Well guys , I’ve just bought one and will let you know as soon as I use it. I mean if the taste is like real bbq

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What happens when the fan breaks down? You're stuck with a useless grill?

if there is no smoke... what's the point? it's like a gas bbq without gas handiness. ... the extra effort of a charcoal bbq, with the flavour of a gas one... but without the gas convenience. what exactly is the plus with this?

I agree with J Naz below. If there's no lovely charcoal flavour from the fat dripping on the the charcoal you might as well just cook on an ordinary stove in the kitchen.

Nice video, thanx!

were do they sell this one, I like it it does not make lots of fire

lol defeats the purpose of having the bbq flavour, its just heated meat now... the fat needs to drip on the hot coals so that it smokes the meat with the flavour.

Hi there. I just found your video copied here: Phenix Gril Sound is removed and logo of Lotusgrill is removed from start and end of video. It's now sold as "Phenix Grill". What is difference between Phenix and Lotusgrill? You one is Lotus or Phenix?

Can you use Japanese Binchotan Charcoal with this grill?

Is this the regular sized grill or the XL?

I saw this briefly in Spring Fair in Helsinki, Finland. Didn't see it action, so thanks for the video. Looks good.

This thing is awesome!!!! It would be even more awesome if it was just a little bigger. I hope they start considering making it bigger because then I will start saving up for one.

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It uses natural hardwood charcoal found at any decent BBQ or hardware store. Supermarkets tend to stock inferior man-made products containing chemicals (briquettes and other fake charcoal made out of the likes of compressed burnt sawdust) - Avoid using those

Yes it can but we don't reccomend using them as they take around 20 minutes until you are cooking, opposed to just 3 minutes with natural hardwoood charcoal. Charcoal is also a far healthier product to be cooking with. LotusGrill® Australia are about to launch a sustainable Australian arciacia charcoal that is the best charcoal we have tested to date on the BBQ (and we have trialed over a dozen types). On high heat you will get 1.5hrs on the original grill & 2.5hrs on the new XL grill

I see regular charcoal was used. Does it work with briquettes as well, because cooking is more controllable and available for much longer? However, I like the idea of minimal smoke because I have limited outdoor space, which is all covered!

Is it portable and how much?

smooth and sexy

Does this grill need a special expensive charcoal or is it the same regular charcoal?

Hi there, It does cook evenly, however we rushed it a little for the video and should have let them sit for 5 min as we all know meat is often pink-ish when first taken off the BBQ (assuming you like medium rare). We could have also cooked them for another minute to be 'medium / well done' but we could be accused of the unit over-cooking. Might do another video based on your observation, also now we have the glass thermostat hoods and pizza stones for them!

The burgers don't look like they're evenly cooked thanks to their being bigger than the open cooking area.

not a bad idea!

Thanks - last week LotusGrill® also won the coveted 'best domestic appliance at the Australia International Design Awards whoop whoop

Yes you sure do. The Charcoal flavour is actually a harmless invisible gas so all the flavours are still there just not the carcinogens. But as you see from the video, if you want to chargrill your food there is no shortage of heat to do that. All we are saying is that if you want smokeless the option is there. Best of both worlds.

Do you get a smokey taste from this

Do you get the smokey taste from this

Very very nice video! =) I'm wondering if I should buy it. It' seems so nice and easy =)