After six years of faithful service, this year I had had to face the truth: Ol' Smokey was dying a slow, sad death, and it was time to put him out of his misery.

It all started six years ago when, tired of buying cheap gas grills, $100 floor specials that lasted only a year or two at a time, I decided that I wanted a big solid grill, one with cast iron grates and room for at least 20 burgers. But when I started shopping, however, I found that the really nice grills were all about 800 b ...

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