I'm having the damnedest luck researching this, and I don't know why.
Maybe it's just not made??

I want to grill my own steaks. At home. On a table. That's all!

But electric doesn't seem to really do the job, on account of the low
temperatures. So gas seems the way to go. But, heck, where are these
things?? Doesn't anyone make a simple gas grill that sits on the table
or counter top and can be used indoors? Okay, so I need ventilation:
I'll leave the window open and have a fan blowing.

I tried looking and looking but no one seems to make such a thing! I
just need to directly cook over flames in an apartment, and I can't buy
some huge fancy restaurant-grade contraption.

Now, in the meantime, I came across something called infrared grilling!
Sounds interesting, but they are at least a grand and a half for the
low-end models, and I need them smaller, anyway.

So does anyone have any recommendations? Or am I forced to use a
portable tabletop CHARCOAL grill indoors?? (That means I'll have to
buy an industrial-strength fan, too, in all likelihood!)

I can't believe it's so hard to get a fire started in 2006 A.D. =)

foil_account@yahoo.com wrote:

Ya know, there're just some things that are meant to be done outside. :-)

foil_account@yahoo.com wrote:

Theres a pretty good reason why you aren't finding anything. Grilling is
messy and smoky and unless you have an appropriate area with super good
appropriate venting it is best done outside.

The butane-powered grills you find at Asian grocery stores work fine.
We make Shanghai Hot Pot on them all the time. Apparently, they're
officially known as "camp" stoves, "for use outdoors". Bah.

foil_account@yahoo.com wrote:

Don't forget to include in your research the hazards of using gas or
charcoal grills indoors. Include "carbon monoxide poisoning" in your
search. People die every winter from using gas and charcoal indoors...

foil_account@yahoo.com wrote:

It wouldn't be anything I'd do, but if you're set on it, go to a
WalMart or such and buy a camping stove - a Coleman 2-burner should do
the trick.

N.

On 4 Oct 2006 11:23:50 -0700, "aem" yahoo.com> wrote:

Brennan's of New Orleans, (Commodore's Palace, etal) use this method
all the time. Hot cast iron skillet....brown well on both sides.
Finish in 350F oven. Perfect every time.

We sat at the Chef's table with Commodore's Palace and I have
witnessed this method repeated all evening. Works like a charm
and allows all types of sauces to be applied.

Maybe the OP's family can post the obituary listing cause of death as
carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cooking indoors with gas or fire (except with a fireplace) is extremely
dangerous and can kill you. On gas stoves they recommend that you use an
exhaust fan.

foil_account@yahoo.com wrote: