Solaire Demo Rental Program

This is a fantastic program to allow actual experience with infrared cooking to decide what product is best for your cooking needs. I used it almost daily and learned a lot. I want to get an infrared unit in the near future, but need to sort out the best model for me. Thanks for a great demo program!

If you are on the fence about ordering a grill, the demo program is a great way to investigate your reservations. Cooking on an infrared grill is a learning process. I grilled vegetables, fish, chicken and hamburgers. No doubt the grill cooks much hotter and faster than any traditional grill. The included “Great Grilling Simplified” book was helpful. I shortened the cook times because my food was cooking much faster than the recommended grill-times in the guide. My results were a bit more ‘well-done’ but I’m sure with practice I would get the hang of it. As for taste - the food had a very nice grill flavor, my guess is because the searing of the food. Veggies were nice and easy to grill. Fish and chicken came out fine. Only issue was melting cheese on the burgers because closing the grill lid is not an option. The recommended final flip of the burgers for minute was not enough time to really melt the cheese. Cleaning the unit was easy. The unit they sent me was new. I would assume the grates will season after a while of use. Stuff gets really burnt on to them so they will never be sparkling clean. I did all the recommended cleaning suggestions and washed them in the dishwasher too, but it didn’t seem to help much. Removing the ceramic heater was easy which facilitated access to cleaning the bottom of the unit. Overall, it’s a very nice grill, well built and the company Solaire is outstanding. Communicating with them was a breeze and they answered all my questions. Excellent customer service!

I got the grill in a few days. Instructions were clear, and it was easy to set up. Over the course of two weeks I cooked a bunch of stuff on it, and learned a lot about the experience -- infrared is fantastic, but there are issues with keeping the grates clean, and it's impossible to cook at low heat. Overall I'm really happy with the trade-offs and have ordered an "infravection" grill. The return process was easy: I packed the grill back into its original box, and left it outside my front door for UPS to pick it up. It's 100% worth doing this to get a sense for whether infrared in general, and soliare in particular, will work for you. Very grateful for the opportunity.

I was in doubt regarding the benefits of Infrared grilling. Not anymore, the improvements over traditional gas grilling were beyond my expectations. The results should satisfy any Foodie! I have ordered my 21 inch model and can't wait to cook with it.

You have a good plan here! Really nice way tO try it out and try various foods. It would be nice if you would have told us where the battery went and which direction...nothing mentioned ! We’re ordering a larger model. Thanks Dave and Jackie

Clean grill, very well packaged. A great way to try before purchase. We plan to buy a different model, based on this trial. Having never before using infrared, I found my self back on the trial and error method of cooking. Definitely a better experience and look forward to grilling again.

I’m really glad the for the rental program. I was reminded of my own grilling techniques. I am definitely less serious about my grilling than someone who might want a Rasmussen. This grill is high quality , high heat. I am more of a middle of the road griller and I like to grill on less heat.....slower cooking. My final decision not to buy a Rasmussen was the cost of these grills.

Clean grill, very well packaged. A great way to try before purchase. We plan to buy a different model, based on this trial.

We weren't sure what to expect but now at the end of our trial we LOVE infrared grilling. We can't go back to conventional grilling. We have vegetarians and meat-eaters all under one roof; real meat, fake meat and vegetables all require different cook times. Veg-meat doesn't have any fats or oils so they dry out quickly, but not on the Solaire grill, the food is cooked before the moisture evaporates. AND BONUS, we get a wonderful char on our food now without drying it out.