Grilling and Outdoor Equipment

From barbecue cookbooks and grilling tools to pizza ovens and electric smokers, these equipment picks and guides will help you master your outdoor cooking skills.
A person adding charcoal to a charcoal grill
Lump! Binchotan! How to Choose the Right Type of Charcoal for Your Grilling Needs
A Big Green Egg kamado smoker loaded with chicken wings.
Should You Buy a Big Green Egg? I Tested One for an Entire Year
Flat top griddles tout
To Find the Best Flat-Top Grills, We Made Dozens of Smashed Burgers and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
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11 Deals on Tried-and-True Grilling Accessories to Grab Before Your Next Cookout, Starting at $8
A person uses a grill brush to clean the Weber Genesis E-335 Gas Grill
The Best Way to Clean Your Grill, According to Experts
the gozney arc with an illustrated blue badge that says Seriously Good
I Made a Dozen Pizzas (and Calzones) to Find Out If the Gozney Arc Could Bring the Heat
a variety of charcoal chimneys on a wooden picnic table
I Burned Through 78 Pounds of Charcoal to Find the Four Best Chimney Starters
Three propane smokers sit side-by-side in a backyard.
After 64 Hours of Testing, We Found the Three Best Gas Smokers
The Dyna-Glo Signature Series Vertical Offset Charcoal Smoker
Pellet vs. Offset: What You Need to Know Before Buying a Smoker
three electric smokers side by side on a lawn
After Almost 100 Pounds of Chicken and Ribs, We Found the Best Electric Smokers
The Solo Stove Pi Prime Pizza Oven cooking a pie
The Solo Stove Pi Prime Is a Powerful Pizza Oven (It Cost Less Than Most Ooni Ovens, Too)
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The Best Lightweight and Highly Packable Backpacking Cooking Gear
an array of grill presses on a marble surface
After Testing 11 Grill Presses, I Found 5 for Making Burgers, Grilled Cheeses, and More
two hands gripping the handles of a portable charcoal grill
This Stylish Portable Charcoal Grill Is One of Our Favorites
ThermoWorks Smoke Remote BBQ Alarm Thermometer
This Wireless ThermoWorks Thermometer Tells You When Your Barbecue Is Done
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This Smart Kamado Grill Is Why We Long-Term Test Products
two thermometers on a grill table taking the temperature of a piece of meat cooking on the grill
We Put 21 Wireless Grill Thermometers to the Test—These 6 Were the Best
a sideview of a konro grill
If You Love Charcoal Grilling, You’ll Love Konro Grills
Gozney Roccbox Pizza Oven
Why We've Recommended the Gozney Roccbox Pizza Oven for Years
Jealous Devil Chunx XL Natural Hardwood Lump Charcoal
The Best Camping Cooking Gear For Outdoor Adventures
A 3-burner Weber gas grill on a patio
The Best Weber Grills for Grilling, Smoking, and Traveling, According to Our Tests
Several soft coolers on a grassy surface
We Found the 4 Best Soft Coolers By Going Through 45 Pounds of Ice
A closeup look at a fiery charcoal grill
The Best Lump Charcoal for Grilling, According to Our Extensive, Very Smoky Tests
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I Tested 8 Pairs of Grill Gloves to Find Ones That Could Take the Heat
multiple grill brushes on a grassy surface
Bristled, Coiled, and Spongy: We Tested 9 Grill Brushes
three portable gas grills on a grassy surface
The 5 Best Portable Gas Grills, According to Our Char-Grilled, Smoky Tests
tongs on a pale pink and white marble surface
After Testing 9 Grill Tongs, We Found Three That Gripped and Flipped With Ease
a pizza on a pizza peel coming out of a pizza oven
We Made a Dozen Pies in Ooni’s First-Ever Electric Pizza Oven—It Was Awesome
Three portable charcoal grills on a lawn
The Best Portable Charcoal Grills for Every Budget, According to Our Tests
julienne mini cooler
We Tested Stanley's Mini Soft Cooler in a Hot Car on a 95°F Day—Here's What We Found Out
the solo stove pi pizza oven
I Tested the Solo Stove Pi Pizza Oven—and Highly Recommend It
The Ooni Karu 12 as it's heating up
The Ooni Karu 12 Pizza Oven Is Lightweight and Versatile
Traeger in front of house
I Smoked Over 20 Pounds of Meat to See If the Traeger Ironwood XL Was Worth $2000
two pellet grills (one black, one bronze) side-by-side
Which Traeger Grill Should You Buy? We Tested (Almost) All of Them
A person removing a pizza from the Ooni Koda 16 Gas Pizza Oven
Which Ooni Pizza Oven Should You Buy? We Compared Them All
Solo stove bonfire with fire on a patio
I Tested the Solo Stove Bonfire to See If You Should Buy (And Cook on) One
Sliding a charred broccoli rabe pizza onto a serving tray
How to Make Great Pizza in an Outdoor Pizza Oven
Three of our recommended charcoal grills on a patio
The 5 Best Charcoal Grills for Every Budget and Grilling Style, According to Our Extensive Tests
Three gas grills side by side on a patio
To Find the Best Gas Grills, We Spent More Than a Month Testing 14 of Them
Meat and vegetables cooking on the GrillGrate
The GrillGrate: An Upgrade Almost Every Gas Grill Needs
Three outdoor pizza ovens on a wooden table.
To Find the 5 Best Outdoor Pizza Ovens, We Churned Out Pie After Pie
Two outdoor wok burners on a patio.
Outdoor Wok Burners Are the Key to Restaurant-Style Stir-Fries
Three kamado grills on a stone patio
The 7 Best Kamado Grills for Every Type of Cook, According to Our Detailed Tests
Charcoal being poured into a charcoal grill from a chimney starter.
If You Own a Charcoal Grill, Then You Need a Chimney Starter
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How to Set Up Your Grill for Better Skewers, Kebabs, and Yakitori
numerous skewers cooking on a gas grill
The Best Skewers for All Your Food-on-a-Stick Needs
the lid of a pellet grill open and it releasing smoke
We Tested 22 Pellet Grills By Cooking 200 Pounds of Chicken Wings
A hand laying mozzarella on a pizza atop a wooden pizza peel
I Tested 10 Pizza Peels by Making 20 Pizzas—The Best Ones Slung Perfect Pies
Cleaning a grill grate with a steel brush.
How to Keep Your Grill Clean
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Cook Your Meat in a Beer Cooler: The World's Best (and Cheapest) Sous Vide Hack
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Why You Really Should Buy a Smoker
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The $7,000 Pizza Oven You Don't Need (But Really Wish You Had)
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For the Best Stir-Fry, Fire Up the Grill | The Food Lab
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The Pizza Lab: Combine The KettlePizza and the Baking Steel For The Ultimate Home Pizza Setup
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The Pizza Lab: In Which We Get The KettlePizza Insert Working And Meet Its Maker
A person adding charcoal to a charcoal grill
Sear and Char! We Rounded up the Best Grill Tools and Accessories
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Do Grill Pans Actually Mimic Grilling? | Ask The Food Lab
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The Pizza Lab: Is The New KettlePizza Short Model Worth The Upgrade?