Key Features Traditional charcoal grills made from steel, tend to rust or corrode over time. This is just an inherent quality in steel. It’s reactive to acid, and water, as well as corrosion that can occur when even a miniscule amount of ash mixes with water. This diminishing lifespan can make ...
Key Features Wood fired pizza ovens have become incredibly popular in recent years. Some people watch a cooking show with an Italian restaurant or pizzeria with a wood-fired oven and think “Hey I can do that!” The truth is “Yes you really can do that!” Yet the real challenge is that unless you are ...
Key Features Portable grills are popular with tailgaters, beachgoers, and camping enthusiasts. They are especially prized for RV tourists who want to be able to enjoy some grilled and smoked food, without always having to live with the standard fare offered when you are “On The Road.” Most ...
Key Features Kamado style grills took a little bit to really gain traction in the marketplace. They started out as a little bit of a big green curiosity. In recent years, their popularity has started to grow as more and more people realize their versatility and efficiency. They also tend to look ...
Key Features Once upon a time, the art of cooking food over an open fire was considered state of the art. Today there are still many people who want to enjoy the experience of cooking over a fire pit, yet also appreciate simply backyard grilling. One interesting, perhaps alarmingly simple way ...
Key Features A backyard smoker doesn’t necessarily need to be fancy. It just needs to have quality in the places where you need it most. Bullet or so-called capsule smokers represent a popular alternative to traditional smoker cabinets. This has prompted a wide range of grill manufacturers to ...
Key Features A high-end grill with the kind of gleam to become a conversation piece can be a key component of hosting a successful cookout. At the same time, wood pellet grills with their easy to use setup, and features are also increasingly popular. Yet most of the wood pellet grills on the ...
Key Features Backyard chefs are often forced to debate between the various features they want in a gas grill. It’s rare to find one that can truly do everything you want. As one of the most trusted names in backyard cooking appliances, Weber proudly stepped up to the challenge of providing the ...
Key Features Kamado style grills are very popular due in large part to their efficiency and interesting appearance. One of the knocks on this style of grill is the lack of an easy to move cart and side shelves. Primo does their best to answer this by providing their 778+370 with a stainless steel ...
Key Features Rec Tec Grills have been garnering a lot of attention recently. As a company, they put a great deal of focus into offering quality products, while paying attention to the end user’s needs. The Rec Tec Stampede is their attempt to provide the market with a wood pellet grill that ...
Key Features It's been said that the cheetah gave the gazelle it’s speed. This sort of mutual competition driving innovation also shows up in the world of grill manufacturers. One of the bigger grudge matches you will find in this arena is the duel between Weber and a bevy of other manufacturers ...
Key Features Old Smokey has been a tried and true name in outdoor cooking appliances for decades. They are proudly made in the United States with American source materials. Almost every grill and smoker in their line is made from a special aluminized steel. This manufacturing process involves ...
Key Features Wood pellet grills continue to grow in popularity. Some are very utilitarian and the design visually reflects this. The Memphis Grill recognizes that a wood pellet grill is a serious investment, and you want to see quality materials and design throughout. Their VG0002S Elite Wood ...
Key Features If you are looking for a wood pellet grill or wood pellet smoker, then you have likely noticed the flood of choices on the market today. They all work on the same principles where manufactured pellets created as a byproduct of hardwood processing, are slowly fed into an internal fire ...
Key Features Wood pellet grills are prized by many for their ease of use and overall efficiency. Larger units are meant to do double duty as a high, yet indirect heat grill, that you can also use as a hot smoker. Some of the well-designed larger units like the ones in the Pit Boss line can produce ...
Key Features Wood pellet grills are prized for the versatility and ease of use. However, there are a few minor complaints that pop up with many of them. At the top of the list is the fact that it only offers indirect heat. This means that a wood pellet grill can’t give you that steakhouse sear ...
Key Features In the past, tabletop gas grills were seen as utilitarian cooking devices that were meant to quickly sear up some meat, while you got on to other things. You would see them most often used for trips to the beach, the occasional camping trip, and riddled throughout the parking lots of ...
Key Features Demand for wood pellet grills continues to grow. At this point, the market is flooded with a variety of options. Many of which do pretty much the same thing. The pellet hopper sends prepared hardwood pellets to the firepot via a carefully controlled auger system. An igniter and fan ...
Key Features For some people, the Number 18, Old Smokey Charcoal Grill conjures up long-lost memories of childhood. It was one of the earliest front runners in retail level charcoal grills. It’s success as a charcoal grill, smoker, and portable grill has endeared many. To this day the original ...
Key Features Smoker cabinets are an affordable option for replicating near competition level barbecue in the comfort of your own back yard. Camp Chef started out making grills and wood stoves for camping enthusiasts. A big part of their early market segment was hunters who went out on prolonged ...
Key Features In the 1950s and into the early 1960s barbecue and smoked meat was primarily a thing reserved to the Southern and Southeastern parts of the United States. As backyard grilling started gaining popularity, more and more aficionados of fire-kissed flavor started taking an interest in ...
Key Features When they are done right, kabobs, or kebabs are a thing of beauty. With the right prep system, they can be easy to make, and certainly impress dinner guests. Depending on what you are offering they also allow diners to customize what they want on their plate. Still, Blackstone ...
Key Features Barrel smokers like the EasyGO EGP-FIRE-017 Big Bad Barrel originally started out in the 1950s when left over 55-gallon barrel drums from World War Two were readily available. It was also a time in American culture when outdoor grilling was incredibly popular. They started out with ...
