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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Primo Large Round Kamado is a high quality ceramic cooker. Read our review. Their unique reversible cooking grates have a clever design. They are two sided. One side places the cook surface up high, flip it over and the surface drops down 2” closer to the coal. This model gets our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Stump's XL Stretch smoker is a large, commercial capacity gravity fed charcoal smoker suitable for commercial use. Read our review of this classic smoker. Built solid and well insulated with a 18.5" width x 25" height x 22" depth internal cooking area and thick 1800° insulation. An AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal goes to XL Stretch.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
As the name indicates, Stump's Baby XL is slightly larger than their popular Baby gravity feed charcoal smoker. We reviewed this smoker with a fun name. Built solid and well insulated with a 18.5" width x 25" height x 22" depth internal cooking area and thick 1800° insulation. An AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal goes to Baby XL.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Stump's Baby is their smallest gravity feed charcoal smoker. Read our review. Built solid and well insulated with a 17.5" width x 14.5" height x 18.5" depth internal cooking area. Thick 1800° insulation is enclosed in a double walled, 16 gauge welded housing. An AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal goes to this Baby.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
We reviewed Camp Chef's Explorer EX60LW which is one of their most popular outdoor cooking systems. Two powerful 30,000 BTU cast aluminum burners with wind screens on three sides and adjustable height legs for set-up on uneven surfaces provides plenty of BBQ fire power and earns our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal Award.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Read our review of the Masterbuilt 30" Electric Smokehouse here. It's loaded with bells and whistles we appreciate.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Cookshacks are the gold standard for electric smokers earning our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Silver Medals. Read our review of the AmeriQue, (French readers please note it is pronounced Ah-mair-ee-Q), which has a 1000 watt 7 amp heating element, with a temperature range of 140° to 300°.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
We reviewed this inexpensive gas grill. If you're really have a tight budget, you can pick this up for way below the MSRP. Many people have and seem reasonably happy to accept this grill for what it is – made cheap to sell cheap and hopefully last at least a few years. We give Advantage our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Silver Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Good-One Marshall is a big combo grill and smoker recommended for hunting clubs, tailgating, competitions, or light commercial use. We reviewed this cleverly designed charcoal unit that uses the same concepts of an offset smoker, but works better. The Good-One lives up to its' name and receives our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal.
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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.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
One of Ole Hickory's smaller BBQ smokers made exclusively for Big Poppa Smokers. We reviewed this model. Unlike Ole Hickory's large smokers with rotating carousel shelves, the Ace BP has three slide out, 26.5" x 26.5" nickel-chrome cooking racks. We like Ole Hickory and Big Poppa so this gets our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Read our review of the Coleman Roadtrip LXE which is a two-burner portable gas grill on a fold-up cart. The two 10,000 BTU burners have a unique round design. They are covered by an oval heat diffuser that evens out heat across the coated cast iron grates and sizzles drippings to flavor foods. Our AmazingRibs.com Silver Medal goes to LXE.
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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.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Broil King Baron 540 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.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Read our review of Masterbuilt's 40" Vertical Gas Smoker. It has large capacity with four racks that are approximately 22" x 15". Powered by a 15,400 BTU stainless steel burner, it has two doors to facilitate replenishment of water and wood without opening the smoke box. We give it our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Bronze Medal.
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