The Outsunny Charcoal Grill Review – Mastery Of The Grill

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Let me introduce you to the Outsunny charcoal grill. You have chosen to learn how to master the grill which is great for beginners to learn the art of grilling. I believe after reading this review you will have a better understanding of the Outsunny charcoal grill. This journey will teach you the fundamentals of how to grill and smoke while not losing any flavor in the process.

The Outsunny Charcoal Grill is great for beginners; as you gain experience with this grill, you find new ways to add flavor! Heat, smoke, airflow, and better flavors are just part of what you learn as you master the grill. Using this grill, allows you to learn how to grill and apply that knowledge. As you learn, you will start combining your newfound knowledge with your ideas of what grilling should be.

While putting your knowledge into practice; you find that using the Outsunny charcoal grill was perhaps the best and easiest decision you could have made. The Outsunny grill teaches you about heat, timing, marinades, and flavor in ways that make it easy to duplicate the process, more than expected. You have begun learning about heat, flavor, timing, costs, and great times with family and friends.

A Frequently Asked Question

Overview Of The Outsunny Charcoal Grill

As you learn about your grill, you will find that you are learning more about heat, flavor, and great times. You will learn how to combine heat with marinades creates great flavor. As you learn about marinades, you also learn about flavored woods to create your signature flavor.

To your great surprise, learning to grill with the Outsunny charcoal grill is easy. Preparing savory, flavorful meals is now becoming second nature to you. Others are wanting to learn your secrets for great-tasting grilled food. You owe much of your success to the Outsunny grill which was so easy to learn to use.

Assembling Your Outsunny Charcoal Grill

The best method to assemble your grill is to follow the manual. I recommend following the manual and possibly watching some videos. If you do not follow the manual during the assembly process, you may have difficulties, which will increase your frustration.

Opening the box your grill comes in, you may feel there is no way for this to all go together. You have never assembled anything in your life but now you have a grill. With parts everywhere, you are about to attempt to put your grill together, no problem, they included an owner’s manual for you to follow.

When you open the box with your grill, the first thing you want to do is find the owner’s manual. Following these step-by-step directions allows you to assemble your grill with very few problems. By following the owner’s manual, you locate the names and numbers for the parts. Just lay all the parts out in a manner where you can identify each of them. Once, you have identified the parts, it is time to assemble your grill.

If you did not receive an owner’s manual, go to the Outsunny website and download the instructions. Follow the instructions the way they are laid out, you should have no problems with assembling your new grill. It should only take you about an hour to put your new grill together.

Your First Burn

I know! I know! You are ready to start grilling and have waited so long to start. This step is one of the most important steps for getting the best flavor and use from your grill. The first burn is used to find where you may have leaks. This burn is also designed to remove any residue leftover from the manufacturing process. Who wants to eat food that tastes as if it came from a factory?

Your first burn in your firebox allows you to find any leaks you may have. Not all new grills will have smoke leakage. With a new grill, it is better to do this first burn to locate any smoke leaks than to find it out when you are using it for the first time. Your fire should only be between 350F-450F. This allows your grill to heat up enough to burn off any leftover manufacturing residue. It should be producing enough smoke so you can find where any leaks may be.

Finding The Smoke

You should be able to see where the smoke is coming from; this will allow you to make any adjustments needed. Finding the smoke is important because those are also places where you are losing heat.

You have a variety of heat seal gaskets to choose from, For one I use a LavaLoc gasket to stop any leaks in my grills. You will need to measure the length of the lid and apply the gasket on the inside edge if needed. If the ends of the lid, if are leaking, will require you to apply the gasket to the bottom section where the lid comes down.

For the firebox, I automatically use a heat-resistant sealant around the opening of the firebox and grill. I do this during the assembly process of attaching the firebox to the body of the grill. This helps prevent any leaks before they happen.

Heat Management Is Your Friend

A common mistake that a new griller experience is an airflow or the lack of proper air movement. Being new to grilling, you have never heard of dampeners and have no idea how to adjust them. You can open or close your damper to help create the right amount of airflow. Windy days may present a challenge, having wheels on your grill allows you to change the position of your grill.

