Sear grid for portable grill

In combination with a gas grill including a cooking vessel having a housing with a burner assembly including a plurality of elongated burner tubes adjacent a lower end of said housing and a cooking grid spaced above said burner assembly with the grid adapted to support food products that produce grease drippings during the cooking process and direct said grease drippings toward said lower end, the improvement of a sear grid located between said burner assembly and said cooking grid, said sear grid comprising a plurality of sear bars at least equal in number to said burner tubes and having lower edges spaced above said burner assembly, said housing having support means in opposed walls with said support means including positioning means so that at least one of said sear bars is positioned directly over and covers a burner tube, each sear bar comprising an inverted V-shaped member having first and a second flat inclined walls merging in an upper apex with the upper apex lying directly above each said burner tube and defining an included angle of less than 90.degree. to define outwardly-inclined flat surfaces for receiving and vaporizing grease drippings while flowing along said inclined surfaces and preventing uncontrolled flare-ups during the cooking process.