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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Charcoal/Gas combo grills like Smoke Hollow 1800CGS are offered by a lot of manufacturers. For the same cost, two separate grills are better.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
This "Luxury Island" created a compelling picture and offered visions of grandeur – a spectacular outdoor kitchen in a box.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
It's not our first choice by any means, but if you really have a tight budget, you could sure do a lot worse.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
As the name suggests, the Backyard Grill 4-Burner Gas Grill is a generic gasser. We can't recommend this brand.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
This 2-burner gas grill is popular with folks on a tight budget. You get what you pay for, you could sure do a lot worse in this price range.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
What the Kenmore 6 Burner gas grill lacks in quality, it tries to make up for with size, knobs and doors. We reviewed this model.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Cookshack Charbroiler CB036 is a commercial, pellet fired grill meant for professional use. We reviewed the 36" model.
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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer
See the complete review of the Pitmaster IQ120, a straightforward temperature controller for charcoal grills and smokers.
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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer
The ThermoWorks DOT TX-1200 is intended for use in food while cooking. It has a large readout, an easily-set alarm and a long probe cable.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Arizona BBQ Outfitter's Scottsdale Cooker's clever design melds an adjustable height charcoal grill with a Santa Maria, vertical lift grill.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Traeger Select PRO is a large residential pellet smoker mounted on a double door cart. Not as good as a touch pad, but not bad.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Lil' Tex PRO is a medium size starter model in Traeger's line of residential pellet smokers. Not as good as a touch pad, but not bad.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Texas PRO is a large model in Traeger's line of pellet smokers. Not as good as a touch pad, but not bad. We give it our Silver Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Coyote CCX2-LP has an uneven heat pattern, forcing one to flip flop foods from the hot zones above the burners to various less-hot zones.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
American Barbecue System's Judge 4 ft. is a large capacity smoker suitable for commercial and competition use. Read our review here.
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