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1.5" rib eye steaks seared on my new Lodge cast iron hibachi and finished on the Weber Genesis...

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They turned out great!!! Incredible sear and bursting with juice!!
 
Those are great little cookers. I love mine. And yours is in excellent condition.
 
I like mine. The only drawback is that the heat takes the seasoning off the body right away and then it starts to rust. I just ran mine through the self cleaning cycle in the oven yesterday to remove any last remaining traces of the factory seasoning and I plan to apply some 2000°F Rustoleum starting today. If it truly is good for that temp, it should even be OK in the fire box.

The other thing I don't like about it is the propensity to tip forward when lifted by the bail. I want to counterweight it with something on the bottom towards the rear to counteract that. I wish they would have put the bail lugs at the balance point rather than the center of the fire box.
 
Thanks for posting and the steaks look great but I am now kicking myself.

I have been wrestling with myself over the last year to buy one of those hibachis. Last October I even had one in the cart going to check out at Sports Academy and took it back.
 
Very nice. What are the littl legs in the cooking grate for ?
You can flip the grate over and move it a little further from the coals. Devilishly simple method for temperature control. There is also a draft control that helps control temperature.
 
I like mine. The only drawback is that the heat takes the seasoning off the body right away and then it starts to rust. I just ran mine through the self cleaning cycle in the oven yesterday to remove any last remaining traces of the factory seasoning and I plan to apply some 2000°F Rustoleum starting today. If it truly is good for that temp, it should even be OK in the fire box.

The other thing I don't like about it is the propensity to tip forward when lifted by the bail. I want to counterweight it with something on the bottom towards the rear to counteract that. I wish they would have put the bail lugs at the balance point rather than the center of the fire box.

No kidding. I hate how it wobbles and the flap always drops when I'm carrying it. I empty out all the ash before moving it. It's still a great grill though. But I'm not sure that painting the inside of it is such a good idea. Maybe it won't matter as much because its not a closed cooker?

Very nice. What are the littl legs in the cooking grate for ?

The grate can be flipped- legs up for seat marks Nd getting close to the fire. Legs up for spatula foods like burgers and cooking a little further from the coals.
 
Thanks for posting and the steaks look great but I am now kicking myself.

I have been wrestling with myself over the last year to buy one of those hibachis. Last October I even had one in the cart going to check out at Sports Academy and took it back.

I hear ya...do it quite often myself ;)

Just in case you get the "itch", I believe Amazon has the best price on them... around $69 w/ free shipping :)

Read the reviews at Amazon, and I'm pretty confident you'll have one sitting at your door step in no time!!
 
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