How I review

Every page states what it is based on before it recommends anything. There are three labels and they mean exactly what they say.

Specification based

I have not used the product. The page is built from published specifications and named third-party data, and every figure carries the date I read it and a link to the source. Most coverage on a new site is this, and saying so is the point. A recommendation built from good data is useful. A recommendation dressed up as testing that never happened is not.

First impressions

I have handled the product but not run it through a full test. Assembly, build quality, hardware, fit. Anything I have not measured stays labelled as a specification.

Hands-on

I have cooked on it and taken measurements myself. Each measurement lists the instrument and the conditions, because a temperature with no context is not a measurement.

Fuel variants are not interchangeable

A grill sold in more than one fuel is not one product. The variants share a chassis and differ where it matters. Cooking on one version tells you about that version. When I have handled one variant and not another, the page says which one, and says what differs. This is enforced in the code that builds the site: a hands-on claim will not compile without a recorded session for that exact variant.

Specifications

Figures come from the manufacturer or a named third party, never from another review. Where two brands measure the same number differently, the table carries a footnote saying so rather than presenting incomparable figures side by side. Cooking area is the usual offender: some brands include the warming rack and some do not. If a manufacturer does not publish something, the cell says so. An empty cell is honest.

Prices

Prices come from a retailer API or a dated manual check, and they show the date. When a price is too old to trust, the page shows a range or nothing at all. It never shows a stale number as if it were current.

Comparisons

Every comparison states what was compared and from what sources before the table. Every comparison names a case where the loser is the better buy. If there is no such case the comparison is not worth publishing. A tie is a legitimate result and so is telling you to buy neither.

Long-term updates

Reviews get dated update sections as things age or break. Those carry real dates and real observations. I do not refresh a date to look current.

Safety

I do not publish instructions for converting or modifying a gas appliance. Orifices, manifolds, and regulators are a licensed trade, and getting it wrong is a gas leak. Where an install needs a permit or a licensed fitter, the page says so.

Money is covered on the disclosure page.