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The Best Gas Grills Under $500, 2015 Edition

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The best gas grills under $500

Editor's Note: We've been longtime admirers of the folks behind AmazingRibs.com, the site dedicated to unraveling the science of barbecue and grilling. You won't find a better source for thoroughly researched and well-tested techniques, tips, and recipes for cooking with smoke and fire anywhere in the world. We're happy to welcome them to Serious Eats to drop some backyard cooking bombs this summer. Please also welcome back Max Good, the only person in the world whose full-time job is testing, rating, and reviewing grills and smokers. The database he maintains contains 500 grills and smokers ranging in price from $30 to $50,000. When it comes to grilling and barbecue equipment, nobody knows it better.

If you have a lot of money, it's as easy to select a great grill as to select a great wine. The trick is finding a great one that's also affordable. Of course, affordable is relative, so we have set the upper limit at $500 for this list, though some grills are considerably less expensive. All of these selections have won the AmazingRibs.com Best Value Gold or Silver Medal.

The iconic Weber Charcoal Kettle was born in 1952 and set backyards on fire around the world. It became an emblem of backyard BBQ, but long ago gas grill sales overtook charcoal. Heated debate routinely flares up between gas and charcoal advocates. My editor Meathead Goldwyn and I have at any moment 10 of each in our yards, and both have strengths and weaknesses (read more about their pros and cons on AmazingRibs.com). But there's always more to learn, and we look forward to you letting us know how stupid we are in the comments section.

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Whatever grill you choose, we cannot emphasize this enough: Pay no attention to the cheap, inaccurate dial thermometers. Those ancient bi-metal heat estimators can be off by 50 to 100°F! Furthermore, they are usually located in the lid, not down on the grill where the food is. This is useful only if you plan to eat the lid.

To achieve your goal of backyard domination, you absolutely need an accurate digital thermometer, and if you're a data nerd, we encourage you to take a look at the database of ratings and reviews of more than 150 digital thermometers on AmazingRibs. Get one now and you'll never have to make excuses for overdone meats again, or, worse still, apologize to a guest who got sick from underdone chicken.

Gas became the fuel of choice largely because most perceive it as easier to use than charcoal: just turn a couple of knobs and start cooking. The convenience of gas is clearly valuable to the grilling public. Every year mass-market grill manufacturers scramble to offer more for less. Watch out, though, because cheap manufacturers often include bells and whistles, like cut-rate sear burners, side burners, and rotisseries, to entice you into buying their flimsy, low-quality junkers.

Manufacturers tout the number of BTU (British thermal units) their grills can produce, but that number can be very misleading. BTU does not indicate the amount of useful cooking heat a grill can generate; it just tells you how much fuel it burns. Naturally, larger grills with more burners will burn more fuel. Heat flux—that's BTU per unit area—is a much more useful indicator of a grill's searing power, and is something the manufacturers never tell you. We've calculated heat flux for you here and in the extensive searchable equipment review database at AmazingRibs.com. Typical flux for a gas grill is around 85 BTU per square inch.

Size matters. Two-zone cooking—setting up a hot direct zone and a cooler indirect zone—is an essential technique for good grilling. It can be done on those little two-burner gassers, but it's more difficult and cuts your already-small cook surface in half. We recommend a minimum of three burners. Furthermore, you want those burners set up side by side, not back to front, which will prevent you from creating indirect cooking zones. Fortunately, most grill manufacturers these days have stopped producing back-to-front-oriented grills.

The Classic: Broil-Mate 165154 LP Gas Grill

The Broil-Mate 165154 LP Gas Grill is a basic low-priced gas cooker with a design typical of the first gas grills made in the early 1960s: cast-aluminum body and an old-style 40,000 BTU Dual-H burner. Cast aluminum holds heat well, and the H-burner is actually two U-shaped burners fused together, with a separate control knob for each side. You could easily walk past this plain little grill in favor of a big shiny model that was made cheap to sell cheap and carries a one-year warranty—but if you're shopping in this price range, you would do well to stop and take a look. Broil-Mate's aluminum housing will not rust and comes with a limited lifetime warranty on the cook box, five years on burners and stainless steel components, and two years on everything else. Broil-Mate is one of five grill brands owned by Canadian BBQ manufacturer and distributor Onward Manufacturing.

Cooking Area: 400 square inches (about 19 burgers)

Heat Flux: 100 BTU/square inch

Broil-Mate 165154 LP Gas Grill

The Big One: Brinkmann 5-Burner Gas Grill

Brinkmann's 5-Burner Grill with Side Burner is mighty big for the bucks. You can see the cut-rate construction all around, from the thin metal body to the plastic control knobs, but for $200 you'll get features found on more expensive units. Although the 502-square-inch primary cook surface is large, it's not gigantic for the five burners, which accounts for the respectable heat flux rating of 100 BTU per square inch, providing an extra kick for high-temp searing.

Many owners like this grill, or at least feel it's worth the super-low price. A few have experienced buyer's remorse, although one wonders what their expectations could have been for this size in this price range. If you want a big gasser on a tight budget, you could sure do worse, but be sure to get a cover to extend its life.

Cooking Area: 502 square inches (about 24 burgers)

Heat Flux: 100 BTU/square inch

Brinkmann 5 Burner Gas Grill

The No-Flare Searing Champ: Char-Broil Commercial Stainless/Black 3-Burner Gas Grill

The Lowe's-exclusive Char-Broil Commercial Stainless/Black 3-Burner Gas Grills have been redesigned for 2015 with a few new features, like upgraded grates and a fuel level gauge. Infrared heat is intense, high-temperature radiant heat, but Char-Broil's Commercial grills allow you to dial it back for low and slow roasting as well. The cast-iron cooking grates on Char-Broil's Commercial line rest directly on top of stainless steel radiant plates that cover the entire grill area. There is almost no exposure to direct flame from the gas burners below, and consequently very little exposure to the convection heat that can dry up moisture in foods, resulting in juicy meats with no flare-ups. Click here to learn more about infrared, convection heat, and the thermodynamics of grilling on AmazingRibs.com.

