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| Brand: Coleman
Category: Sports
List Price: $219.99
Buy New: $179.99
as of 9/7/2010 10:44 CDT details
You Save: $40.00 (18%)
New (5) from $179.99
Seller: Target.com/ITC
Rating:  133 reviews
Sales Rank: 1175
Color: Red & Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 47
Dimensions (in): 33 x 19 x 14
MPN: 9949-750
Model: 9949-750
UPC: 076501221565
EAN: 0076501221565
ASIN: B0009V1BDA
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Showing reviews 36-40 of 133
 Very pretty Gas Stove June 14, 2009
Jimbo (Texas)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've owned this grill for over a year now and had plenty of opportunity to use it, my conclusion: Don't confuse this with a barbecue grill. Despite the pictures used in the advertising, it doesn't work well for hot dogs, hamburgers, or steak - a ten dollar charcoal pan will produce a taster meal, be easier to clean up, easier to store, and cost way less money. This works better if you buy the wire grates and use it like a gas stove.
It's heavy, setup and teardown are not that easy and are best done with two people - it has a tendency to collapse into a noisy heap during setup/teardown or if you try to move it after set up since the legs don't lock in to place when it's raised. The lid doesn't lock down either - there is a latch but it is so loose it flops back and forth.
A sharp looking grill, but my old Colman two burner camp stove and folding camp cook table are more useful, easier to set up, and easier stow.
 IT REALLY WORKS June 4, 2009
R. Peck
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This little grill fired up right out the box. Easy assembly. Uses a small gas canister-$2.95 at Home Depot. Have cooked three meals with first gas can with some left over. Ideal for small spaces and e-z to move and store. You don't have go camping to use this-enough room for a meal for 4.
 KABOOM! How about a little quality control Coleman??? May 14, 2009
Elkmeister (Montana, USA)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I had an older version of the road trip that lasted for many outing with numerous rebuilds of components. It was a great grill but it finally got impractical to replace the parts. I picked up a new one in the LXE model. What a mistake. Not only is this thing ridiculously overcomplicated but it is dangerous. Cheap wheels to move it around(as opposed to the older lighter model that you simply moved), slide out shelves- whatever. Coleman took a simple and very useful grill and tuned it into this pimped out mess.
But the worst part is mine was dangerous. The tubing did not extent far enough into the burner orifice and the result is leaking propane. Makes for a cute flame coming out the front of the grill and that wonderful 4th of July sound when the extra gas build up. This is a problem identified in earlier reviews. Given that many people are happy with their grill and have no problems this becomes a case study in poor quality control. Gee the same Chinese that gave us lead toys- what a surprise.
My suggestion is that you can do far better for the money unless you get lucky and get one that works. But then some people look OK with no eyebrows so you may want to take a chance.
Good grill IF you mind a few common sense tips. April 6, 2009
MiloPickle (Troy, OH)
45 out of 46 found this review helpful
I am a died in the wool griller and Weber guy. We currently have three grills around the house; a horizontal smoker/charcoal grill, a Weber gas Silver C gas grill (10 years old, the best!!) and the Coleman Roadtrip. I bought this grill because I get stuck doing the cooking at other friends and relatives and always had to load up the Weber. This Roadtrip is the cat's meow for this type of grilling road show.
I was going to get a Weber Q but it doesn't have the cart, at least not at a sub $200 pricepoint. This grill does the job and then some. I used the grill five times in the last two weeks, trying different approaches and methods, and have come up with a few tips and tricks to make the grill work it's best. Please note that this grill is one of the best I have ever used and certainly better than the majority of gas grills I have used. It's no Weber, but then, it ain't 500 bucks either. So, on with the tips.
1. The burner has a "low" to "high" settings. The high settings are ONLY and I mean ONLY for using the burner attachment or griddle attachment. There is no need to use 20,000BTU's of heat on a grill this small. These guys that are melting handles and such are also ruining food with entirely too much heat. They ought to put this in the book, but they don't. So you read it hear first, been grilling for over 25 years, do NOT use the high setting for grilling...PERIOD! Think about it...my Weber, which is almost twice as big and has enough clearance built into the cover for a turkey or upright chicken, only has 40,000BTU. So 20,000 for a grill with a three inch clearance cover and burners less than an inch away from the food is way too much. NO HIGH!!! PERIOD...there, now I feel better.
2. Properly preheat the grill. Fire up the grill, set it to "MED", no higher (READ # 1!!!), close the cover, and let it run for 10 minutes. This will get the grates properly heated as well as everything else. This will allow for even heat for cooking.
NOTE: The cover for this grill (I am referring to the lid that covers the grill during cooking) is durable as long as you (say it with me, folks!) DON'T USE THE HIGH SETTING FOR GRILLING!! Now given that, even on the lowest of heat setting the lid will "warp" when heated. I would bet that even a good dose of sunlight would do this. It's no worries, but it does cause a potential issue. This happens to most grills but it's so little you never notice it. But on this grill, the lid lock pin slides down into a slot that only has about a 1/16" clearance. The cover then heats up, moving the lock very VERY slightly but just enough, causing the grill not to open easily because of the pin catching on the slot. TO avoid this, after unlocking and opening the grill cover, just turn the lever to the "lock" position prior to preheating. ADVANCED FIX: I think utilizing a bit of backyard engineering IE tinsnips to open up the slot for more clearance while still being able to lock the lid may do the trick. IN the interim, just flipping to lock will still allow the lid to close, but the lock pin won't slide into the slot. As far as the highly reported melting lid handle, I have made attempts to get the handle hot enough to melt with the grill on medium and have determined that it simply won't happen. No concern, as long as you FOLLOW RULE#1!!
3. Once preheated, do what you would do with a normal gas grill heat control utilizing the "Coleman Roadtrip Medium" setting as "HIGH." Most folks go to Medium on a gas grill, so that would be half way between MED and LOW on this grill. Make sense? Good. I usually cook a tick above halfway.
4. Now just use like a normal gas grill, keeping the cover closed at all times. I will state that even at these supposedly low heat settings, this grill does cook faster than my big Weber, so keep an eye out the first few times you use it.
5. Foil for cleanup of the drip pan? I don't like that idea. The shiny drip pan cleans up so easily it's not required. Also, there is a problem if the foil is wrinkled at all you won't have proper draining of the grease, resulting in flair up and fire. I use hot, soapy water and let the excess water go to the drip pan. It cleanse up very easily.
That's all I got. If you follow my rules, you will love this grill.
Tailgating fun March 11, 2009
Jufe Tsai
Compact. Ease of transport. Large cooking surface. Cleanup is a breeze. Ideal BBQ grill for tailgating fun.
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