Yes, year round. I've made a few holiday meals in -30 weather. It doesn't hurt to have a sheltered patio where the grill is. Thankfully a premium grill doesn't need to be baby-sat. I'm running NG as well so I never run out of fuel. I use the grill more than my stove
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Good luck and enjoy the Instant pot :thumbup:. Lots of meal ideas posted here, there and everywhere. The IP does a number meals/cooks better than most other cooking methods but it definitely isn't for everything. For meats, it's strengths include
combo cooks such as stews, pot roasts, casseroles, pastas, soups, etc. Hard and soft boiled eggs are excellent as well. Lots of pulled meat recipes too. OTOH, if people normally cook a certain meat meal on a grill, using a pressure cooker instead isn't going to compare well. The IP uses steam and may be considered similar to boiling as a method of cooking. There's not a lot of meats I boil outside of the previously mentioned combo cooks.