Since the radiant plates are less than an inch from the cooking surface, you can do some serious searing with this grill. Those radiant plates get really, really hot. Cleaning the cook surface is a little different because juices and marinades don't drip down and burn up; instead, they collect on the radiant plates in the channels between the grates, but Char-Broil includes a fork-like scraper to address this. An added benefit to this design is low fuel consumption—with the heat source so close to the cooking surface, it takes less fuel to reach searing temperatures.

Cooking Area: 420 square inches (about 20 burgers)

Heat Flux: 61 BTU/square inch

Char-Broil Commercial Stainless/Black 3-Burner Gas Grill

The Reliable Standby: Weber Spirit E-310 3-Burner Grill*

Weber is the gold standard for backyard grills. It's hard to beat their design, construction, warranty, and customer support. The Spirit E-310 is Weber's entry-level gas grill line and was recently redesigned with significant upgrades that bring it closer in features and performance to the more sophisticated and expensive Genesis line. One big change is a reconfiguration of the burner layout. The burners used to connect from left to right, with control knobs on the right-side shelf; new models have burners that connect from front to back and control knobs on the front panel. This setup is not only better for two-zone cooking, but frees the right-side shelf for beverages, bowls, and cutting boards. Another nice feature is Weber's LP tank fuel gauge, which gives an approximate indication of fuel level by weight. Made in China.

Cooking Area: 424 square inches (about 20 burgers)

Heat Flux: 75 BTU/square inch

Weber 46510001 Spirit E310 Liquid Propane Gas Grill, Black

* The E-310 3-Burner actually lists for $599, but you can easily find it at all the big retailers for $499, so we couldn't resist including it on our list.

The Weber Alternative: Broil King Baron 440

Yes, Broil King has succeeded in capturing our attention. Their blossoming relationship with Lowe's brings a quality gas grill line that runs neck and neck with beloved Weber. The Broil King Baron 440 is a good-sized, good-looking four-burner with Broil King's patented Dual Tube Burners, which are designed to even out gas pressure from front to back and provide a consistent temperature across the cook surface. The cook box is deep and the hood is high, essential for Thanksgiving turkey. Production divided between Canada and the USA.

Cooking Area: 444 square inches (about 21 burgers)

Heat Flux: 90 BTU/square inch

Broil King Baron 440

Bonus! The Griddle: Blackstone 36" Griddle Cooking Station

The Blackstone 36" Griddle Cooking Station is an interesting, low-cost, large-capacity cook top. The 36" x 21" removable, cold-rolled steel griddle has a lip around the sides and back to keep your goodies from falling off, and electric ignition makes for convenient start-up. Plus, if you remove the bottom storage shelf, the legs fold up for easy transport.

Griddles are different from grills, and we do love our open flames, but boy, oh boy, are people who own these nuts about them! Specifically, they love their even heat distribution across a large cook surface and their high temp capability. Griddles also make it a snap to caramelize onions and peppers, or cook eggs, bacon, and pancakes. Easy to use, easy to clean, plenty of cook surface, and portable!

Cooking Area: 756 square inches (about 37 burgers)

Blackstone 36 inch Outdoor Flat Top Gas Grill Griddle Station - 4-burner - Propane Fueled - Restaurant Grade - Professional Quality

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Barbecue was not his first career. He earned a BA from Columbia College in Chicago and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Dana School of Music. He has been involved in every aspect of film, video and music production. He edited the 1991 Academy Award nominated documentary, "The Mark of the Maker" and "Universal Hotel", which is part of a permanent exhibit at the Dachau Memorial Museum.

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I love hosting Game Day parties for my family and friends. A house full of people I love, kids running wild, big screen TV’s, the best commercials of the year, endless amounts of food and oh yeah – a football game! What better way to spend a Sunday?

I try to serve a variety of food for people to nibble on throughout the day. There are the must-haves like nachos, chicken wings and pizza but I also like to offer a few healthier options, too. One of my favorites is Creamy Red Pepper Dip with Grilled Pita Wedges.

Creamy Red Pepper Dip with Grilled Pita Wedges

4 large red bell peppers

¼ cup chopped fresh basil

1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

1 (16-oz) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

1 large garlic clove, chopped

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Whole wheat pita bread

1. Grill the bell peppers over Direct Medium heat until the skin is blackened and blistered all over, 12 to 15 minutes, turning occasionally.

2. Place the pepper in a small bowl and cover with plastic wrap to trap the steam. Set aside for at least 10 minutes, then remove the pepper from the bowl and peel away the charred skin. Cut off the top, remove the seeds, and roughly chop the pepper.

3. Place the chopped pepper in a food processor along with the rest of the ingredients. Process until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until about 20 minutes before you are ready to serve.

4. Brush both sides of the pita bread with olive oil. Grill the pita bread over Direct Medium heat for about 2 minutes on each side or until lightly marked.

5. Sprinkle with salt, to taste, and serve with red pepper dip.

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The Big Green Egg and Beyond: The 10 Best Kamado Smokers and Grills

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Editor's Note: Considering an upgrade in your backyard cooking setup this summer? You're probably looking for a little advice. We're longtime admirers of the folks behind AmazingRibs.com, the site dedicated to unraveling the science of barbecue and grilling. Please welcome back Max Good, the only person in the world whose full-time job is testing, rating, and reviewing grills and smokers. The database he maintains includes over 500 grills and smokers, ranging in price from $30 to $50,000. When it comes to barbecue equipment, nobody knows it better.

I'd say that kamados are the best residential outdoor ovens going. These charcoal-fueled devices are modern versions of the Chinese and Indian earthenware cooking ovens and urns that came into use several thousand years ago. Most look a bit like ancient burial urns, or giant eggs. Some are made of ceramics or refractory materials, the same stuff used to make kilns, crucibles, and pizza ovens—all extremely good insulators that store and radiate heat effectively. They're superb smokers and roasters, and they're unmatched as backyard pizza and bread ovens, because the sides and domes absorb heat and radiate it back like a professional brick oven, so the pizza and bread can cook properly from above. They're also great for paella and tandoori cooking. So it's no wonder that ceramic grills/smokers/ovens is a fast-growing category, with more competitors throwing their hats into the ring every year.

