The Coleman Grill is simply awesome! I baptised it on a 9 person camping trip recently. I grilled 36 links, 24 hamburgers,breakfast twice, someone brewed coffee on it, and several burgers/links were reheated, all on 1 small propane tank. The grill was so easy to use & clean, that the fullsize gas grill we brought was reduced to a storage table. I can't wait to use it again!
I'm now planning on getting the travel bag for it, to keep it in mint condition and make it even easier to transport

Although I am enjoying the convenience of this handy stove/grill, one disappointment is that the aluminum grill plate is terrible quality. After using it for a couple of months, I used the grill on a low heat for a slow roast and the grill turned powder blue. This is now toxic metal/chemical powders on my food! I don't understand why Coleman would make a grill plate that doesn't let you use traditional BBQ tools (metal) and second, makes the coating so flimsy it is basically putting toxins on your food.

I saw one of these at a Nascar race. The guy camped beside me had one. He cooked every meal for he and 3 other people on the grill! Since I've bought mine I have cooked almost every day on it. Steaks, chicken, burgers, chops, corn, eggs, baked beans, bacon, pancakes. Tomorrow I'm going to try soft shell crab. It is so easy to use, cooks absolutely fabulous and is so easy to clean... At least one of my friends that has eaten with me over the past month is getting one for her new house. I just saw where Camping World has them for $60.00 off. What a deal. I also got the cooking grate and travel case. I plan to get a full size griddle and another grill section soon. Frugal on gas, too. I only used one of the small bottles of LP for 5 meals at the races last week!

Well I generally don't post reviews but I'm pretty impressed with this grill.
The Pros:
I've had it now for over 5 years and it still is doing the job and doing it well (this is coming from a guy that used to insist on briquettes and wood chips in a weber). I'm just about to buy the third set of replacement grills for old faithful. Now I just use the griddle style surfaces on both sides, it doesn't leave the pretty grill sears but works great and cooks whatever is on it in it's own juices or marinate (try steaks or chicken right on that bacon grease for added flavor, or olive oil for less fat). It's very portable. I've cooked Asada for 100 people on it one afternoon but I wouldn't advise it. Anyways great product. I just had to pressure wash my back porch and blasted the thing off at 4700 psi and it came pretty clean and fired right back up. I would give it five stars but I'm the kind of guy that never gives out 5 stars unless it grows 100 dollar bills or something to that effect.
Here are the cons:
As mentioned, the water basin fills up with grease if you neglect it too long or cook a lot of bacon, leading to potential grease fires. It's also a dirty job getting that caked grease out of the basin unless it's hot (liquid), be careful. Additionally the griddles start to concave after about 100 heat cycles, but I put that under the price of doing buisness.

We bought this grill when we moved into our new appartment because of it's portability. It was well worth the price. It's easy to set up and take down and very easy to clean up. The grill surface cleans up with a dish cloth and a little soap no matter what is cooked on it. We bought the extra hose to use 20lb tanks and it lasts forever. My neighbors are all starting to buy them now.

I just got this little grill, and I do love it! After reading so many reviews on the messy cleanup, I decided to try lining the drip pan with foil, it worked great!! I only used it to cook cabobs, but it kept everything clean. I used heavy duty foil, and I think it would stand up to filling with water if you wanted or needed to. After seeing how heavy the wever q is, I am glad I chose this one, and it is so versatile!! Also, you can not cook with the lid down, that is NOT anywhere in the instructions, but I called the company after reading some of the reviews, and they confirmed it is just a grill, not a barbecue. This was not that big of a deal for me, but it might be for some of you out there. I would recommend this for anyone who wants a lightweight, versatile grill, griddle, camp stove for camping or rv-ing! I hope to have this for many years to come!

Mine broke day after two months. Not good for any serious use. My guess is the regulator assembly needs to be replaced, which I'll try to do, but its not a really a real grill. And for $170 you can certainly do better.

This fits perfectly on my tiny terrace. It also grills the best chicken I have ever had. I am sure it will do other meats equally well, but I love chicken and this does such a good job that I haven't tried anything else yet. The water tray keeps the meat moist and makes cleanup so easy. Cleaning the grills is like cleaning a pan. They even fit in my condo-sized sink.

