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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Read our review. These small grills are searing machines that can sizzle steaks, burgers and shrimp, but lack the ability to perform at low to moderate temperatures. With only 155 square inches of cook surface, you'll pay a lot for a little grill, but if searing steak while traveling light is your wish, Solaire will oblige.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Napoleon's Travel Q Portable Gas Grill folds up and can easily be carried by integrated handles that also act as a latch to keep the lid shut during transport. They are virtually identical to the Iroda O-Grills. We reviewed both brands. They are marketed for camping, tailgating, picnics, beach parties, apartment decks and balconies.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Holland Gas Grills are outdoor ovens that will bake your chicken, fish and sausage with no fear (or hope?) of charring. Be sure to bring a bag of chips because cook times are longer with Holland.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
We reviewed this solid portable gas grill that employs Char-Broil's TRU-Infrared design. It produces searing temps while preventing flare-ups and retaining foods moisture. Grill2Go earns our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Platinum Medal. Heavy cast aluminum lid and firebox will not rust and will retain heat much better than thin steel.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Char-Broil's Table Top Gas Grill is a burner in a box. Read our review. Lightweight and inexpensive with a single, 11,000 BTU burner that is fueled by 16.4 oz. or 14.1 oz. propane cylinders. Lightweight is the operative word which is good for portability, not so good for durability. We give it our AmazingRibs.com Bronze Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The BioLite Portable Grill is an attachment for their compact, portable Campstove. We asked our science adviser, Dr. Greg Blonder to test and review this new grill. Although he had some appreciation for the CampStove, he was not pleased with the grill and we cannot recommend it.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
We advise readers to avoid cheap horizontal barrel offsets, but this inexpensive vertical smoker mitigates the basic design flaw of horizontal offsets: heat travels upward not sideways. The vertical smokebox allows heat go where it naturally wants to go: UP! We give this model our AmazingRibs.com Silver Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Backyard Pitmasters read this review. Junior lacks the size and pizazz of Jambo's big, colorful competition rigs, but shares the same quality construction and thoughtful design features that make Jambo the choice of many award winning competitive teams and earn our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal Award.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Blacktop 360 Party Hub Grill Fryer is one of the more versatile, unique and fun compact portable cookers we've tested. It's a 360 degree party with an Infrared Grill, Griddle and Warming Tray wrapped around a Fry Pot.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
You'll be flabbergasted as you create one perfectly smoked delicacy after another with little more effort than preparation. This AmazingRibs.com Platinum Medal winner is $399 delivered to your door. Pop it out of the box and start SMOKIN! Pit Barrel Cooker is one of the more impressive products we've tested and reviewed.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Broil-Mate 155364 Gas Grill is a throwback to the first gas grills. This AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal Award winner has a cast aluminum cookbox retains heat and distributes it evenly. Although the casting on this model is much thinner than the heavy duty MHP and PGS, the price is also dramatically less.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Huntington Classic 666664 3-Burner Gas Grill is a throwback to the first gas grills. This AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal Award winner has a cast aluminum cookbox retains heat and distributes it evenly. Although the casting on this model is much thinner than the heavy duty MHP and PGS, the price is also dramatically less.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
We tested and reviewed Smokenator. It is not a cooker, but it is such an effective and economical accessory, we decided to include it in our searchable data base and award it our AmazingRibs.com Silver Medal for folks who want to grill and smoke, but don't have the budget for two dedicated cookers.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Wherever BBQ teams are competing, it's a good bet you'll find Backwoods Smokers. We testing and reviewed chubby and gave it our Gold Medal Award. This charcoal smoker is at home in the backyard or competition field. Donโt be fooled by the small size, Backwoods Smoker Fatboy can handle 20 slabs of baby back ribs!
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Hey Captain read our review! The Barbecue Dining Boat is a metallic orange, circular boat that seats up to ten passengers around a charcoal kettle grill in the middle. The grill drops into a central plastic table and is surrounded by ten molded place settings of one plate tray, one silverware tray and three beverage holders each.
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