Considering a kamado? Let me be your guide.

A Few Pros and Cons

Ceramics are so well insulated, and the interior absorbs and radiates heat so evenly, that they are very good at holding steady temps. Get a kamado started, bring it to temp, and there's little need to touch it until the meat is ready. Kamados can be especially handy if you live in a cold climate and want to cook outdoors all winter.

The downside is that those thick walls take longer to warm up than some other cookers, and once they get hot, they stay hot. They aren't as nimble as a charcoal kettle, which can switch gears from warm to hot if you control airflow. Whatever you do with your kamado, don't overshoot your target temperature, or you'll be cooling your heels while the fiery beast cools down.

One more thing to think about: Kamado cookers are very heavy and can easily crack if dropped or knocked over. But when taken care of, they'll last forever. Some newer designs utilize modern fiber insulation clad in a steel casing. Each material has its strengths and weaknesses. Some cooks prefer the heat retention of ceramic over the steel models, but, on the other hand, steel doesn't crack. Then again, ceramic doesn't rust.

History of the Kamado

Early clay ovens appeared in China about 3,000 years ago. (The Chinese, as you may recall, also developed the fire-hardened clay we now call ceramics, as well as porcelain coatings.) Around 300 BC, this technology was exported to Japan, and the ceramic ovens were dubbed kamados, or "stoves."

How did the kamado come to the States? After World War II, thousands of Westerners stationed in Japan saw these wonderful cookers for the first time. Returning home, many brought kamados back, and some even started importing and selling them. One such entrepreneur was Ed Fisher, who sensed there might be an interest in these ceramic charcoal burners back in the USA. In 1974, he opened a store in Atlanta, and the Big Green Egg was born. Big Green Egg is now the most popular brand of kamado in the world, with legions of devotees who affectionately call themselves Eggheads.

But the Big Green Egg isn't the only kamado out there. You now have a wide range of choices in all different sizes, shapes, and colors.

Advantages of Oval-Shaped Kamados and Problems of Round Kamados

We are strong believers in the two-zone system for grilling. The concept is to place the coals on one side of the grill and leave the other side without coals. On a gas grill, you turn on the burners on one side, but not on the other. With two zones, you can move food from very hot, direct radiant infrared heat to mild, indirect convection heat, quickly and easily.

Oval-shaped kamados, like those made by Primo and Komodo Kamado, can easily be set up for two-zone cooking, but round kamados cannot. The oval shape enables more separation from side to side, while heat in the round models tends to even out rather quickly. Most round-kamado aficionados concede that their best way of creating different heat zones is by moving foods closer to or farther from the fire. This is done with various deflectors and rack systems that can be costly and awkward to manipulate.

Can You Grill on a Kamado?

Kamados can get mighty hot. We cranked a Big Green Egg until a column of fire shot out the top, and it was like a blast furnace inside. That's great for searing the snot out of thin meats like skirt steak that you just want to cook hot and fast, but once kamados get hot, they take forever to cool down. Along with the difficulty of creating a two-zone setup, this is why we believe most kamados function better as smokers and ovens than as grills.

If you really want to take your grilling skills to the highest level, then you need to master two-zone cooking and get a charcoal grill in addition to the kamado, or select a kamado that can do two-zone cooking.

Is It Okay to Use Regular Charcoal Briquettes?

Many kamado manufacturers recommend or even dictate that you use more expensive lump charcoal rather than briquettes. They argue that briquettes produce more ash than lump, and the ash can block airflow as it builds up over long cooks. Most kamado manufacturers also sell private-label lump charcoal, so they just might have a conflict of interest. Generally, we recommend using Kingsford Original Briquets in charcoal burners, because they're affordable, consistent, and readily available. Lump charcoal, especially the bargain-basement varieties, can be inconsistent. We've seen bags that were half pulverized charcoal dust and half large chunks of construction material. It's not unusual to find metal and plastic debris mixed in. Nonetheless, I personally prefer high-quality lump in a kamado over briquettes, because it's lighter and easier to stir around at the bottom of the deep firebox, while briquettes tend to get compacted.

Firing Up a Kamado

Do not use lighter fluid to start your charcoal in any ceramic cooker; that stuff can get into the porous interior, which is bad news. Instead, it's best to always use a chimney, electric starter, or firestarter.

Here's a trick we learned from Dennis Linkletter of Komodo Kamado: Fill the charcoal basket, bury one Weber paraffin firestarter cube in the pile of charcoal, and light it. It will ignite about five briquettes immediately around it. They will burn slowly, producing very little heat, and the combustion will spread gradually to unlit coals. When shooting for low-and-slow smoking temps of 225°F, once you get a fist-sized cluster of briquettes glowing, it's already time to shut down both the lower intake damper and upper exhaust damper to let just a small amount of air in and out. The smart move is to let your kamado slowly come up to the desired temp and stabilize, rather than risk overshooting your mark.

Easy as it is to maintain temps over a long period in these stable cookers, some like to go a step further and use thermostatic temperature controllers, like the popular BBQ Guru, which control cooking temperature by regulating a small fan affixed to the air intake damper. These gizmos enable you to run a kamado for days at low-and-slow smoking temps, with no babysitting.

But first, a cooker. Should you go for the Green Egg or look for another brand? Here are my top 10 kamado cookers for your consideration.

Uncrackable Char-Griller Akorn Kamado Grill

The Akorn is a double-walled, insulated steel egg that is much lighter and in some ways more durable than the popular Big Green Egg—and it's less than half the price. Char-Griller has mostly been known over the years for inexpensive grills, and, until now, you pretty much got what you paid for. But this design and Char-Griller's manufacturing process may be a match made in heaven. This cooker performs fairly close to traditional kamados at a fraction of the cost. Don't expect the Akorn to last forever, but if you're curious about kamados and you've been waiting for the right time and price, this could be it.

