Lodge Sportsman's Grill Unbox, Assemble, Season and Cook 

You Can Purchase this Item on our Amazon Store HERE: amazon.com/shop/backwoodsgourmetchannel Save that link to your favorites and use it when you shop on Amazon. This helps support more GREAT content on this channel. The Lodge Cast Iron Sportsman's Grill is something I have wanted for a while. We finally bought one and show you how to assemble, season and use it for the first time. This is a great addition to the Backwoods Gourmet arsenal of equipment and it will last forever.

That is a sweet grill. Hard to beat Lodge for today’s cast iron.

i just restored one of these . it was old and very rusty . but a couple of hours with a wire brush and it's good as new !

A very bad ass cast iron grill! I have it about 2 years, it is the best ever! I wait 1 year for shipping, but now its mine! Never ever an other grill like Weber, ... In europa i have to pay € 290,-! Greatings from Gemany! Your videos are a very good job!

I have had one of these for about a year now and it is my favorite grill! I just recently received a lodge griddle to accompany it. The potato trick you mentioned in another video worked perfectly! Thank you for all your videos and helpful tips. My wife is now calling me a grill master lol!

I have one and they’re great for steaks for two or anything you’d want to put a quick sear on. It’ll last several lifetimes.

I bought a Sportsman grill last year from America and I love it 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Dude.. you’re my hero. Dozen reasons why, and I’m only two videos in. I’m in, headed to Amazon.

Hi there. Proud to say as a newbie I successfully grilled some burgers with the Sportsman’s Grill for the first time. Can’t wait to try more things. Thanks for your videos I have found them so helpful.

This is an awesome little grill. For 1-3 people it works really well and can work for more people depending on what you are cooking. I have had one of these for many years, I don't even know when I got it, but it seems like I've had it forever. Nothing works better for getting a great sear on a steak... I hope you enjoy yours as much as I have mine...

Really enjoy your recipes and style of cast iron cooking outdoors

That's a nice looking grill.

Wow. Thank you for this informative and useful video. I never knew that a cast iron grill was so easy to get ahold of and lasts longer! Thanks again!

I finally got 1today from Academy. I used this video to assemble it. Thanks for the video!

I line the inside of the fire bowl with aluminum foil all the way up to the top edges. Keeps it clean and easier on cleanup.

Just got mine a couple weeks ago. It's pre-season, but i still put an extra coat of olive-oil on it after i got it hot. I love cast-iron and everything on this baby is cast-iron! Can't wait to start grilling on it soon!

“..aaand of course I start dropping stuff.” Hahaaa! Immediately after the washer holding tip, good stuff. Still my hero. Can’t believe the screws were flathead.

I want one ... Thank you very much that looks Amazing wow... love it...

Thank you for this vid. On my own now and having vids like this gives me confidence to try new things

That grill is looking great and must have cooked that meat perfectly. I have to put my two dutch ovens to good use and that should be enough for me to survive during power outages or when camping out.

Love venison back straps. I love how you cook everything on coals or fire. That's how I love to do it myself. Your vids are awesome....Keep up the awesome work.

Great job

A little history on the grill. The original patent on this grill was issued to Atlanta Stove Works as part of Birmingham Stove and Range in 1941. When BSR closed in 1991 they transferred the patent to Lodge for debt settlement owed to Lodge. Do you know what the long ridges on top of the grill are for? If not I will post a pic on your Face Book page, and no you can't have it but I will keep a look out for one. Well done video.... Dim ribs looked goooood.

Congratioulations on the new grill!

You'll love that grill! You're right medium rare is perfect. I know with out a doubt that the grill does a great job with asparagus. It is also a fantastic charcoal powered stove. You can place a CI griddle on it or a pot / flat bottomed Dutch oven.

Can't wait to purchase this grill as everything you made looked great

I've had one of these for about a year & LOVE it! Also, the first thing that I cooked on mine was steak & asparagus. I guess great minds think alike.