3 stars cuz it looks nice but i haven't actually used because i can't find the 16.4 oz propane tanks anywehre

I bought this BBQ for my husband for Christmas. We camp alot and this BBQ is perfect! If it came with 2 grill plates instead of just one it would've been better though. Also, all accessories are extra. But, all in all, we really like it.

We bought this Coleman Road Trip Grill for my parents for Christmas. We already have this same grill which we use when we go camping and/or tailgating. This grill is very sturdy as it has four legs sitting on a wider base. There are levelers on the leg bottoms to help keep your food in place. We have also purchased the extra grate, rolling grill bag and the large griddle for this grill. It is a snap to set up, super fast & easy to grill on, quick clean up and storing it in the rolling grill bag is a plus! We highly recommend this grill! Such a great deal buying this thru Amazon.com -vs- buying at a local outfitter or anywhere else online. Thanks Amazon!

We received our grill in time for Christmas but just opened the box last week. I must say, assembly was a breeze. So simple to put together. As we have not tried using it yet, we did see exactly how it worked this past August in Maine at a friends BBQ get together and were so impressed, especially with the WATER tray cleanup. After searching all the stores around for miles with no luck, we found Amazon.com had one at a terrific price. We can't wait for warmer weather to come to start BBQing in our back yard. If you want something EASY TO INSTALL, EASY CLEANUP, EASY TO TRAVEL WITH, this is the grill.

GREAT PRODUCT....THIS GRILL COOKS BETTER THAN OUR BIG GRILL ON THE BACK DECK. ALSO THESE PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT CLEANUP AND MELTING THEIR HANDLES ARE JUST PLAIN WRONG. I ORDERED THE EXTRA GRILL AND STOVE TOP AND CARRYING CASE AND THEY ARE HIGH QUALITY TOO.

We ordered this grill to use camping. We have used it several times, and now use it at home also. Cooking is easy and fun, clean-up is a a little bit of work, but well worth it. Set up is easy, as well as take down. I would recommend this grill to everybody!

We purchased this grill after reading many positive reviews about it. We used to take our full sized home grill with us on vacation, not an easy thing to do! This Road Trip Grill folds up easily and fits into the storage area of our RV. We purchased an extra grill as we do more grilling than anything else. Everything cooked nicely, burgers, hot dogs, steaks, fish, etc. We had no problems whatsover. The one thing that other people have stated is the issue about closing the lid. It is not clear in the manual and calling the company to find out more about this did not clear this up. In the end, we propped the lid open about an inch and had no problems at all. Very pleased with this product!

It is very convenient and easy to put together and use. Cleanup, it tells you not to use abrasive and they mean it. I use a non abrasive green pad and it still scratch the coating, so be careful. Love it and glad we used bought it. We bought the extra grill and burner attachments.

The grill cooks great. I purchased separately a pot holder and that makes the grill that more flexible. Only problem with my grill is the right side automatic lighter does not work.

It is a great easy way to grill. Quick, portable, and just really easy to clean. Love it.

I love this blue Coleman Road Trip Grill. It gets hot quick and does a great job grilling steaks, etc. So easy to clean. I love it....am so glad I bought it.... I live in an apartment so was worried I would not be able to find a grill that got hot enough to do a good job, but this is wonderful.

I read several reviews of this grill, and also the red one with wheels, before purchasing it. I somehow got the impression you could cook with the top down on this one, although understood you can't on the red one. I would probably have gotten the one with wheels had I called Coleman, which I did AFTER the grill was delivered. The Coleman customer service fellow confirmed that they "don't recommend cooking with the lid down." We like our meat cooked clear through (no blood visible), so this was a problem. I solved it by using some metal shelf bracers, which I line up with the open side down and the pointed side up, 3 in a row, which holds the lid up enough to keep the handle away from the heat, but still cooks everything through. Incidentally, the instruction book is not really clear about the lid issue. It says to keep the lid up while lighting it - but not while cooking with it - but Coleman recommends not cooking with it down also, as the handle might melt. It would have been a lot more intelligent for Coleman to offer options for handles - with unmeltable being one option and meltable being another! - and at least make the one on here removable so you can rig up something yourself if you want to put the lid down.