Cooking Area: 302 square inches (about 14 burgers)

Char-Griller 16620 Akorn Kamado Kooker Charcoal Barbecue Grill and Smoker, Black

Self-Starter: Vision Professional S-Series Kamado

Vision's Professional S-Series kamado has some unique and interesting features not found on other ceramic cookers. The bottom dampers are part of a slide-out ash drawer, which also has a slot for the included electric starter. And you gotta love the stainless steel two-level grates: The top grate is hinged for easy access to the lower level, which is also hinged for adding wood and tending to charcoal. This nice package deal includes a solid, powder-coated stand on four casters, with fold-down wood side shelves and a cover.

Cooking Area: 302 square inches (about 14 burgers)

Vision Grills Kamado Pro Ceramic Charcoal Grill S

Rule the Backyard Roost: Big Green Egg Large Ceramic Cooker

Many view the Big Green Egg as the Weber of kamados. Big Green Egg popularized kamado cookers in the US, and it's often viewed as the industry standard. In fact, some competitors design their kamados to work with Big Green Egg accessories. Big Green Eggs are available in seven models in progressively larger diameters—from 10 inches to 29 inches. This "Large Egg" (18 inches in diameter) is the most popular size—big enough for a 20-pound turkey. The BGE design is simple and built to last, with a limited lifetime warranty. They're manufactured in Mexico.

When you buy an Egg, you start with just the ceramic oven, and everything else is à la carte. By the time you add a few basics, like a stand and diffuser plate, the cost has gone up significantly. Eggs are not sold on the internet, but they have a lot of dealers coast to coast, so you shouldn't have much trouble getting your hands on one.

Cooking Area: 262 square inches (about 12 burgers)

Super Bowl of 'Cue: Grill Dome Infinity Series Large

Grill Domes are known for heavy construction, with top-quality 304-grade stainless steel, excellent heat retention, and beautiful enamel finishes. The ceramic was developed by Grill Dome founder Tarsem Kohli in Atlanta. Called Terapex, it's more durable than traditional ceramic, Grill Dome claims, and can withstand much higher temperatures. Instead of a ceramic-glaze finish, the six colors available come in baked-on enamel. The company believes these finishes help mitigate crazing, the tiny cracks that can form across the exteriors of glazed kamados. Either way, they sure are pretty.

Cooking Area: 254 square inches (about 12 burgers)

Grill Dome Infinity Series Ceramic Kamado Charcoal Smoker Grill, Black, Large

Two-Zone Kamado: Primo Oval JR

We'll go ahead and say it: We like these cookers better than the popular Big Green Egg. As mentioned above, kamados can also be used as grills for cooking hot and fast, but the cone shape of most of them doesn't make them ideal for two-zone cooking. There are a few exceptions, however, including the cookers from Primo, which are oval-shaped. They come with two-position split cooking grates that can be set up high for indirect cooking, or flipped over to position foods down low to the fire for searing. The split, half-moon-shaped grates allow you to accentuate the difference between a direct and an indirect zone by piling charcoal on one side and positioning one grate over it down low for a direct zone, with the other grate up high and away from the fire for an indirect zone.

Cooking Area: 210 square inches (about 10 burgers)

Primo 774 Ceramic Charcoal Smoker Grill, Oval Junior

Hitch a Ride: Broil King Keg 5000

Most kamados are made of heavy ceramic that can crack if dropped or knocked over, so they're not the kind of thing you tend to bring to a tailgate. Unless, of course, you have a Broil King Keg. It's made with lightweight fiberglass encased in powder-coated steel, and, while it's not light enough to pick up and carry around, it's easy to lift off the base and pop onto the optional trailer hitch. And if it does get dropped, this baby won't crack like Humpty Dumpty.

Broil King put together a nice package deal for the 5000 that includes a sturdy stand with big wheels and removable side tables, a multifunction tool for handling the grate and removing ash, and a secondary extender rack that hovers above the primary grate to provide extra cook surface. The side tables have handy tool hooks, and there's even a couple of bottle openers built into the handle.

Cooking Area: 280 square inches (about 13 burgers)

Broil King 911470 Keg 5000 Barbecue Grill

Red Is the New Green: Kamado Joe Classic

The Kamado Joe Classic is an elegant, well-crafted ceramic cooker that presents strong competition to other 18-inch models in the premium-priced market. This company pays attention to detail and offers upgrades, like top-quality 304 stainless steel cooking grates, as standard features while holding its prices just a bit lower than the other guys. In 2014, Kamado Joe introduced a unique multilevel grate and heat deflection system called "Divide and Conquer," which comes standard with this model at no extra charge. The system is a grouping of multilevel racks and deflectors that relieves some of the pain and cost of creating different cooking zones in a round kamado.

Cooking Area: 256 square inches (about 12 burgers)

Kamado Joe KJ23NRSH Classic Joe Stand Alone, Red

Kamettle? Kettlelado? The New Weber Summit Charcoal Grill

Introduced this April, the Weber Summit Charcoal Grill is a radical departure from George Stephen's original Weber Kettle. It's Weber's first major upgrade to the Kettle in decades. Sure, the prices are in line with Summit gas grills and premium-quality kamados on carts, but they're a big leap up from the Kettles we know and love. It's true that a regular classic Weber Kettle can grill and smoke, but the new Summits are just plain bigger and better in every way. You get more capacity, ease of use, and more versatility. It actually is an excellent dedicated charcoal smoker by design, and the adjustable coal grate that burns directly under the cook surface for better searing also makes the Summit an even better grill than the classic Weber Kettles.

Cooking Area: 452 square inches (about 22 burgers)

Weber Summit 24-Inch Charcoal BBQ Grill

BBQ Guru: Homdoor Charcoal Tandoor

The Homdoor Charcoal Tandoor is a traditional Indian clay oven with a stainless steel outer shell. It has no cooking grate. Put meat or vegetables (sweet peppers are especially good) on skewers, saving an onion or potato chunk for last to keep the meat from sliding off into the red-hot coals; lower the skewers into the open, upright cylindrical oven; and you can get tender, juicy seared meat and veggies in four to eight minutes.