Key Features Propane is typically seen as a thing of convenience when it comes to outdoor grilling. At the same time, smoking is also seen as something meant for charcoal or hardwood fire. Some would argue that a wood pellet grill also fits into this niche. Yet in recent years gas-fired smokers ...
Key Features Charcoal, wood pellet, and wood-burning smokers have been flooding the marketplace in recent years. Even gas-fired smokers have managed to gobble up their portion of this niche market. Of course, these units require an active fire and often require a lot of cleaning afterward. An ...
Key Features Versatility is one of the most prized features in modern-day grills. Gone are the days when a grill was little more than a hot box of charcoal or propane fed flames. Most people feel that if they are going to sink their money into investing in a grill, then they want it to do more ...
Key Features An offset vertical smoker is prized by many people who want to be able to produce their own competition level barbecue. It’s also a handy thing to have it you like to make your own link and ring sausages or smoke your own slabs of bacon. An offset, vertical smoker can also be used to ...
Key Features Twenty years ago smokers were mostly limited to the South, barbecue joints, and the occasional barrel drum improvised in the backyard. Today the demand for a quality backyard smoker is higher than it has ever been. This prompts a lot of manufacturers like Cuisinart to offer their own ...
Key Features Up until the late 1980s and into the 1990’s it was pretty rare to find truly smoked food, or classic barbecue anywhere other than the Southern United States. This was both a cultural exposure thing, as well as the fact that there simply weren’t a lot of grill manufacturers who willing ...
Key Features Some wood pellet smokers struggle to stand out from their competitors. While they are all innovative in their design and engineering, it’s hard to incorporate a lot of bells and whistles. Louisiana Grills doesn’t back down from this challenge one bit with their LG 1100. If ...
Key Features Wood pellet grills are all the rage these days. They tend to draw the attention of barbecue enthusiasts who love competition level smoked meat, as well as the average Joe, who simply wants an easy way to cook outside. This means the wood pellet grill market is a little bit flooded ...
Key Features A large wood pellet grill can create a lot of different foods including barbecue brisket, pork shoulder, smoked sausage, butterflied chicken, slow-smoked shrimp, and even grilled pizza. The Louisiana Grills Champion Wood Pellet Grill takes this concept a step further by including a ...
Key Features Charcoal grills with an offset smoker box are prized for their versatility. You generally can’t get a quality barrel grill and a quality smoker for the same cost that you can a two in one like Oklahoma Joe's Longhorn Offset Smoker. The offset smoker box has an easy access door with ...
Key Features Wood pellet grills and smokers are prized for their convenience. You simply load the hopper with prepared wood pellets that you can buy at just about any grill supply or hardware store. You plug the unit into a standard 110 household electric outlet and set the desired temperature you ...
Key Features Smoked meat and barbecue have become incredibly popular in recent years. Some people have even gone so far as to improvise their own backyard smokers from metal barrels or old oil drums. Unfortunately, the seals on these largely scrap metal units tend to leak and thermal efficiency is ...
Key Features On the face of it, a charcoal grill can be a pretty basic thing. Most are little more than a metal box capable of safely containing an active fire. Utilitarian grill grates then hold meat and vegetables above the flames while you flip them with some basic metal tools. It's not the ...
Key Features A charcoal grill with a securely attached side smoker box can be very appealing to a backyard chef who wants to occasionally play with classic smoked barbecue. The Royal Gourmet CC1830F-C Charcoal Grill Offset Smoker attempts to offer this kind of capability while also being able to ...
Key Features Wood pellet grills and smokers are incredibly popular with outdoor cooks who love the flavor of smoked meat, but also prefer to bask in the “Set it and forget it” mentality. Tending a traditional wood or charcoal smoker tends to require a lot of reloading and feeding. At the same ...
Key Features A wood pellet grill represents the height of convenience in outdoor cooking. The first units took off right out of the gate and since then competing manufacturers have been trying to put their own spin on the wood pellet grill, in hopes of claiming their own little piece of the ...
Key Features Wood pellet grills are very popular with outdoor chefs who want to create high level barbecue without all the fuss of tending a traditional smoke pit. Most of these grills use the same design, where a hopper and automated auger deliver premade wood pellets to a fire pot. An electric ...
Key Features Barrel style charcoal grills are one of the classics that harken back to before the 1950’s when kettle style grills first emerged onto the outdoor cooking scene. In the old days, a barrel grill was little more than a surplus 55-gallon barrel drum, that was probably leftover from World ...
Key Features Pellet grills and smokers continue to increase in popularity throughout the United States due to their ability to conveniently produce competition level smoked meat and barbecue. They all work on a similar design process, where a hopper of commercially produced wood pellets are ...
Key Features Modern technology keeps finding new ways to innovate our lives and provide us with all manner of conveniences. Of course, the opportunity to sit down to a nice meal of properly grilled and smoky foods tops a lot of people’s lists. Yet wrestling with bags of charcoal and cleaning up ...
Key Features If you love to host cookouts and grill for large numbers of people or smoke large cuts of meat, then a standard kettle grill likely isn’t going to fit the bill. To answer these interests Dyna-Glo provides their Signature Series DGSS675CB-D. This barrel-style charcoal grill features ...
Key Features Wood pellet grills and smokers continue to grow in popularity with people who cherish the marriage between convenience and smoky flavors. The Z Grills ZPG-700D Wood Pellet Grill & Smoker comes with a custom-shaped patio cover. It works like most other pellet smokers, in that ...
