Texsport Heavy Duty Over Fire Camp Grill

Hi all. I usually don't write reviews on all the products I get from Amazon. The reason I'm writing this is because I read a lot of the reviews for this product, and I was on the fence.Let me start by saying. We needed this rack. We're going through renovations. We won't have a kitchen for 2 weeks. As you can see from the picture, I have a little outdoor stove, and a bunch of cast iron pots and pans. We needed a grill rack to cook food on.I read all the negative reviews first. With negative reviews, you always look for common issues. Most of them were saying how there's paint on the rack, and how you can't cook on the surface directly.I started the fire. Took the grill out of the packaging and immediately put it on the fire, upside down. Left it alone for a good 30 mins. It burnt off all the paint. There was Zero warping. I check the temperature of the fire using my thermometer gun. It reached over 500 degrees. It burnt off all the oil and whatever else is on it. After 30 mins, I took it off and scrubbed it clean with a metal brush, like you'd scrub a bbq grill rack before use.As you can see from the pictures. The steak cooked perfectly, there was no weird residue or anything. I highly recommend this rack for all your camping and grilling needs. Does not warp. You need to burn it clean before first use, and enjoy it.

Great camping grill if used properly.First, I would not cook directly on it right away. As other reviewers have mentioned it is painted black and it will peel off. I purchased two 16x9 Griddles (See below) which perfectly covered half the grill. The griddles are reversible. I was able to boil water and make coffee on one half of the grill, while at the same time cooking anything from bacon & eggs to burger & dogs on the other side. I have never had a better camping/cooking experience. (Personally don't like gas when camping, fire only...)If you are looking for a large, heavy duty grill this is it, just use it properly. I will update this post after a few more uses and see if I am comfortable cooking directly on it over time. Plus I want to upload a picture so you can all see how sweet this set up is with the griddles!!Used it again this weekend. Couldn't be happier. Check out the photo!!http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002CMLTXG?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01

My wife bought this for a Labor Day camping trip. After reading reviews about the paint/oil dripping off during the first use I placed the grate on the fire upside down to burn off anything before actually cooking on this grill. This warped the grill (no SUPRISE) but after it cooled it went right back to normal.Used the grill for the next 3 days with excellent results! No complaints at all! Held up and was sturdy, no "melting" as in some other reviews. I would definitely buy this again.As a heads up: the grill isn't very tall, if your cooking over a fire ring it's worth finding some rocks or we used cinder blocks to raise the height. I suppose you could build a small fire and this wouldn't be an issue, but we have the extra large grill and it needed a larger fire, also had we not brought the blocks it would have actually sat on fire ring. Again easy enough fix, but something to consider... - this is the only reason grill got 4 instead of 5 stars!This pics show the grill with every pot in our kitchen, and the other is the grill in use!

Look around. I'm not the only review complaining about the paint issue. I spent close to 2 hours burning plenty of wood underneath of this grill to work around this issue. Afterwards I cooked 3 separate foods for myself, my son and daughter for a casual cookout night. All of us ended up with severe stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea over 2 days. I started a return but it's Not worth paying $15 for a new box to send this back in. Tossing in my recycling bin. Amazon is amazing but should do the right thing and not sell this product anymore.

Works exactly as I expected it would, 5 stars. Can serve as a handy "table" for gear around your campsite and is easy to set up over your fire for cooking. The 16'' x 12'' version folds to about an inch thick for storage, fit nicely in my gear bag and doesn't have any sharp edges that could damage you or your other equipment. This grill is sturdy and strong enough for cast iron with plenty of space for multiple items. Overall we're very pleased with this purchase.Note: When placing over a hot fire be mindful as the legs can require adjusting. On our last trip, we used this grill for coffee and cooking in pans and it functioned exactly how we needed it to. We'll confidently use it just like a regular grill with meat on the grates but will first "season" it with oil/fat like cast iron. Some pictures other users have uploaded show the grill directly over the middle of the fire; we placed ours on the edge to avoid flame and flare ups as well as to establish a hotter cooking zone and a warming zone.