Cooking Area: 144 square inches (about 7 burgers)

Homdoor Charcoal Stainless Steel Outdoor Home Tandoor Oven

Big, Bad, and Beautiful: Komodo Kamado Big Bad 32

Komodo Kamado makes some of the highest-quality, most striking cookers we've seen. Stunning assortments of inlaid tile finishes are available, but these cookers aren't just another pretty face. Attention to detail is evident in everything you see and touch, from the 304 stainless steel grates and hinges to the heavy-duty casters. And the casters have to be powerful to support this bad boy—it comes fully assembled and weighs in at almost half a ton. At 32 inches wide, this is the biggest kamado on the market. Want to make it even fancier? Plenty of options are available, including teakwood carts and gas ignition.

Cooking Area: 576 square inches (about 28 burgers)

Komodo Kamado Big Bad 32" Grill

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Max is the man in charge of finding the best products for the AmazingRibs.com Equipment Reviews section. Max loves barbecue so much that he took his barbecue sauce recipes, had them bottled, and now sells Black Swan Premium, All-Natural Sauces around the world.

Barbecue was not his first career. He earned a BA from Columbia College in Chicago and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Dana School of Music. He has been involved in every aspect of film, video and music production. He edited the 1991 Academy Award nominated documentary, "The Mark of the Maker" and "Universal Hotel", which is part of a permanent exhibit at the Dachau Memorial Museum.

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Let me tell you about my nemesis, Victor. Victor, who has a bigger backyard, a taller climbing wall for his kids, greener grass… Victor. He’s the worst. I don’t even want to talk about our Strava times.

If there’s one situation where I have Victor beat, however, it’s the domain of barbecue. Not to brag, but I’ve thrown down in barbecue competitions. I’ve got my own secret sauce. I’m from the South: Cooking meat over an open flame while drinking cheap beer is what we do. It’s in this arena where I reign supreme over Victor. Or so I thought.

One day recently I went to Victor’s house for a backyard party, and the man was cooking a goat. A whole goat. Underground. In a hole he dug himself. And it was… delicious. I piled my portion on a paper plate next to a slice of humble pie and, as I ate, pondered the lesson here: It’s best not to get hung up on one method. In the spirit of besting your nemesis or neighbors, here are five alternatives to the standard grill.

The Smoker

Great for: Exceptional pulled pork and beef brisket

The smoker is the grill’s older, more thoughtful brother. It cooks meat slowly with indirect heat while endowing said meat with smoky goodness. It takes patience to smoke—24 hours’ worth, at times—but the result is succulent, fall-off-the-bone barbecue. The Weber Smokey Mountain (aka “the bullet”) ($200) is probably all you need for the occasional backyard barbecue ($300), but the Komodo Kamado Big Bad 32 ($5,900) is what you want. Based on traditional Indonesian smokers, the Big Bad is a ceramic grill and smoker with auto temp control and 12 square feet of grilling surface. And it’s just plain beautiful. It’s also $5,900.

The Solar Stove

Great for: Potlucks in the park

Scientific fact: The sun is hot. Like super hot. The masterminds behind GoSun have harnessed the power of the sun with their new line of portable solar stoves. The backpacker-friendly GoSun Sport ($249) looks like something that will be on the ship that finally takes us to populate Mars and cooks a meal in less than 20 minutes. The newer and larger GoSun Grill—the centerpiece of a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign—has the same futuristic design but the ability to cook larger meals just as fast. And the battery allows you to cook in the shade or at night.

The Smaller, Better Pizza Oven

Great for: Backyard pizza parties

For those who dig the feel of a backyard food-centric party but are burnt out on burgers, here is your solution. The Kalamazoo Artisan Fire Pizza Oven ($6,895) takes everything you love about brick-oven pizza and crams it into a beautiful, portable, stainless-steel box. The gas-fed open flame mimics the heat dynamics at play in a traditional brick oven and has the fine-tuning capabilities and responsiveness of a gas grill. (You just turn a knob.) You can get this oven up to baking temperature in 20 minutes. Plus, there’s no masonry involved.

The Spit Rotisserie

Great for: Cooking whole animals (goat, pig, lamb, etc.) and upstaging Victor

Does it get any more primal than slowly rotating an entire pig skewered on a stick over an open flame? PigOut Roasters ($1,490) melds the ancient art of spit rotisserie and modern ingenuity in its BBQ Rotisserie. It’s a motorized, slow-spinning, stainless-steel skewer propped up with adjustable tripods that rest on either side of your wood fire. You can cook a whole hog (up to 150 pounds) on this thing. Or a family of giant summer squash. It’s your call.

The Pit Oven

Great for: Getting in touch with your inner paleo

This is the “get your hands dirty” version of grilling that everyone should do at least once in their lives. All you need is a shovel, some rocks, tinfoil, and something to cook. Follow these easy steps for best results:

1. Dig a hole at least two feet long, one foot deep, and one foot wide (or bigger, depending on the size of your dinner).

2. Line the hole with softball-sized stones (basalt works great).

3. Burn a fire in the pit to preheat those rocks (you can also cheat and use charcoal).

4. Drizzle some water on the rocks. They’ll sizzle when they’re oven ready.

5. Wrap your meat—back in the day, folks used banana leaves, you should double-wrap in tinfoil—and drop it on the rocks.

6. Cover the hole with dirt and wait a couple of hours, then unearth and enjoy.

7. Send a snapshot to Victor.

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I'm looking for something that can do dual-zone cooking well (meaning probably 3 burners minimum) and a grill that has infrared or high temperature searing capabilities for steaks.

If price was not an option I'd probably go with the Weber Genesis E-330/S-330, but the $799 price tag is definitely on the steep side. I'm willing to pay for it if there aren't any other good alternatives but I thought I'd post and see if there is anything else that is close to the quality and performance of the Weber Genesis for cheaper.

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Alternatives to Wire Grill Brushes

Clean your grill grates without dealing with wire brushes

By Derrick Riches

Wire grill cleaning brushes have developed a bad wrap recently. From the risk in ingesting wire bristles to the damage they can cause to porcelain coatings, there is a growing demand for something better. To be honest, I still like many of the wire bristle grill brushes, but I understand people who want to minimize the risk of a hospital visit because they have a wire bristle sticking through their stomach. These grill brush alternatives are innovative, effective, and certainly capable of doing . MORE the job of cleaning your grill grates. This list is in no particular order, so look for the one that best fits your needs.

