Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

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?










Mark


Blue Pelican Marina
5000 Calienta Street, Hernando Beach, FL
(352) 610-9999 ‎ · bluepelicanmarina.com

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.

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.

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:


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!

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.

This is on the charter we rent every year on vacation out of Dauphin island. It may give you an idea

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.

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!

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?


Cheers!


Mark


Blue Pelican Marina
5000 Calienta Street, Hernando Beach, FL
(352) 610-9999 ‎ · bluepelicanmarina.com

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.

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

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).

HOw you been MIKE!!! Did you end up keeping your toon?

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.

Anybody come up w2it ha chheaper mounting optuion for the Magma? $50+ for mounting hardware seems pretty pricey.

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!

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