Sometimes us car guys come across something that we just gotta have. It can be a neon sign in the garage with our favorite brew, or one of those fridges that looks like a roll away tool box, and sometimes we can convince the wife that the NASCAR tire and wheel coffee table base is a good conversation piece. Maybe that’s pushing it a little – car guys aren’t known for interior decorating.

But one thing that many of us car guys do know is how to grille meat on the barbecue. I’m not talking about any little sissy meat, like veggie burgers, vegetable shish kabobs, or chicken hot dogs. No, I’m talking real slabs of beef, meat that rattles the hell out of your grille when you slam it down on the barbecue. Ribs, porterhouse, t-bones, ribeye steaks, sausages that dwarf the weinermobile – that’s what we’re talking about. Real meat for real men.

So what kind of grille do get for this kind of culinary feast that brings out the carnivore in all of us? How about a grille that looks like an engine? There are a few companies that make these bad ass grilles, and the thought of turning the piston knobs on a HEMI bbq grille, or the smoke coming from the small block Chevy headers on a Hot Rod Grille, has got to be one helluva good time.

Talk about a conversation piece, neighbors would come over for the experience alone, and probably ask you things like, “what else can you cook on that thing?”, as they laugh at the other neighbors who have one of those wanna-be charcoal grilles they got at the local discount store for a buck three-ninety-five.

Better yet, you can even build your own charcoal grille using an old oil pan and unwanted engine parts like rods and pistons. This kinda brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “fire it up!” Yer darn right it’s hardcore!