" burner (can you say 65,000 BTU's?). I had to go with a 0-40 PSI regulator on it. I generally use a 14" wok on it.

Let's see that bad boy !

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Re: Best Grill for Pontoon

#4 Post by BobG » Tue May 29, 2012 2:16 pm

Woody wrote:Let's see that bad boy !
Well, no pics right now, but here's a link to the burner: http://www.bayouclassiccooking.com/6quo ... urne6.html Oh, and I guess the regulator is only 30 PSI: http://www.bayouclassiccooking.com/hiprreva.html

When you close off the air control on the burner, you get yellow flames up to about 2 feet high.
With the air control closed down, it sounds like a jet engine, and actually warped the steel grill I originally had.

Now the "pit" started out as a Coleman Pack-Away portable fireplace grill: http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-Pack-Away ... 452&sr=8-1

Here's what it looks like with charcoal in it:
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It's 22" in diameter. And it hardly gets hot underneath at all with the propane burner.

That stainless steel bowl was a killer to drill and cut for the banjo burner!
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#5 Post by curtiscapk » Tue May 29, 2012 2:28 pm

Woody wrote:
BobG wrote:.....No that would be way too easy! I have a custom made stainless fire-pit, with a 6 inch "banjo" burner (can you say 65,000 BTU's?). I had to go with a 0-40 PSI regulator on it. I generally use a 14" wok on it.

Let's see that bad boy !

I'm in the process of designing something to hold a small Big Green Egg on mine. :nana
This is on the charter we rent every year on vacation out of Dauphin island. It may give you an idea :idea: :idea:
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Re: Best Grill for Pontoon

#6 Post by oldcoot » Tue May 29, 2012 2:58 pm

We have a small gas grill from Wallyworld too...but...we got rail mounts for it..from Extreme Marine....just drilled a coupla holes in the bottom of the grill and wing nuts...perfect. :nana
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Re: Best Grill for Pontoon

#7 Post by woolznaz » Tue May 29, 2012 3:35 pm

Diesel, when you say the small gas grill is just not working out, what is keeping it from working out? I am thinking about going the cheap route this summer and getting a small, portable, gas grill for the toon rather than spend the money on a nice Magma -- at least try it for a season is what I am thinking since they can be bought for $30. It sounds like you are ahead of me, so can you tell my why you are moving on to something better? Maybe I should not waste the $30 and just get a nice one to start with. Any thoughts? Thanks!
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Re: Best Grill for Pontoon

#8 Post by Old Dog » Tue May 29, 2012 4:01 pm

diesel1978 wrote:I'm looking for some people with experience using Grills made for pontoons to help me find a good one. I've used a wal-mart small gas grill one and it just isn't working out.

Ideally i'd like one that mounts to the rail or something.

Anybody have any good experience with one?


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Here's a link to a shot of a rail mounted one. As a result of seeing this I went out and bought the size up from this. I included some pics of the mounting hardware (bought separately) and a page from the owner's manual.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12292&start=0

Personally, I haven't used it yet, and Kim hadn't either when she posted.
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#9 Post by bruuuuce » Tue May 29, 2012 4:28 pm

In my opinion the Magma Kettle Grill is the only way to go.

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#10 Post by mike » Wed May 30, 2012 10:36 am

I cant say enough good things about my little stainless grill. I use it more camping and on park benches than on my boat but its the perfect size in my opinion.

http://grill4all.com/

It has a mounting tab on the front so you can hang it over a rail on your toon (which I have done many times).
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#11 Post by curtiscapk » Wed May 30, 2012 11:07 am

HOw you been MIKE!!! Did you end up keeping your toon?
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#12 Post by rwtdct » Wed May 30, 2012 5:43 pm

I too bought one from Walmart to set on a rack I built. It works great, it stays mounted as I motor down the lake. No prob. I do take it off when its time to go home. It takes about 2 min. to take it off. It took me a couple of hours to build once I had all material. Paint added a little time.

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Re: Best Grill for Pontoon

#13 Post by STEVEBRENDA » Thu May 31, 2012 6:18 am

Anybody come up w2it ha chheaper mounting optuion for the Magma? $50+ for mounting hardware seems pretty pricey.
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#14 Post by mike » Thu May 31, 2012 8:33 am

curtiscapk wrote:HOw you been MIKE!!! Did you end up keeping your toon?
Doing great, just busy! Yes, still have the pontoon but sold the motorhome. I am going to take it in soon and get it running good so we can use it more this year I hope!
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Re: Best Grill for Pontoon

#15 Post by curtiscapk » Thu May 31, 2012 11:39 am

mike wrote:
curtiscapk wrote:HOw you been MIKE!!! Did you end up keeping your toon?
Doing great, just busy! Yes, still have the pontoon but sold the motorhome. I am going to take it in soon and get it running good so we can use it more this year I hope!
Great idea finally got ours going after being down all last year.. Worth every penny :thumbsup
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