[mthomas58]

Originally Posted by Jandrews

Nice! What's the verdict on that TEC grill? I started looking at infrared grills and have pretty much narrowed it down to a TEC G-Sport tabletop version like yours. Do you like it? Any glaring criticisms? How long have you had it?

JA

JA, I've been grilling on the predessor model (without the glass panel) for the past several years and love it. I picked up the newer FR model with the glass panel several years ago but had not used it until just recently. My only gripe with the older model is how dirty it gets. After dong a complete tear down cleaning I decided to put it up and try the newer model and I'm really liking it. It is much easier to keep clean. Don't know that I'd call it self cleaning but the glass panel does appear to control the heat away from the heat shield where the old model got so dirty and hard to keep clean. Limited cooks so far (filet, sausages and burgers) but no complaints. Pretty impressed to see no grease in the drip pan after cooking a full pkg of brats even after piercing the casings - fully vaporized as advertised. Highy recommend TEC - build quality is amazing. I think the G-Sport is a good choice as you can do closed hood cooing at lower temps that cannot be done on the small Cherokees. One final point - I do like the versatility of being able to cook directly on the glass panel as a stove. I pan seared some salmon in a cast iron skillet and it worked great! Hope this helps!