The Great Scrape

When it comes to cleaning grill grates there are brushes and scrapers. Metal scrapers are not a good idea because they can chip or scratch porcelain coatings or the metal grates. This scraper is made from oak so it won't damage anything. While using wood to clean your hot grill might sound strange, this is actually a very good solution since it will actually conform to the cooking grates over time. This is a craftsman product and will require occasional coatings of food grade mineral oil to . MORE preserve the wood. Well taken care of, the Great Scape can last for many years and is a great tool for the ​grill or smoker.

The Grill Wizard Grill Brush looks and works like any standard grill brush but instead of hard wire bristles used replaceable metal scouring pads. Be warned that there are a number of imitators of this product that simply don't work as well and the manufacturer of this grill brush occasionally runs out of stock. This is due to an endorsement from America's Test Kitchen. I also recommend this brush if you can get a hold of one.

The Chargon is simplicity itself. This tool cleans a single bar at a time but can reach around to get at the bottom of the cooking grate just as well as the top. This tool works best on round, rod type cooking grates. This is not a quick clean grate cleaner, but it is amazingly thorough and perfect for deep cleaning. Durable and well made, this is the perfect tool for cleaning the underside of cooking grates without having to lift them out of the grill.

Grillbadger

Steering away from metal bristles, the Grillbadger is an all-natural, recyclable grill cleaning brush that used natural fibers. Of course, this brush is not for use on a flaming hot grill, since the bristles are combustible, but they are strong and nearly as dense as the metal alternative. This is a brush, so it works just like that most of us are currently using, and it does a good job of cleaning the grill. For those looking for a replacement for their metal brushes, this is an excellent . MORE choice.

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An old grill (or griddle) cleaning trick is to take an onion, cut it in half and use the cut side to scrub the hot surface clean. The moisture in the onion steams the surface clean while onion enzymes break down tough, grilled on food. The Grillion is built on this idea and comes with a special onion-cutting knife to give the onion grooves to fit the cooking grates. The cut onion then goes into a handle so it is easier to hold onto. The handle is certainly easier to work with than a fork. At the . MORE very least you can say that this is a unique product, of course, cleaning your grill is going to cost half an onion.

Grillstone Cleaning Block

Grillstone Cleaning Blocks look like pumice stones, but they are actually made from recycled glass though they work just like pumice. This means that the Grillstone Cleaning Block is very good at getting tough deposits off cooking grates and is a good product for serious cleaning. The manufacturer says that these stones (which are replaceable in the special handle) will ultimately conform to the pattern of the grill grates you use them on. I had one of these that I used for a long time, and I . MORE found that this grooving takes a long time if you have smooth finish grate and you have to consciously work to go over the grates the same way every time.

Char-Broil Nylon Bristle Brush

The standard logic in grate cleaning tools is to brush them while they are hot. This means a grill cleaning brush that can take temperatures well over 600 degrees F. But what if there was another way? Char-Broil has produced a line of grill brushes that are designed to be used on a cool surface. This nylon bristle brush has thick, stiff bristles that work pretty well at clearing away food deposits from the grill surface without any risk of ingesting a metal bristle. This works okay, but not as . MORE effectively as metal bristle brushes. Used while the grates are warm, after cooking is more effective, though. Certainly a viable alternative for those wishing to avoid metal brushes.

Grillfloss

Grillfloss might just be the most thorough grill grate cleaning tool on the market. Basically a metal rod with a swivel mounted hook on the end that cleans not just the top of the grate, but all the way around. The limitation is that Grillfloss is designed for metal rod grates, typically of a heavy gauge, and while methodical, it requires that each rod be cleaned individually. This means that it takes more time to get the grates clean. This is the perfect product for the patient person, serious . MORE about getting every bit of grime from their cooking grates.

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The Big Green Egg and Beyond: The 10 Best Kamado Smokers and Grills

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Editor's Note: Considering an upgrade in your backyard cooking setup this summer? You're probably looking for a little advice. We're longtime admirers of the folks behind AmazingRibs.com, the site dedicated to unraveling the science of barbecue and grilling. Please welcome back Max Good, the only person in the world whose full-time job is testing, rating, and reviewing grills and smokers. The database he maintains includes over 500 grills and smokers, ranging in price from $30 to $50,000. When it comes to barbecue equipment, nobody knows it better.

I'd say that kamados are the best residential outdoor ovens going. These charcoal-fueled devices are modern versions of the Chinese and Indian earthenware cooking ovens and urns that came into use several thousand years ago. Most look a bit like ancient burial urns, or giant eggs. Some are made of ceramics or refractory materials, the same stuff used to make kilns, crucibles, and pizza ovens—all extremely good insulators that store and radiate heat effectively. They're superb smokers and roasters, and they're unmatched as backyard pizza and bread ovens, because the sides and domes absorb heat and radiate it back like a professional brick oven, so the pizza and bread can cook properly from above. They're also great for paella and tandoori cooking. So it's no wonder that ceramic grills/smokers/ovens is a fast-growing category, with more competitors throwing their hats into the ring every year.

Considering a kamado? Let me be your guide.

A Few Pros and Cons

Ceramics are so well insulated, and the interior absorbs and radiates heat so evenly, that they are very good at holding steady temps. Get a kamado started, bring it to temp, and there's little need to touch it until the meat is ready. Kamados can be especially handy if you live in a cold climate and want to cook outdoors all winter.

The downside is that those thick walls take longer to warm up than some other cookers, and once they get hot, they stay hot. They aren't as nimble as a charcoal kettle, which can switch gears from warm to hot if you control airflow. Whatever you do with your kamado, don't overshoot your target temperature, or you'll be cooling your heels while the fiery beast cools down.

One more thing to think about: Kamado cookers are very heavy and can easily crack if dropped or knocked over. But when taken care of, they'll last forever. Some newer designs utilize modern fiber insulation clad in a steel casing. Each material has its strengths and weaknesses. Some cooks prefer the heat retention of ceramic over the steel models, but, on the other hand, steel doesn't crack. Then again, ceramic doesn't rust.

