The Holland Grill Heritage Plus Model# BH421SG-5A

The Holland Grill is a truly unique gas grill. This model, the Heritage Plus, is the bottom line product from Holland. To understand how different this grill is let me tell you that it has 330 square inches of cooking space, a single 19,500 BTU burner, a completely isolated cooking chamber, and a pair of smoke stacks on top. People who have owned this grill over the past two decades are dedicated fans that refuse to switch to a more conventional gas grill. On the other hand I know people who have found its unique and versatile cooking system difficult to get used to. Either way, this is a very well built grill.

This model has been discontinued. It is most nearly replaced by the The Holland Grill Maverick Model# BH421AG6.

The best way to describe how this grill works is to tell you how it's built. First of all, you have a single circular cast iron burner, controlled by a two position valve: on and off. The control valve is factory set to the correct BTU output and you can not adjust it. Above the burner is a stainless steel plate that distributes the heat. Above that is a single piece of aluminum sheet metal that completely separates the burner from the cooking chamber. Hence, no grease can get to an open flame to cause a flare-up. The cooking chamber is heated by radiate heat. The cooking grate is a stainless steel, diamond pattern, single piece screen. On top of the grill are two smoke stacks that allow air into the isolated cooking chamber creating a convection heating patten. The Holland grill needs no rotisserie system and doesn't tend to dry out meats like regular gas grills.

Since this grill is preset to a specific temperature (around 400 degrees F) you don't get the same high temperature grilling that you would on other grills. Cooking times on this grill are longer as are preheat and recover (the time it takes to return to cooking temperature after opening the lid) times. If you are one of those people who want super high temperatures to "sear" steaks then this might not be the grill for you. For lower cooking temperatures you need to close the grease drain inside the grill and fill the bottom of the cooking chamber with water (or beer, juice, wine or whatever you want to steam with). This will lower the cooking temperature to around 300 degrees F. This means that low and slow smoking can not be done at lower temperatures.

Sounds like this grill has a lot of limitations. If you are comparing the Holland Grill to more conventional grills it might seem like it. On the other hand, this grill cooks by convection in a mostly sealed environment. Food does not dry out in this grill like it does in other grills. And since you can add moisture to the cooking chamber you can get moist and tender meats with very little effort. In fact, since this grill has a controlled temperature and virtually no possibility of flare-ups, this grill requires a lot less attention that other grills. You can literally put a whole chicken, a big roast, or hamburgers on this grill and leave it until they are done. Foods actually cook all around, though you will need to flip things over to get even cooking. Yes, it takes 20 minutes to grill some steaks, but other than flipping them over half way through you don't need to even watch the grill. Also, since the Holland Grill uses a lot less fuel than other grills you can run it longer (as you probably will need to) and still end up filling your tank less often.