6 guides
Buying guides
How to size a grill, read a spec sheet, and decide between fuel types before you spend the money.
Griddles
Blackstone 22 vs 28 vs 36: pick by cooking surface and where it lives
The 22 is a tabletop you carry, the 28 is a cart for a family, and the 36 is a four-burner fixture that needs level ground and a spot of its own. Blackstone publishes the figures that settle it.
What size grill do you need?
Size the grate for an ordinary dinner, then leave room for a cool side, a pan, and the food that never packs into neat squares.
Gas grills
How to read a gas grill's BTU rating
BTU measures fuel input, not grate temperature. Divide main-burner input by the primary grate for a rough screen, then let burner layout, grates and firebox design decide.
Pellet grills and smokers
What size pellet grill do you need?
Start with the lower grate you will actually load, then check the upper rack, hopper, patio footprint and cleanup. The largest advertised total is rarely the whole answer.
Charcoal grills
Which Weber kettle should you buy? Four charcoal models, and grate size decides none of it
Patio: the Original Kettle Premium 22. Car: the Jumbo Joe Premium 22. Trunk: the Smokey Joe 14. Three share 363 square inches. Grate size decides nothing.
Pellet grills and smokers
Pellet vs electric vs propane smoker: pick the fuel, then the machine
Pellet if the smoker also has to be your grill. Electric if low and slow is the whole job. Propane where no cord reaches. All three exist to take the fire away from you, which is either the appeal or the dealbreaker.