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(More customer reviews)This grill has been fantastic thus far. I have had it for about 3 months and no issues at this point.
First off I must say that the packaging is very thorough so there is little chance of any damages. I do recommend that you have at least one other person to help you lift the lid out of the box and onto the cart. I found that opening up all the parts and pieces made the grill come together in a reasonable amount of time. It took me between 30-45 minutes to put this huge grill together. I highly recommend that you use power socket wrench rather than your hand. I started with just a wrench and that slowed me down so use as many power tools as you can to speed up the process.
Once the grill was set up, I decided to light it up to burn off any oils that are on the metals. Later that night I tried my luck at Infrared Cooking. I am now sold on infrared cooking. I have tried the Charbroil Red grill at my brother-in-laws house and please be fully aware that the infrared that Charbroil is preaching is not true infrared cooking. The infrared side burner on this Napoleon Mirage is true infrared cooking. I turned the side burner on and within 30 seconds it was up to temperature. I believe it is 1500 degrees or so. I put my one inch thick steak on the grids for 30 seconds on each side and then moved it over to my regular burners. I then had it on that for another 3 minutes each side. I took them off the grill and saw that I cooked myself a perfectly made Medium Rare steak! It doesn't get better than that.
Since then I have cooked Pork Tenderloin, hamburgers, hot dogs, corn, veggies, potatoes, chicken, filet mignon and beer can chicken. I am hopefully going to buy a rotisserie kit soon so I can enjoy some chicken. If you love food as much as I do then you need to try true infrared cooking. It takes some time to learn as I have left somethings on a little too long. But this is the fun part of grilling. Trying new recipes and learning how to cook better each time.
I am so happy that I decided to get this grill because the grill is so evenly heated. I have cooked for a party of 20 and everything was finished around the same time. I highly recommend this grill. With a limited lifetime warranty I am not worried about having to buy a new grill in a few years. Napoleon has made themselves an excellent grill and I look forward to many years of cooking.
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The Napoleon Mirage 485 is a superior grill for those who love to cook. 74,000 total BTU with 3 stainless steel bottom burners, an infrared side burner and a rear infrared burner. This grill includes 2 stainless steel curved doors for a generous amount of storage; the patented JETFIRE ignition system that lights your burner every time; i-GLOW backlit control knobs for late night entertaining; double-lined, stainless steel, LIFT EASE roll top lid for oven-like performance with the ACCU-PROBE temperature gauge. The Napoleon M485RB also features a full-width removable drip pan for easy clean ups; exclusive WRAP AROUND condiment trays with tool hooks for additional storage; patented stainless steel WAVE rod cooking grids for those Napoleon trademark sear lines; integrated ice bucket to keep your condiments and drinks cold; an infrared side burner to sear your favorite steak; a rear ceramic infrared rotisserie burner for restaurant style results; and the President's Limited Lifetime Warranty.
