Machines | Equipment Review: Best Gas Grills Under $500
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Buy our Winning Gas Grill: http://amzn.to/22cgnGU Full testing details and ranking chart: http://cooks.io/22cgfHx Behind the Testing: http://cooks.io/22cghiJ "Master of the Grill" - Buy our grilling cookbook! http://amzn.to/25JlW4p Recipes & tips from the book: http://atkgrill.com We tested six gas grills priced under $500 to find the best grill: Weber Spirit E-310 Gas Grill Char-Broil Commercial Series 4-Burner Gas Grill Dyna-Glo 5-Burner Propane Gas Grill with Side Burner and Rotisserie Burner Nexgrill 4 Burner Liquid Propane Gas Grill Broil King Baron 440 KitchenAid 3 Burner Gas Grill & Side Burner It doesn’t matter how powerful a grill is. If it can’t distribute and hold the heat where you want it, your food will suffer. Crave charcoal? Watch our review of charcoal grills: https://youtu.be/nhAqT6a77nU What should you look for in a Food Processor? Watch now: https://youtu.be/QZokEtjvDao WINNING TRAITS OF A GOOD GAS GRILL - Extra flame tamer bars between burners to help spread out heat - Cast-iron grates, which transfer heat best - Well-built cookbox with tight-sealing lid and few vents - Lid that shuts tightly to retain heat and opens wide so smoke isn’t directed toward your face - Large-capacity cooking grate so food is not crowded - Sturdy construction WHAT WE EXAMINED BURNERS: Gas grills heat via perforated tubes called burners that emit flames when ignited. Grills are described by their number of burners, though we found that this did not correlate with performance or capacity. GRATES: The grill grates are made of either cast iron or stainless steel. SIZE OF MAIN COOKING GRATE AND HEAT OUTPUT: Manufacturers typically list the combined total square inches, including warming racks and side burners. More usefully, we list the dimensions of the main cooking grate and how many 4-inch burgers each can fit. Similarly, we only list the BTU (British Thermal Units—a measure of heat output per hour) numbers of the main burner. FEATURES: Some grills offer more extra features than others. GRILLING: We grilled hamburgers and steaks over direct heat, looking for distinct grill marks, well-browned crusts, and moist interiors. We mapped the heat pattern of each grill by covering its preheated surface with white bread slices and examining the toast. INDIRECT COOKING: We prepared pulled pork, keeping the grill at 300 degrees for more than 4 hours. Thermocouples confirmed whether lid thermometers were accurate. We rated the pork on smoky flavor and tender, moist texture. DESIGN: Grills received higher marks if their designs made it easier to set them up and cook. DURABILITY: Models that were hard to roll; lost wheels, doors, or other parts; or showed greater wear and tear received lower scores. CLEANUP: We rated whether grates were easy to scrub clean and whether grills had secure, large grease trays and catch pans that were easy to reach. America's Test Kitchen is a real 2,500 square foot test kitchen located just outside of Boston that is home to more than three dozen full-time cooks and product testers. Our mission is simple: to develop the absolute best recipes for all of your favorite foods. To do this, we test each recipe 30, 40, sometimes as many as 70 times, until we arrive at the combination of ingredients, technique, temperature, cooking time, and equipment that yields the best, most-foolproof recipe. If you like us, follow us: http://americastestkitchen.com http://facebook.com/americastestkitchen http://twitter.com/testkitchen http://instagram.com/testkitchen http://pinterest.com/testkitchen
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Terrific review!!! Thank you so much!!
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I love these review, high quality
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It looked like to added the bread to a hot grill so the bread you added first is going to burn and the last bread will be hardly cooked.
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What about Napoleon Grills? Have you tested those? Those seem to be well made and give weber a run for their money, I have noticed that weber grills have been feeling flimsy and cheap, this is why I have stay away from them lately. I am looking for a grill that will last me a good 10-20 years, of course I will have to change some parts, but I just want something durable. Just not a weber.
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Hi, I bought the Webber spirit E 310 and I am surprised of the result. I cannot get the meat CHARD. What am I doing wrong? Would this item be not powerful enough to chard the meat? Btw thank you for all your reviews. I am a fan I recently bought my all clad and love it. So thank you!
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Definitely sponsored by Weber. Pretty obvious...
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Although OVER $500, were you able to test the Genesis e-310 to the Spirit e-310? The Genesis appears to be a better built unit, but does it cook as well...or better?
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so happy to see the winner is the grill I just purchased at target, assembled and season end mark down $349.00 happy camper
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Excellent, informative review. Thank you ATK
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Best grill under 500 dollars is a weber charcoal kettle grill,trust me you want charcoal,propane grills are nothing but a glorified outdoor stove
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The weber is a great grill but they had the grill plates upside down. 😊
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It's a Weber, what did you expect? I've had my Weber Grill for over 12 years and it still works great! Boy do you get what you pay for this world!
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still alot of $$
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Weber Ad, Really don't try to fool us..... that's offensive
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What was the 2nd best grill you liked behind the Weber?
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what they dont tell you is that grill is 499 while the others are usually under 200.
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Your review shows Weber coming up on top. How did Nexgrill fare in comparison?
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Any opinions on the new versions (2016) of Char Broil infrareds?? (just got the "Professional" 3 burner model).
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I've been an avid charcoal user with great success.My wife convinced (bullied) me into buying a Kenmore 6 burner gas grill.Don't know anything about them but need anykind of info on how to grill goat.
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My igloo grill is still going after 10 years!