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Best BBQ Gifts $501 to $1000

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AmazingRibs.com Platinum and Gold Medals

If you’re ready to splurge on a great gift for a BBQ lover, you’ve come to the right place. These are all Platinum or Gold Medal winners ranging in price from $501 to $1000. You’ll see everything from a 4-burner gas grill to a mid-size pellet smoker to a combo charcoal grill/smoker. Just click the links to read our full reviews and check prices.

Grilla Pellet Smoker Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

We always liked Grilla, but the original price seemed steep. We felt a premium was being placed on the cool cosmetics. Read our review because in 2016 Grilla Grills made a substantial price cut. That drew us off the fence and earned Grilla our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Gold Medal.

Broil King Baron 420 Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

The Broil King Baron 420 is an AmazingRibs.com Best Value Gold Medal winning, mid-size, 4-burner gas grill. Read our review to learn why many compare Broil King very favorably to Weber. A high compliment indeed! Broil King claims their patented Dual Tube Burners produce more even heat and increase burner life.

The Good-One Patio Junior Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

A charcoal grill with a smoker spliced on top. The Good-One's Patio Junior is a mini version of their popular Open Range. Read our review of this cleverly designed charcoal unit that uses the same concepts of an offset smoker, but it works better. The Good-One lives up to its' name and receives our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal.

Camp Chef Woodwind Pellet Grill With Sear Box Reviewed And Rated

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

The Camp Chef Woodwind is comparable in capacity to Traeger's popular Lil' Tex Elite, but much more sophisticated and easy to find for well below its list price. Plus Camp Chef's super hot gas Sear Box solves the searing issue plaguing most pellet cookers.

Camp Chef SmokePro DLX Pellet Smoker Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

This mid-sized pellet smoker is comparable in capacity to Traeger's popular Lil' Tex Elite, but much more sophisticated and easy to find for well below its list price. It's one of the few pellet smokers we've seen with an ash removal system. We tested and reviewed this innovative smoker and gave it our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal.

Napoleon Rogue R425SIB Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

This Napoleon Rogue gas grill is a smaller, slightly stripped down, lower cost version of one of our favorites in Napoleon's more expensive Prestige line. Read our review of this quality gas grill to learn why it receives our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Platinum Medal. We love the infrared sear burner mounted on the left side shelf.

Weber Spirit II E-310 Gas Grill Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

Easy to use, easy to clean and backed up by the best warranty and customer service in the business. Read our review to find out more about why this popular, tried and true, work horse of a grill continues to win our AmazingRibs.com Platinum Medal Award.

Portable Kitchen PK360 Grill and Smoker Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

PK360 takes all the great elements of the classic 1952 PK, improves the design, beefs up construction and delivers one beautiful charcoal grill. We tested and reviewed this classic, versatile charcoal grill and gave it our Best Value AmazingRibs.com Platinum Medal. The rectangular shape makes it a 2-zone king.

Hasty Bake Continental 83 Dual Finish Charcoal Grill Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

We have never tested and reviewed a finer charcoal grill. Hasty Bake easily earns our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal. There is nothing you can't do with this grill and it deserves a place in the back yard of every serious outdoor cook. It is the Swiss Army knife of grills.

Vision Professional S-Series Kamado Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

Read our review of Vision's Professional S-Series which has some unique and interesting features not found on other ceramics. Their ProZone System is a slide out ash tray with dual intake dampers and a slot for the included electric fire starter. It can also convert to a gas grill! Vision S-Series earns our AmazingRibs.com Platinum Medal.

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Published On: 5/16/2019 Last Modified: 7/20/2021

 

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