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I want a barbecue/grill made of glass. That way, you can watch the flames AND easily check to see if the steaks are done without flipping them!
The only downside is that soot and grime would dirty the glass; but you could just wash it. Glass is pretty easy to clean. Or use the self cleaning glass
that someone nicely put a link to.
Self-cleaning glass
http://www.pilkingt...english/default.htm
Sounds like one of our ideas. But it isn't! [wagster, Nov 07 2004]
Solar fondue
Solar_20fondue
Could be used as barbecue. [django, Jul 29 2007]
[link]
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Cleaning problems abound, but *wow* would it look cool when first used. |
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We must clean it after every use! |
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It could also be used as a mini-greenhouse when you aren't using it as a grill! |
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"Honey, why does my burger smell like compost?" |
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Make it out of Vycor(r) and heat it electrically. Get it to incandescence, red heat, to clean it. All carbon based residue will ash out. Not too hot, though or the potash content might dissolve into the glass & permanently discolor it. |
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I had a grill with a glass door. The glass is not easy to clean. Tar and carbon. It's a bitch. |
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Would it have a glass stem as well, like a wine glass? |
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Copious quantities of alcohol make finding the starter switch interesting, too. |
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Is there something that could be done
to the glass to make soot and grime not
stick to it? Like charging it, or running
an airflow along it, or something? |
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Funny you should say that [jutta], but there is. See link. |
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This style would go with my computer.
Now all I need would be titanium
cooking wear. + |
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The "How it works" link from [wagster]'s link is good - sunlight is used to activte a catalytic reaction on the surfce of the glass to break down organic dirt. Or something. |
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When I picture this barbecue, it is as a slumping, solid pedestal of congealed green glass, shot thru with bubbles and strands. Perhaps an artifact salvaged from a nuclear strike. The advantage, of course, would be when the grill is fired up, the entire thing glows eerily from the coals within. |
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cool idea, you could use high heat borosilicate, and then you dont have to keep opening the bar b q to see how everything is doing - probably cool smoke swirl effects as well |
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What if there is a sudden rainstorm while your grill is red hot? |
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There would probably be less soot and residue if it were a propane grill. |
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Also there would be less if you only grilled foods containing no carbon. |
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You can also make a griller by using a magnifying glass [link] - he said, shamelessly promoting an older idea of his. :-) |
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I don't follow this. I'm envisaging a
regular barbecue which is basically a tray
of charcoal with a wire mesh above it. If
the tray is made of glass, you'll get a nice
view of the charcoal, but how do you see
the underside of the steak or whatever
through the coals? |
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Since I only use my grill <10 times a year, I like the idea it could be used as a greenhouse the rest of the year 'round! Nice addition. |
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[MaxwellBuchanan], many barbecues at people's homes (at least here in the US) look like a sphere or a box with the "wire mesh" suspended above the bottom half where the coals are, and the top half being a lid with a handle. So the grill is totally enclosed during cooking. If it were a glass sphere, you could see the flames and food (and smoke) as the food cooked instead of having to lift the lid to see inside. |
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I think you'd need some sort of static charge to keep the smoke particles off of the glass. |
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There would need to be some sort of smoke filtration system because aside of the smoke sticking to the glass, you have the problem of the smoke inundating the entire inside of the grill making it difficult to see the food. |
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Some self cleaning ovens have a catalytic coating on
their insides... the catalyst is merely heat activated,
so should be good inside of a bbq. |
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