Cast Iron Grill / Searing "THING"

This sounds a lot like a Mongolian barbecue.

Steve

papercut451 said:

I am looking for a unique cooking "thing" that I saw at a party.

It is cast iron and is fueled by a bag of charcoal (you shove the
entire bag into the middle and light it - bag and all).

It comes in three pieces (I think) - there is a bottom that holds the
charcoal and acts as a stand. Over this fits the second piece - a dome
that becomes the cooking surface. Small pieces of meat are placed on
the cooking surface. Because of its domed shape, the excess fat that
cooked out of the meat rolled down the dome into a lip that completely
surrounded the bottom piece.

There were also four, evenly spaced, cup-like extensions of the lip
that surrounded the bottom piece. These cups had various dipping
sauces placed in them. The sauces were warmed only because the cups
were part of the cast iron bottom piece yet fartherest from direct
heat. The third piece was simply a cap for the top of the domed piece.
Through this cap went the bag of charcoal.

When fully assembled, this grilling / searing "thing" looks like an egg
on legs.

Is anyone familiar with this device and can they stear me to a source
for purchasing it?

Thanks in advance ~

papercut451

I have seen the dome piece, designed to placed on a gas burner. Have
never seen the rest. I would be very careful with burning charcoal
indoors. If you are going took outdoors anyway, any cheap grill,
charcoal or gas will work fine.

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Louis Cohen

"Yes, yes, I will desalinate you, you grande morue!"

Émile Zola, Assommoir 1877