 Welcome to the death of the Holland Grill part two Hey there and J route 22.com with another low carb keto carnival carnivore chat This is about the Holland Grill and the death of the Holland Grill. We talked about this last week We did a little article. We didn't know the Holland Grill Went out of business last year around this time and The reason it's in the low carb keto carnivore category is because it is We cook our meat on it and it's the best way to get our nice low carb meats For ourselves But it's just really stinks that a low carb. I mean a good american company a good american company Can fold it's that's what I guess these days what happens when you make something good You have a short term run, you know, you make good stuff, you know You saturate you sell to everybody that ever would want one And you have a few trickle sales and it's just not enough to keep the The business going. I guess that's why they make things that are disposable like any grill you get at a Walmart or Home Depot or any kind of big box store is going to break We went through several grills three three grills and they all sucked and they broke either the same year the year after They just stopped working. They were rickety and junky. The Holland Grills are are really the best. I mean if you You They'll last like a very long time We had a the Holland grill as you see back here. It was called the freedom And we got it. We could have gotten the liberty the only difference for an extra hundred bucks with the Freedom model was they had a nice front panel that'll just block the The the propane panel from being seen but the problem is it had I mean the grill worked perfectly we used it all year round didn't matter everything came out great They but it had the back three sides the back and the two sides were exposed um, it made it easy to get the the propane out and also your uh Your your grease bucket, but we have dogs that went and wanted to eat the grease bucket So we thought you know, I tried to build all sorts of implements to make it work and they uh They got crafty and they they started breaking through it on a regular basis And I was going to go to the store and buy stainless steel Panels and start drilling into it and making At that point I said, let me see if I can get there They had a so the two at top high-end models had full cabinets underneath that dogs Couldn't get to and that's when we found out they were out of business for the last year I'm like damn. So I called over a hundred Holland grill Dealers that I found coast to coast and I was I looked on ebay I looked on all the other shopping apps. We missed some good deals that we could have had um Got a $1,200 model for 300, but we missed that by about a year Um, I don't know why they don't just get rid of the things that have sold or just don't let let them show up in search results But we called you know, literally over a hundred places and everybody had the same the same exact Thing oh man, we've been out of these for a year and we still get 10 20 calls a day people looking for these things And I was about to give up. I'm like, you know what? I didn't call the place I frickin bought it from uh five or six years ago and lo behold they had One grill in stock of the model we won. It wasn't the stainless steel model Which I probably would have preferred but it was the the epic model not the apex It was the epic model which is a pretty much the exact same grill so we thought with it with just a nicer bottom cabinet and It's quite possible. We are the last person to ever buy a new holland grill on planet earth from a dealer Because they're all gone. I mean if you find them or if you know where they are I I'm curious to know where they might be but Um, we didn't know this but we thought we were just getting the same grill as before but there were a few Benefits that I was very surprised to see it was like a pleasant surprise because I wasn't expecting Number one They have this dripping pan that that goes in between the grill Surface and the flame and that basically collects all the droppings And it goes down a pipe into the the grease bucket the previous one We had had this little weird channel in the middle and and it was kind of difficult to clean They put that channel in there so you could fill it with water if you were doing some sort of steaming You could still fill this new one with water, but it made it really I usually put a foil inside And it made it Really hard to clean and it was a real pain in the neck without that, but this new one has like a curved Thing so I can just use one big piece of Industrial foil and it fits perfectly and it prevents any anything from getting in there It's it's really nice. And secondly it's seen this new one I don't know if it's just a new grill, but And maybe the burner is a little bad. I didn't inspect the old versus new yet, but It seems to be hotter by about 50 to 75 degrees it consistently gets up to 450 most holland grills were lucky to get Even close to 400 usually 375 was the max and either way it's not a problem It's a little bit of a shorter cooking time and a little bit less margin for error on a hotter grill You can go there's a lot of forgiveness in a in a cooler grill and since the holland grill only has one On and off you can't you can't really you can open the grill lid if you want to cool it down a little But that I like the new the the new heat setting for now and also they have a little wood Wood tray for smoking. It's not a big tray. So you're not going to get massive smoke injection, but It's better than putting the the little tray you have to lift it the the grill up to stick it in there This one is nice. So if I ever decide to smoke a pork butt or something. I'll I'll use it for sure And there's several other things that we like about it, but I won't get into the very minor But just I want to let you know real quick. There's a competitive company out there that was out with holland in the very Towards the end there was called phoenix grills and they're pretty much for the all intents and purposes exactly the same As holland grill with the exception that they don't have any Bases they're all these narrow bases and the grease bucket is always exposed. So if you have dogs That uh that like to do things or you're not good enough at remembering to bring the grease tray They'll lick the damn thing and it's really really annoying annoying But uh those phoenix grills if you do want to get in on the no flare up cooking phenomenon I you I would recommend you pick up one of those. There's another more expensive brand It's in the almost $2,000 range that uh if you have money I forget starts with a w I'll put it in the comments if I if I remember You can get that too, but the no flare up cooking is the way to go And we're just sad that the holland grill is gone and apparently they have their web page up that says They're coming back, but uh, I don't know if that's really true or not. So Don't hold your breath. Enjoy your day. If you like the video, please hit subscribe and the bell and we'll see you next video