History of the Kamado

Early clay ovens appeared in China about 3,000 years ago. (The Chinese, as you may recall, also developed the fire-hardened clay we now call ceramics, as well as porcelain coatings.) Around 300 BC, this technology was exported to Japan, and the ceramic ovens were dubbed kamados, or "stoves."

How did the kamado come to the States? After World War II, thousands of Westerners stationed in Japan saw these wonderful cookers for the first time. Returning home, many brought kamados back, and some even started importing and selling them. One such entrepreneur was Ed Fisher, who sensed there might be an interest in these ceramic charcoal burners back in the USA. In 1974, he opened a store in Atlanta, and the Big Green Egg was born. Big Green Egg is now the most popular brand of kamado in the world, with legions of devotees who affectionately call themselves Eggheads.

But the Big Green Egg isn't the only kamado out there. You now have a wide range of choices in all different sizes, shapes, and colors.

Advantages of Oval-Shaped Kamados and Problems of Round Kamados

We are strong believers in the two-zone system for grilling. The concept is to place the coals on one side of the grill and leave the other side without coals. On a gas grill, you turn on the burners on one side, but not on the other. With two zones, you can move food from very hot, direct radiant infrared heat to mild, indirect convection heat, quickly and easily.

Oval-shaped kamados, like those made by Primo and Komodo Kamado, can easily be set up for two-zone cooking, but round kamados cannot. The oval shape enables more separation from side to side, while heat in the round models tends to even out rather quickly. Most round-kamado aficionados concede that their best way of creating different heat zones is by moving foods closer to or farther from the fire. This is done with various deflectors and rack systems that can be costly and awkward to manipulate.

Can You Grill on a Kamado?

Kamados can get mighty hot. We cranked a Big Green Egg until a column of fire shot out the top, and it was like a blast furnace inside. That's great for searing the snot out of thin meats like skirt steak that you just want to cook hot and fast, but once kamados get hot, they take forever to cool down. Along with the difficulty of creating a two-zone setup, this is why we believe most kamados function better as smokers and ovens than as grills.

If you really want to take your grilling skills to the highest level, then you need to master two-zone cooking and get a charcoal grill in addition to the kamado, or select a kamado that can do two-zone cooking.

Is It Okay to Use Regular Charcoal Briquettes?

Many kamado manufacturers recommend or even dictate that you use more expensive lump charcoal rather than briquettes. They argue that briquettes produce more ash than lump, and the ash can block airflow as it builds up over long cooks. Most kamado manufacturers also sell private-label lump charcoal, so they just might have a conflict of interest. Generally, we recommend using Kingsford Original Briquets in charcoal burners, because they're affordable, consistent, and readily available. Lump charcoal, especially the bargain-basement varieties, can be inconsistent. We've seen bags that were half pulverized charcoal dust and half large chunks of construction material. It's not unusual to find metal and plastic debris mixed in. Nonetheless, I personally prefer high-quality lump in a kamado over briquettes, because it's lighter and easier to stir around at the bottom of the deep firebox, while briquettes tend to get compacted.

Firing Up a Kamado

Do not use lighter fluid to start your charcoal in any ceramic cooker; that stuff can get into the porous interior, which is bad news. Instead, it's best to always use a chimney, electric starter, or firestarter.

Here's a trick we learned from Dennis Linkletter of Komodo Kamado: Fill the charcoal basket, bury one Weber paraffin firestarter cube in the pile of charcoal, and light it. It will ignite about five briquettes immediately around it. They will burn slowly, producing very little heat, and the combustion will spread gradually to unlit coals. When shooting for low-and-slow smoking temps of 225°F, once you get a fist-sized cluster of briquettes glowing, it's already time to shut down both the lower intake damper and upper exhaust damper to let just a small amount of air in and out. The smart move is to let your kamado slowly come up to the desired temp and stabilize, rather than risk overshooting your mark.

Easy as it is to maintain temps over a long period in these stable cookers, some like to go a step further and use thermostatic temperature controllers, like the popular BBQ Guru, which control cooking temperature by regulating a small fan affixed to the air intake damper. These gizmos enable you to run a kamado for days at low-and-slow smoking temps, with no babysitting.

But first, a cooker. Should you go for the Green Egg or look for another brand? Here are my top 10 kamado cookers for your consideration.

Uncrackable Char-Griller Akorn Kamado Grill

The Akorn is a double-walled, insulated steel egg that is much lighter and in some ways more durable than the popular Big Green Egg—and it's less than half the price. Char-Griller has mostly been known over the years for inexpensive grills, and, until now, you pretty much got what you paid for. But this design and Char-Griller's manufacturing process may be a match made in heaven. This cooker performs fairly close to traditional kamados at a fraction of the cost. Don't expect the Akorn to last forever, but if you're curious about kamados and you've been waiting for the right time and price, this could be it.

Cooking Area: 302 square inches (about 14 burgers)

Char-Griller 16620 Akorn Kamado Kooker Charcoal Barbecue Grill and Smoker, Black

Self-Starter: Vision Professional S-Series Kamado

Vision's Professional S-Series kamado has some unique and interesting features not found on other ceramic cookers. The bottom dampers are part of a slide-out ash drawer, which also has a slot for the included electric starter. And you gotta love the stainless steel two-level grates: The top grate is hinged for easy access to the lower level, which is also hinged for adding wood and tending to charcoal. This nice package deal includes a solid, powder-coated stand on four casters, with fold-down wood side shelves and a cover.

Cooking Area: 302 square inches (about 14 burgers)

Vision Grills Kamado Pro Ceramic Charcoal Grill S

Rule the Backyard Roost: Big Green Egg Large Ceramic Cooker

Many view the Big Green Egg as the Weber of kamados. Big Green Egg popularized kamado cookers in the US, and it's often viewed as the industry standard. In fact, some competitors design their kamados to work with Big Green Egg accessories. Big Green Eggs are available in seven models in progressively larger diameters—from 10 inches to 29 inches. This "Large Egg" (18 inches in diameter) is the most popular size—big enough for a 20-pound turkey. The BGE design is simple and built to last, with a limited lifetime warranty. They're manufactured in Mexico.

