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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Although Blackstone presents the Patio Oven as a versatile device that cooks a variety of foods, it is best suited for pizza.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
As with all Master Forge cookers, construction is flimsy. We don't recommend this 4-burner modular gas grill model.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Blackstone 36" Griddle Cooking Station is an interesting, low cost, large capacity, portable cook top. It earns our Platinum Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
A stripped down Master Forge model with an open cart. Owners of this model seem satisfied and feel it is a good deal for the low price.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Read our review of Char-Griller's Wrangler. It's a generic barrel style charcoal grill. This same design is offered by other manufacturers.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Brinkmann 28" Barrel Style Charcoal Grill is a generic device offered in similar versions by other manufacturers.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Char-Broil's American Gourmet 800 Series Charcoal Grill is a generic barrel style grill. This same design is offered by other manufacturers.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Dyna-Glo's Vertical Charcoal Offset Smoker is one of the few low-cost Vertical Offsets we've reviewed. We prefer it over horizontal offsets.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Dyna-Glo Dual Zone Charcoal Grill looks good on paper, but we are skeptical of the quality from this manufacturer.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
A lot of people like the Dyna-Glo, so we went to kick the tires for this review and were sorry to find it is about as flimsy as flimsy gets.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Char-broil's 30" Charcoal Grill provides ample capacity with 527 square inches of coated cast iron cook surface.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Smoke Hollow's 30" Vertical Propane Smoker is a generic, low cost device. We give it our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Silver Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
It's not our first choice, but if you really have a tight budget, you could sure do a lot worse. It earns our Best Value Bronze Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
By replacing the heavy ceramic with modern materials, Char-Griller created a cooker that performs like traditional Kamados for cheap.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Masterbuilt's Dual Fuel Smoker has a "Flame Disc Bowl" located above the gas burner and under the bowl. We award this model our Silver Medal.
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