Beginner's Guide to Buying a BBQ Grill
Buying your first BBQ grill can be a tough proposition. You’ll get a lot of advice from people, but what works for them may not meet your needs or fit your budget. In this video I go over the four main types of grills (GAS, PELLET, CHARCOAL, OFFSET SMOKER) and the pros and cons of each to help you narrow down your search.
Looking for a specific type of grill? Skip ahead with these timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Gas Grills 0:30
Pellet Grills 3:39
Charcoal Grills 7:35
Offset Smoker 11:35
Final Thoughts 12:13
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While I know you can't fit everything in this video… a few things to consider for a beginner. 1) you mention it on charcoal, but clean up is prob the biggest thing a new griller will face. Gas is almost zero… kamado style is a pain in the butt to clean; 2) chosing the right size for the number of people you cook for. Best to buy something a little larger than you typically might use. If you have guests, some foods don't cook as quickly so ppl might get served later; and 3) cost per cook… depending what you cook, fuel costs could vary a lot by grill or bbq type. Fuel types can get expensive per cook.
Went from propane grills only for home and camping to pretty much all charcoal over the last 3 years. My line up right now is all weber products. Weber go anywhere charcoal for camping and tailgating. 18" weber smokey mountain bullet smoker with the pit barrel hanging system. And 3 22 kettles, 1 old school daisy wheel just because, 1 premium kettle same as your copper one, and a 2nd hand performer deluxe with the plastic table that was free on the side of the road that needed some love but is back to 100% condition. I do have a weber q120 for when the wife wants to grill or when I'm feeling lazy and a weber go anywhere gas for camping during burn bans. The 22 kettle style be it weber or sns, in my opinion has to be the best Swiss army knife do everything charcoal grill in my opinion especially with the accessories that are available for it. Pizza systems, flat tops, slow n sear basket, charcoal vortex, weber charcoal baskets, etc. They last forever. You can get them 2nd hand all day long for really cheap. You can direct and indirect cook, smoke, sear, anything really with some basic fire management. Only grill that can hold a candle to a 22" kettle for price, performance, and footprint is a 26" kettle.
Your content is money! Best bbq channel and obviously the most underrated. Keep the content going please. I appreciate you
I have a family q and weber master touch love them
Great video. Always learn something new from every video you make.
Chud's BBQ recently started a Weber series and he has me intrigued with his SNS + kettle use. He treated it more like an offset than the traditional minion method. Throwing wood chunks and lump charcoal in as temps started to dip, starting with only a few coals to get up to smoking temperature. Was wondering what your take on this method? Is the juice worth the squeeze?
I'd also like to add to your list Gravity Fed charcoal smokers. The convenience of a pellet PID controller, but with charcoal and wood. I've became a huge fan of my MasterBuilt and I'm excited for their new portable with charcoal hopper.
I have a Weber Genesis, Kettle, and Performer. The kettle I use for smoking, performer as a standard grill, and genesis for quick & easy cooks.
Great video and would highly recommend new grillers watch this!!! I've had them all and would say that my Weber kettles (3 including a Performer) are the best grilles money can buy as far as best bang for the buck. That being said, I absolutely love the convenience of my Recteq pellet grills as well. You did a great job of covering the basics of them all sir.
Just going to start getting into grilling. Love the channel and videos! I’m learning a ton. Keep them coming!
You always deliver so much solid information. We're trying to figure out what to get for an outdoor kitchen at our new house. Philip wants a gas grill and I want a flat top. So we'll likely get both. We'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks for another great video. We hope all is well in your world. –Mitch
I will never give up my Weber kettle. But I would love to get an offset one day.
great vid!
Thanks for the shout out, Ryan. You're pretty nice yourself. lol
I am amazed at how efficient you are in this videos. You manage to put more useful information (and beautiful b-roll) in 12:43 of time than should be humanly possible. If I had tried to do this there is no way it would have come in under 45 minutes. lol. Fantastic job, and I agree with everything you said.
Nice video! I don't have a pellet or offset, but I love my gasser as much as I do my Kamado grill. I wish more companies made flat top cookers as I don't like my Blackstone as it's built like crap, designed poorly, just not nearly as good as it should be. I'm hoping Weber makes one!
Gr8 vid! I started out on a weber Genesis gold I found at a garage sale…then got an SNS kettle new (thought it was sturdier than the Weber with its 3 legs) and now wanting/looking for an offset to add to the collection/corral to take it to the next level in my grilling experience! Couldn't agree more with your thoughts! And yes, Baby Back Maniac (Justin) is a great guy to follow!!! Also Dawg Fatha's BBQ (Alton), Trumpetmaster77 (Luis), Moma & Papa Joe's (CJ & Alicia), Chuds BBQ (Brad), (lot's of great guys out there with great channels) Thnx much!
Is there a CHARCAOL GRILLDE do those exits? I know on the Weber you can get a hot plat than can basically convert your Weber into a griddle. But are there any other alternatives that you might know off?