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- Durable cast-iron construction
- Provides very high heat
- Two-position cooking grate
- Draft door for heat regulation
- Heavy for a portable
- Easy to burn food
- More expensive than other small grills
The Lodge Logic Sportsman is a hibachi-style grill, designed for direct cooking over very high heat. It's small enough to be a portable grill, but its durable cast-iron body means it is not lightweight; as About.com's Derrick Riches puts it, the Lodge Logic Sportsman is "movable but heavy." It has no extra features, not even a lid, but reviewers like its solid construction and the way it cooks food quickly. Users give it high marks, too. If you'd prefer a lighter-weight grill with a lid, Weber's kettle-shaped Smokey Joe Silver (*Est. $30 to $35) and Smokey Joe Gold (*Est. $35) portable grills get good reviews.
About.com barbeques and grilling guide Derrick Riches includes the Lodge Logic Sportsman on his list of the top ten small grills. A senior editor at Food and Wine magazine, appearing on The Early Show, also recommends this hibachi grill. The blog site CompactGrillReviews.com offers another review, and users give their opinions of this small grill at Amazon.com.
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1. About.com
Riches counts the Lodge Logic Sportsman as one of the 10 best small grills on the market. He notes that it is heavy and provides no extra features, but says it is "capable of some truly great grilling."
Review: Top Ten Small Grills, Derrick Riches
Christine Quinlan, a senior editor at Food and Wine magazine, appears on The Early Show on July 4 to talk about high-quality grills. She includes two charcoal grills in her discussion, and one of them is the Lodge Logic Sportsman grill. Quinlan says, "This hibachi-style grill is small enough to put on a table and large enough to cook kebabs for a crowd."
Review: Grills Buying Guide, for Any Budget, Christine Quinlan, July 4, 2008
3. Amazon.com
About 150 users post ratings and reviews of the Lodge Logic Sportsman on Amazon.com, giving it an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars. Comments are overwhelmingly positive. One user sums up the general sentiment: "Probably the best all round cooking tool since lightning. Heavy, solid and worth every nickel. I have had one of these for the past 30 years and plan to give it to my grand kids."
Review: Lodge Logic L410 Pre-Seasoned Sportsman's Charcoal Grill, Contributors to Amazon.com
Blogger J. Kelly writes that the Lodge Logic Sportsman is solid and durable, and should last a lifetime. He goes over its features, and includes at the end of his review a few user comments from Amazon.com.
Review: Lodge Logic Pre-Seasoned Sportsman's Compact Charcoal Grill Review: Cast-Iron Lovers will Enjoy This Beauty, J. Kelly
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