One of the reasons I bought this a few hours ago, was that it is manufactured in a new, fairly high tech facility in Tennessee, in the US of A. It feels good to spend money knowing that American families benefit. just by looking at your video, it seems that Lodge has slightly increased the quality of the finish, compared to ten to twenty years ago. Is that the case in your experience? Would it be improved by further polishing the top of the grill, and re-seasoning? The only improvement I can think of would be some sort of middle partition, for when one has just one steak or only two or three burgers. I may chip a fire brick to size.

Look like a great little grille and you turned out another great looking meal👍....Do they make those grilles in different sizes?

Pretty awesome little grill!

That's a cool little grill. If you wanted a lid, you could just put one of your dutch ovens on top upside down. First time I saw one of these grills was on Tim Farmers Country Kitchen. He has some really good vids and does a lot of campfire cooking.

i went down to the hardware store and purchased a set of stainless nuts washers and bolts that fit the holes perfectly . It probably didnt do me any good but thats what i did;)

Wow I'm reaaallll hungry now! Nice work I've been enjoying and learning a lot from your videos. Thanks👍👍🇺🇸

When you cut through the sear the knife went through it like butter.

This waters my mouth bud damn good cooking.

great video, nice equiqment.

Thanks for the video. A few years ago I had a round Lodge cast iron grill where the round grill top swung away from the fire. I had purchased it from the Lodge factory outlet store in South Pittsburg,TN along with the cast iron stand that the grill fit into. I never got the hang of grilling with that thing so I gave it away to my father and he sold/gave it away short while later. I don't think Lodge makes those grills anymore but if a person was to keep an eye peeled they could probably find one on Ebay or Craigslist eventually. I got some grilling tips from my mother and a Weber 14in grill that I like very well and through trial and error learned how to better use a grill. Watching your video I can see where the Sportsmans grill would be good for high heat searing. However I like the Weber grills the best. With a lid on the Weber grill I can move the coals over to one side(like I've seen you do in your videos before) and do some indirect grilling as well as a high heat sear. Back when Birmingham Stove and Range owned the patents for the Sportsmans grill they also made cast iron pans that fit nicely on top of the grill and I guess people would use them for fish frys. Cajun cook Justin Wilson used to have one of these shallow fish fry pans hanging on the wall behind him in his tv studio when he would film his cooking shows for television back in the 1980's. I think they were called oval roasters.

One of these days I'm going to get me one of them.

I love my grill. Did some vids as well. Enjoy watching others comment on it too.

Have you tried using a wok on any of the lodge grills?

Again an older video but I finally fired up mine tonight. Would you consider doing a video on cleaning and reseasoning the sportsman as well as general cast iron?

What is the Grill stood on out side

I got one at the local swapmeet, vintage for 20 bucks then i got another one like yours for 50 bucks

short ribs eh? looks good I will have to try that

Awesome

Very awesome man! Thanks for this unbox and demo, Top notch cook and plating! I have been looking at different grills and was leaning toward a Tonro ceramic grill till I saw this. I am sold on this Lodge now. Have you tried using the authentic Japanese hardwood lump and using it inside?

do an update on the grill tell your overall honest thoughts on the gill

Nice

How I’m suppose to clean the grill. Please make a video.

Looks great buddy. You use ur parm. Like I do. When I wake up in the morning I will drink. My coffee. And nibble on some parm or pecorino

Do you season the box everytime when you get done using it.

Love cast iron but no way I'd waste my time or money on this. Cheap little kettle is perfect for a mobile grill

No lid?? Nice little "special purpose" grill. Looks like you can get a really hot fire with it. Ever think of doing blackened fish on it?

Have you used the Weber with the ash catcher? If so, are you happy with the way it works? How do you remove the ash catcher? I'm trying to decide whether to go with the less expensive model without the ash catcher or to spend a bit more and buy a Weber with it. Thanks!

The washer is on the nut not the bolt

How do you clean it and keep it new looking?

Walmart special

Looks great, but sorry to say, I like a lid. And it's not much bigger then a Smokey Joe Weber grill. I think I would stick with a small Weber.

Nice vid I sub'd!

Hey could you try cooking directly on coals? Think it'll make for an interesting video.

they should have supplied you with good black stove bolts and nuts...just sayin

That's not medium rare. That's rare

Thank you for this vid. On my own now and having vids like this gives me confidence to try new things