Despite this, I like the grill, it's a nice size, and I like the griddle and stove top burner options - makes it great for cooking when it's too hot in the kitchen. I made roasted vegetables on the griddle side and salmon on the grill at the same time, for a full dinner without using the stove in the kitchen. I find the 'non-stick' grill difficult to get clean - the grease seems to stick to it and I have to soak it for hours to get it clean; and will probably invest in the cast iron options soon. This is our first barbeque and we will get lots of use from it. I don't want to sound as though I don't like it - but I do want to make sure everyone knows what to expect. I am still trying to figure out if the wheels would have been worthwhile. We won't be moving this around that much, and it's certainly lightweight enough to carry if we do - so I think this is a fine option. Overall, I think it's a good choice. Since we got a good shipping price from Amazon, it was worth buying it online rather than locally - something to think about.

I have had this grill for 3 seasons and we use it as our primary grill. Basically, 3-4 times per month during the summer we make burgers, steaks, dogs, etc.

Overall, this grill does a nice job cooking things, but the cleanup is really a headache. I truly don't know why more folks haven't commented on this, but you have a tray in there that you must fill with water. The grease drips into the tray and, inevitably, at the end of the session you have a grease-water mixture with all sorts of nasty debris floating in the tray. You now have to dump this somewhere (like behind bushes or into a grease can) and then wash the entire thing which is totally gross. Compared to say, the Weber Q (which my neighbor has), this is a nightmare for cleanup.

In terms of build construction, it is fine for a portable grill I suppose, but again, much flimsier than the Q. A strong gust of wind blew it down and now the legs do not work well and are bent.

In sum, not a bad grill, but I think things like the Q are superior in terms of build quality and cleanup for a very similar price.

My wife and I recently purchased a pop-up camper that came with a gas grill that attaches to one of the outside walls. It hooks up to the camper's LP gas system via a hose, making it very convenient, but it didn't produce very much heat and it took way too long to cook even hamburgers.

Since I generally do the cooking while we're camping, I started looking at portable grills to take with us instead of the camper's grill. After seeing the red Road Trip at a store, I did some research and decided the blue Road Trip would be perfect for us. My wife resisted at first, but finally relented after becoming frustrated with the (lack of) performance of the grill supplied with our camper.

We purchased the blue Road Trip, as well as an extra griddle, grill, and adapter hose for a 20 lb gas tank. We used the grill this weekend for cooking burgers, hot dogs, omelets, bacon, and scrambled eggs, and for heating various buns and rolls. Overall, we are very pleased with this grill. Set up is a snap, it is reasonably stable even on uneven ground, it heats up very quickly and produces lots of even heat. I know some of the reviewers said that you cannot cook with the cover closed, but I had no problems doing just that for the short periods of time it took to cook the foods we did. I also found the water pan to be extremely useful, both in eliminating flare ups and in making clean up easier. I didn't find that it made clean up difficult or awkward at all, as some others have. I just carefully poured the water into a 5 gallon bucket until I could dump it later. And using plastic utensils instead of metal should protect the finish of the cooking surfaces.

The only quibbles I have with the grill are very minor. The adjustable pads on the bottoms of the legs don't have 'stops' on them, so they easily unscrew all the way off the legs. And the slots around the perimeter of the griddle allowed the eggs to run off and into the water pan if I wasn't quick enough to prevent it. I think in the future we will probably add the stove grate to our other accessories so we can use a frying pan.

I rate this grill 4.5 stars instead of 5 only because I don't believe any man-made creation could ever be perfect! :)

I have been very unhappy with my Road Trip Grill with the primary source of my irritation being the poor engineering of the grill cover. Users are not able to cook food with the grill cover closed. If one cooks with the cover closed, the handle will melt, and the user is also susceptible to serious burns. My question is this: Why have a cover on a grill if you are not able to cook with the cover closed? It makes no sense.

I bought this product to use at home and to take along with us in our RV. It has proven to be a great product, easy to assemble, to use and to clean up afterwards. It cooks really well and I would recommend it highly.

Great grill!! Took it to tailgate at a USA Soccer game. Perfect! Great on the patio at home too.