Most people new to grilling open the lid to check on their meat, that is a mistake to be avoided. You should have an idea of how long it takes to grill your food, you can check online or in a recipe book to get the proper cook times. Use a thermometer that has an accurate readout for the different types of meat, when you check the internal temperature, it should show you the temperature of your meat for doneness. You may have questions about opening your grill(don’t) for checking how your cooking is doing. Each time you open the lid you lose the heat! As the saying goes “if you’re lookin’ you ain’t cookin’ “.

In the firebox, I will use the chimney with a tumbleweed to get my charcoal to the right temperature then release it into the firebox. Once, I have released the hot charcoal into the firebox, I start adding small pieces of wood to achieve the desired temperature.

As you begin to learn about heat management, you will learn about direct and indirect heat. Direct heat is used for searing things like steaks, hamburgers, hot dogs, and vegetables. On the other hand, indirect heat is used more for slow cooking such as a brisket, pork butt or smoked chicken or turkey.

432 Square Inches Of Awesome

An easy item to begin your grilling domination is chicken leg quarters. Chicken is easy to grill and can be done quite easily by using your offset smoker. By using the offset smoker, you will be learning how to grill low and slow for exceptional flavor. This allows you to seal in all the flavors of the chicken without it becoming dried out and tough. That is just one example of how you could use your offset smoker to start your grilling experiences with. This will, in turn, give you many more ideas of items to grill and to experience more tasty goodness.

Keep The Flow

Position your grill so that the wind does not blow directly into your firebox. This will help eliminate excess air entering your firebox chamber or the cooking chamber. It also helps reduce the chance of ashes blowing onto your food.

Keeping Your Grill Clean Starts With Your Tools

Tools play a big part in how well you grill, you have a wide variety of tools to choose from. You can get by with a set of tongs, a spatula, and a digital thermometer. These are the basic tools you need when first starting out. You can add others as your budget allows. I will try to help you narrow down your choices so you stay within your budget. Using the right tools makes grilling a much more pleasurable experience.

Part of keeping your Outsunny grill in great shape is to by keeping it clean. One of the best ways to extend the life of your grill is to keep it clean when you are using it, when not in use it is best to use a grill cover to keep humidity and dust out. Some people prefer to use a grill brush to keep their grill clean. By keeping your grill grates clean, you don’t have to worry about old food from the grill and you are extending the life of your grill.

Benefits

The Outsunny Charcoal Grill with offset smoker is great for beginners. You don’t have to invest a ton of money into it for great results.

Changing locations is a breeze. The attached wheels make changing locations simple and easy; which helps maintain great air control.

You have enough room to start your grilling experience enough to ensure that you will be able to become a grill master in a short time.

Drawbacks

One disadvantage is the rolled steel is thin, which does little for heat retention.

You will need to verify that all the parts are there, there have been reports that some of the parts may be missing.

The smokestack may be larger than the opening in the top of the cooking chamber, which would require cutting the hole and making it larger for the smokestack to fit properly.

My Thoughts On The Outsunny Charcoal Grill

This grill may seem small with only 432 square inches of cooking space, but now is the time to learn about grilling techniques. You are just begun your grilling journey.

As you read your owner’s manual, you find some tips that will help you learn about heat management and how to use your grill for best results. You learn about the offset smoker and the main chamber so you can produce the right amount of smoke.

Many people find as their children leave home they no longer need a grill as large as before, so the Outsunny charcoal grill fits their needs better with less space. They find it to be more economical to use since they have less area to heat.

I find the Outsunny Charcoal grill best suited for those just learning to grill and for those who no longer need large cooking chambers. This grill has the ability to grill, sear, and smoke as well as any of the larger grills on the market.

For More Information On How To Assemble Your Outsunny

The following video will show you how to assemble your grill. This is just a generic video but it applies to most offset grill/smokers.

This grill offers exceptional value and is built to last for years.