Watching garden visitors for just one hour in the Big Garden Birdwatch 2023 could help provide vital data to protect birds from the effects of climate change The built-in Wi-Fi connection was easy to set up within the app and the temperature reading matched that of the independent probe we always use. The connection was flawless despite sitting out on the porch away from the router. If you don’t fancy piddling about with the mobile app, it’s not essential, it’s a case of turning the dial next to the D2 Grill Controller display to adjust the temp. Naturally, there’s room for a plug-in temperature probe to ensure your meat, seafood, veggies or baked goods reach the perfect internal temperature. It’s hard to prevent moss and algae forming on your patio at this damp and chilly time of year, but well worth the effort, according to these experts You won’t have to compromise at all in favor of getting gas over charcoal or vice versa. These grills are just how they sound: The convenience of gas lighting, with the authentic tastes and aromas that charcoal gives you.

There are some caveats here, particularly if the grill has more burners. For example, if a grill has an average BTU number but a high number of burners, then this actually means that the grill is quite weak ​ per burner ​ . It boasts huge cooking space over an elite-level porcelain cooking grate, and pairs this with digital controls and propane ignition. This makes it powerful, high-quality, and easy to use. The majority of dual-purpose grill combos are built with generous food yield in mind. Most are able to churn out enough food for up to ten people in one go.

Usually combo grills are listed as a combination between a charcoal and a gas grill. Not so with the Smoke Hollow. This unit is listed as a combination of an incredible FOUR types of BBQ: Propane, Charcoal, Smoker, and Infrared Searing Burner. As a rule, 400 square inches should be enough to cook about 12-16 burger patties in one go. Construction Build All that needs to be done is to simply light the lumpwood charcoal or briquettes with the gas burners, with no lighter fluid being required, in the patented charcoal tray to ensure uniform heat and minimise flare-ups. The patented special design of the charcoal tray creates air movement which impacts on the charcoal from the top surface to allow the charcoal to burn top down instead of bottom up with the guided airflow reducing flare ups and creating more efficient burning while giving more even heat distribution. The Royal Gourmet’s charcoal firebox is impressive. It features dual air vents to maintain good grilling heat, making it easy to operate as a smoker as well.

The Oklahoma Joe Combo is one of the highlights of the series, and manages to combine the best of smoking and grilling in one beautiful unit.

The hybrid thing seems to work quite well, I've done 3 coal cooks on it all have gone well, there is no air flow control like a weber when using coal so temp control is limited to opening and shutting the lid.

Key to good charcoal grill is air dampers or vents. Most charcoal grill chambers have two, with one (the intake damper) located towards the bottom of the chamber, and the other (the exhaust damper) located near the top. These help maintain good airflow through the grill, feeding your coals with a good air flow and helping to maintain good temperature levels.So then I tried coal in this BBQ, and it was brilliant. Just load your coal, light the coal with the gas setting. So easy, no faffing around with firelighters or fluid. A BBQ obsessive, Ben is behind 250+ of The Online Grill’s recipes, as well as countless barbecue guides to help barbecue newbies get to grips with the world’s best form of cooking. It's an indisputable fact of life that food tastes better outdoors, doubly so when you actually cook it yourself. There’s a perfectly good oven inside, but these barbecues hit higher temperatures for fast, tasty results. Some of these beauties can also travel with you - current restrictions permitting - on camping holidays or to a friend’s house for extra capacity. Throughout cooking it was possible to simply pull down the lid and re-heat the interior of the Char-Broil Gas2Coal BBQ at any time. We saw the temperature gauge react instantly, with an average temperature of about 150-200°C throughout cooking, even when we had been grilling for some time. This grill only has 2 burners so cooking area is slightly limited so it’s best suited to smaller families.