I buy alot of stuff on Amazon, but this is my first review. I bought this grill in time to take it on a 4 day trip to a Nascar race. Even though we had a 32ft class A motorhome, I intended to use this grill to cook all the meals. Worked great for 2 days. cooked burgers, dogs, chicken. and pancakes in the AM on the griddle. the grill produced far more heat than I would have thought. However, lunch on the 3rd day - grill would not light. I was using a large propane tank with the accessory hose to retrofit. plenty of gas in the tank, and teh hose was working fine. the ignition was sparking, but no gas to the burners. I can only guess that it is the regulator assembly on the grill. in any event I ended up cooking burgers in a frying pan on the stove for a day and a half. I was not happy about this. I've emailed customer support at Coleman, and gotten no response. I called the 800 number, but it was busy. I ordered the regulator assembly replacement for $22(incl shipping), and it should arrive in 2-5 weeks if I am lucky. the webste warns that it may be longer for parts during the summer. I may just have gotten a lemon, but my experience with this grill has not been too good

The best grill we've ever owned. Super easy to operate and easy to transport. Family members have purchased 3 of these in the last year and use them for home and camping.

While the Road Trip Grill comes fully assembled, with great design features, outstanding QA inspections, and the solid, professional performance I have come to accept as the 'norm' for Coleman products - it simply is not a great grill. The water tray is the biggest disapointment. When the day is done, you have take this filthy, greasy pan filled with noxious water, grease, and food particles to ??? someplace where it is 'legal' to dump the waste. Then supposedly this 'clean' pan is put back into the grill and loaded into your vehicle. What a mess!
The other really big disappointment is the tase of the food. Dry, bland, and tough. After a day in the woods or at the beach, I'm ready to go home after the 1st meal.

This grill was exactly what I was looking for when I go on those long camping weekends. I found from a fellow family member how well it worked and I got one myself! The grates are both dishwasher safe and are very easy to clean; storage is a snap if you buy the case for it; it is ideal for those who want a great meal out in the wilderness. It's not too heavy, but if you do not have the carrying case, it can be a bit on the heavier side if you're weak in the arms.

This uses the screw in propane tanks, they're cheap enough so you really aren't paying much for that. I would say this is the ideal grill for those who go camping a lot, or if you're at a sports event you can pop this up right in the parking lots or at family reunions it is also useful. I am very please with this Coleman products. It is well worth the money.

I personally am a huge fan of tailgating, so when my sister gave me this grill for christmas, I was so excited. I live in a 3 family house/apartment building on the top floor. This folds up easily enough to store on top of a wardrobe we have in the main foyer on the 1st floor. It is easy to clean and the water/drip tray is ingenious. Make sense to fill it with water to catch and clump the grease. So instead of spending multiple attempts cleaning the grill, like with a charcoal, all I do is empty the water tray and throw the grates in the dishwasher. To have something so easy to clean and carry is amazing. It comes with great add=ons as well, grates, case etc. We can grill for breakfast with the griddle on a summer morning, or use it for ribs and boiling corn in the afternoon. Definitely worth the investment. Its one of those portable grills that you really can't tell is portable. Sets up to be of a normal height, and has two burners going so you can cook more and evenly. Best gift ever! Thanks sis!

We were very pleased with the grill. It's compact but efficient. Very easy to clean.

We bought this grill as an alternative to a larger home BBQ. This is a great little BBQ for camping (which of course it what it is made for). For home grilling it has been great too, it heats up fast, and cooks evenly. The only thing I am not crazy about is the clean up. The pan liner that you are supposed to fill with water is hard to clean without spilling the greasy water all over the place. The black grill pieces do clean nice, but you have to be careful with a spatula to not scratch the finish off. I haven't used the griddle pan that we got as an option yet. Overall I would say this is a good grill, but like I said the clean up is a hassle.

We bought this grill for camping because it folds compact and seemed tuff. But it also cooks great and cleans up easily.

This grill is amazing! I bought it for my boyfriend's birthday and we used it for the third time to tailgate for baseball season. Well, it ended up being 28 degrees (and really windy) that day and we were worried that it wouldn't get hot enough - it worked like a champ - just as well as the first time we used it. We have also used it for homemade pizzas!

One thing I had trouble with when buying this item: the grill comes with ONE GRILL grate and ONE GRIDDLE grate. If you plan on grilling mostly, get the extra grill grate - we are glad we did.

I absolutely love my grill. It is easy to set up, use and clean. Definately worth the extra money from the other Road Trip grill.