Coleman RoadTrip 285 Portable Stand-Up Propane Grill with 3 Adjustable Burners & Instastart Ignition, 20,000 BTUs of Power for Outdoor Cooking, Camping, Tailgating, Grilling, BBQs, & More

This is actually the 2nd one I will have owned! The first one got damaged in a move, i missed it, and found it worth replacing! The size is perfect for cooking plenty of food comparable to larger single surface grills. It has to side tables the pull out from underneath. It's a quick and easy start gas grill. It looks well and evenly. I especially love the fact that it pops down, and is portable to take anywhere! The park, camping, tailgating, etc. You can also get a ton of accessories for the grill, including a griddle surface. It's easy to clean, easy to set up or break down. It uses the smaller propane cannisters, and they can last a long time. But you can also purchase an attachment (hose) to use with larger propane cans. This perfect for apartments to, especially if they have restrictions like small propane grills. Till it was damaged, my last grill lasted for years! I'm looking forward to my new one! I'm a fan, and would highly recommend!!

Update after 3 years: I still love this grill. After 3 years of 3-5 days/week use the burners were getting pretty cruddy so I spent some time cleaning, which prompted me to update this review.1: The burners are not directly exposed to drippings since the grates have a solid section in the middle, which helps a lot to keep them from getting clogged, but after 3 years plenty of the holes were full of goo or otherwise not flowing right, causing a lot of the flame points to not work right. I went at it with a wire brush, and that didn't quite do the trick, so I found a drill bit the right size and used that to open up all the holes on the burners. Tedius, but now all the flame points work correctly. If the burner were replaceable I probably would have just bought a new one, but they don't seem to be available. It is possible to remove, but doing so correctly would require taking a bunch of things apart to get to the two screws that hold it on. I used a less-correct means to get it off, which turns out to not be that necessary but I wanted to clean the gas valve orifices. I should have just removed the valve body from the front of the grill instead, much easier.2: The little metal plate over the igniter broke off when I was trying to clean the burner, not surprising and this has happened on just about every small gas appliance I've ever owned, the thin metal just can't take the heat of being exposed to direct flame all the time. I'll fabricate a new one when I have time, for now a lighter works fine.3: The grates still clean up just fine, no sign of deterioration on the under sides, usually where I see them start getting eaten away by flame and goo. The griddle I use the most is much less slippery now than it was when it was new, but I always put a little olive oil on it when I use it and don't have problems with anything sticking to it. I'm not sure I'd try to fry an egg on it but it might work, works great for veggies, fish, etc. The paint is starting to get scrubbed off the drip tray, but I can't think of a good reason to care about that.4: The exterior surfaces still clean up almost perfectly, the rear part where the exhaust vents are is pretty covered with burnt-on grease, I could probably get it clean if I tried hard enough but I'm not that ambitious. The white paint markings around the valve knobs has long since worn off, don't care...Overall, still one of the best $230 investments I've ever made.===After about 16 months using this grill almost daily I have to say, I love this little grill.I had a $4,000 Viking built-in BBQ at the last house I lived in, and this $230 grill is superior in almost every way (other than the smaller cooking area obviously), while the viking was a big pain in the a$$. The only thing I miss is a rotisserie, which I didn't really use all that often anyway. The lid dome is too short to do beer-can chicken but I can live without that.The cooking area is plenty adequate to cook meals for 2-4 people, including meats and veggies. The heat distribution is very even, it heats up fast and stays hot thanks to the heavy grill plates and solid centers which retain heat very well while the lid is open. A 1lb gas cylinder will do about 4 meals, and it's easy to hook up a 5gal cylinder if you're so inclined with an adapter hose.The swap-top options are great, my standard setup is the grill grate on one side, griddle on the other. Meats cook on the grill, veggies on the griddle, and everything gets good even heat. I've even fried egg rolls and wings in an iron pot on the steal stove insert, it takes a bit longer to heat the oil than a real fryer would, but once the oil is hot it cooks just fine.I don't bother putting water in the water tray, it cleans up just fine. The tray collects drippings and other cruft, I take it out and clean it one a month or so. The grates and the rest of the grill clean up easily with a little degreaser like 409.Love it!

Highly recommended this grill!! We use it all the time. Easy to clean, heats up quickly, cooks very evenly and has good heat distribution. Very easy to assemble and fold up if you want to store it. We love the water pan, it really helps with flare ups (we haven’t had one yet!).

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Good grill, love the cast iron grills heavy duty unlike the aluminum in prior grills, the grill is much heavier that prior models.I purchased my first Coleman Road Tripper in 2011 or maybe sooner and it had served me very well over all those years so when it was time to retire the old grill I looked for a new Coleman grill and I am not disappointed

Easy to assemble, cook time is great. The size is good. Good for travel and tailgate. Recommend to spray all the meadow with some kind of rust resistant. If you are gonna leave it outside make sure it’s covered as well.

A bit harder to control temperature than larger grills, but the small size makes up for it as its easier (or at least faster) to clean. I use Citrus-safe for cleaning and this itself is sufficient, but you can also take the grates out and use dish soap and water for when there's a ton of grease.Only con is that this grill can be easy to knock over if not placed on a level surface. Aside from that, it is perfect!

Works great and space saver for traveling and camping

Update: finally got my grill put together. Love the way it looks and so forth. There’s some issue going on and that there are no flames. I’ve tried three separate canisters and the most I see is a quarter inch high flame when it’s on high. And now they’re talking about some sort of regulator and troubleshooting in this and that I’m just so over Coleman products now. They’re not made like they used to be. I’m gonna try and replace it and see if that works. Now that I look at this, I wonder if I got somebody’s reject because it was it did come with some scratches and it did seem like someone had already tried to put it together once but I don’t know. We’ll see. I hope you have better luck than me on this oneThis is my third road trip grill. The only thing I don’t care about is the locking mechanism is really cheap and looks like it was put together in a fire and dime store. Other than that for the price this is a really great grill. Everything’s well made paint colors perfect. The grills are really heavy duty. This is my second one and I like the fact that the legs collapse and I can roll it about with a handle. Much easier than the previous ones. I haven’t cooked on it yet, but I have no doubt it will stand up to the test as the two previous ones I had did. By the way, you’re probably saying if the two other ones were so great why did you get rid of them. I don’t know. I decided I wasn’t using them enough and stupidly got rid of them. I’m sure they would still be in good condition and working just fine today. I love the Coleman brand. I also like that there’s a thermometer on the top of the cover.