When you buy an Egg, you start with just the ceramic oven, and everything else is à la carte. By the time you add a few basics, like a stand and diffuser plate, the cost has gone up significantly. Eggs are not sold on the internet, but they have a lot of dealers coast to coast, so you shouldn't have much trouble getting your hands on one.

Cooking Area: 262 square inches (about 12 burgers)

Super Bowl of 'Cue: Grill Dome Infinity Series Large

Grill Domes are known for heavy construction, with top-quality 304-grade stainless steel, excellent heat retention, and beautiful enamel finishes. The ceramic was developed by Grill Dome founder Tarsem Kohli in Atlanta. Called Terapex, it's more durable than traditional ceramic, Grill Dome claims, and can withstand much higher temperatures. Instead of a ceramic-glaze finish, the six colors available come in baked-on enamel. The company believes these finishes help mitigate crazing, the tiny cracks that can form across the exteriors of glazed kamados. Either way, they sure are pretty.

Cooking Area: 254 square inches (about 12 burgers)

Grill Dome Infinity Series Ceramic Kamado Charcoal Smoker Grill, Black, Large

Two-Zone Kamado: Primo Oval JR

We'll go ahead and say it: We like these cookers better than the popular Big Green Egg. As mentioned above, kamados can also be used as grills for cooking hot and fast, but the cone shape of most of them doesn't make them ideal for two-zone cooking. There are a few exceptions, however, including the cookers from Primo, which are oval-shaped. They come with two-position split cooking grates that can be set up high for indirect cooking, or flipped over to position foods down low to the fire for searing. The split, half-moon-shaped grates allow you to accentuate the difference between a direct and an indirect zone by piling charcoal on one side and positioning one grate over it down low for a direct zone, with the other grate up high and away from the fire for an indirect zone.

Cooking Area: 210 square inches (about 10 burgers)

Primo 774 Ceramic Charcoal Smoker Grill, Oval Junior

Hitch a Ride: Broil King Keg 5000

Most kamados are made of heavy ceramic that can crack if dropped or knocked over, so they're not the kind of thing you tend to bring to a tailgate. Unless, of course, you have a Broil King Keg. It's made with lightweight fiberglass encased in powder-coated steel, and, while it's not light enough to pick up and carry around, it's easy to lift off the base and pop onto the optional trailer hitch. And if it does get dropped, this baby won't crack like Humpty Dumpty.

Broil King put together a nice package deal for the 5000 that includes a sturdy stand with big wheels and removable side tables, a multifunction tool for handling the grate and removing ash, and a secondary extender rack that hovers above the primary grate to provide extra cook surface. The side tables have handy tool hooks, and there's even a couple of bottle openers built into the handle.

Cooking Area: 280 square inches (about 13 burgers)

Broil King 911470 Keg 5000 Barbecue Grill

Red Is the New Green: Kamado Joe Classic

The Kamado Joe Classic is an elegant, well-crafted ceramic cooker that presents strong competition to other 18-inch models in the premium-priced market. This company pays attention to detail and offers upgrades, like top-quality 304 stainless steel cooking grates, as standard features while holding its prices just a bit lower than the other guys. In 2014, Kamado Joe introduced a unique multilevel grate and heat deflection system called "Divide and Conquer," which comes standard with this model at no extra charge. The system is a grouping of multilevel racks and deflectors that relieves some of the pain and cost of creating different cooking zones in a round kamado.

Cooking Area: 256 square inches (about 12 burgers)

Kamado Joe KJ23NRSH Classic Joe Stand Alone, Red

Kamettle? Kettlelado? The New Weber Summit Charcoal Grill

Introduced this April, the Weber Summit Charcoal Grill is a radical departure from George Stephen's original Weber Kettle. It's Weber's first major upgrade to the Kettle in decades. Sure, the prices are in line with Summit gas grills and premium-quality kamados on carts, but they're a big leap up from the Kettles we know and love. It's true that a regular classic Weber Kettle can grill and smoke, but the new Summits are just plain bigger and better in every way. You get more capacity, ease of use, and more versatility. It actually is an excellent dedicated charcoal smoker by design, and the adjustable coal grate that burns directly under the cook surface for better searing also makes the Summit an even better grill than the classic Weber Kettles.

Cooking Area: 452 square inches (about 22 burgers)

Weber Summit 24-Inch Charcoal BBQ Grill

BBQ Guru: Homdoor Charcoal Tandoor

The Homdoor Charcoal Tandoor is a traditional Indian clay oven with a stainless steel outer shell. It has no cooking grate. Put meat or vegetables (sweet peppers are especially good) on skewers, saving an onion or potato chunk for last to keep the meat from sliding off into the red-hot coals; lower the skewers into the open, upright cylindrical oven; and you can get tender, juicy seared meat and veggies in four to eight minutes.

Cooking Area: 144 square inches (about 7 burgers)

Homdoor Charcoal Stainless Steel Outdoor Home Tandoor Oven

Big, Bad, and Beautiful: Komodo Kamado Big Bad 32

Komodo Kamado makes some of the highest-quality, most striking cookers we've seen. Stunning assortments of inlaid tile finishes are available, but these cookers aren't just another pretty face. Attention to detail is evident in everything you see and touch, from the 304 stainless steel grates and hinges to the heavy-duty casters. And the casters have to be powerful to support this bad boy—it comes fully assembled and weighs in at almost half a ton. At 32 inches wide, this is the biggest kamado on the market. Want to make it even fancier? Plenty of options are available, including teakwood carts and gas ignition.

Cooking Area: 576 square inches (about 28 burgers)

Komodo Kamado Big Bad 32" Grill

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Max is the man in charge of finding the best products for the AmazingRibs.com Equipment Reviews section. Max loves barbecue so much that he took his barbecue sauce recipes, had them bottled, and now sells Black Swan Premium, All-Natural Sauces around the world.

Barbecue was not his first career. He earned a BA from Columbia College in Chicago and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Dana School of Music. He has been involved in every aspect of film, video and music production. He edited the 1991 Academy Award nominated documentary, "The Mark of the Maker" and "Universal Hotel", which is part of a permanent exhibit at the Dachau Memorial Museum.

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