Portable Charcoal & Gas Grills

Order today and pair your new Weber portable grill with supplies and accessories, including charcoal starters, thermometers and more, for the ultimate grilling experience. To help you find the perfect option to take on the go, here are the best portable gas grills. Gas grills are extremely convenient, as they’re weber genesis 2 easy to start, heat up quickly, and hold a steady temperature. The compact design makes it portable and leaves plenty of extra trunk space, but I’m not crazy about the grilling surface itself. It’s a thin metal grid, and I find that heavily marinated meats stick a bit more than on wider, thicker grill grates.

Unlocking the grill and twisting it apart yielded a surprising amount of grilling space—enough to cook eight burgers on its 226 square inches of split cooking space. The split Y propane hose creates two temperature-controlled cooking zones, which is unique considering that most portable gas grills only have one temperature control knob. If the grill had a lid, I covered it to let the temperature build. Almost every grill reached temperatures of over 500°F, and some of the charcoal grills got as hot as 700°F!

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No longer must you be confined to grilling within the boundaries of your backyard, or steps from your SUV. Choose from barbecues of different sizes, as well as gas propane grills and charcoal burning grill options. Making burgers in a pan in a stifling-hot camper is not the same.

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The Ranger has a heat deflector plate that prevents direct searing, but everything we cooked on this pellet grill was infused with smoky flavor from the pellets. The eight-pound pellet capacity is plenty for a regular grilling session, and we had more than half the pellets left in the hopper after hours of testing. While we didn’t test it on low-and-slow smoking temperatures, we anticipate this hopper capacity should be able to produce smoke for five to six hours before needing a refill. We also loved that the Traeger is easy to clean, especially if you use Traeger’s drip tray and bucket liners. As with its larger Weber kettle grills siblings, the Jumbo Joe’s stainless steel grates were easy to clean, as was the large ash catcher bucket clipped in underneath the grill. The grill’s vents were well located and easy to open and close.

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Despite the very slim legs, the compact Kuchoma is exceedingly well built and runs off both mini camping gas canisters or large Patio Gas cylinders . It also comes with an integral hinged lid – with carry handle – for either direct or indirect cooking; a very good thing indeed. Our ranking of heat output also considered each manufacturer’s BTU reporting, grill surface area, and lid sealing and construction. For the most part, the scoring of the heat output follows manufacturer claims, but we made some exceptions based on our observations. For instance, while the Weber Q 1200 only claims 8,500 BTUs, in practice it operates at hotter temperatures and maintains that heat over a larger cook surface compared to other similar models. The infrared-cooking capability of the Solaire Everywhere puts out 14,000 BTUs, and confidently sears a steak faster than anything else.

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