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A flat top grill is one of those things that looks almost too simple to be exciting. It’s a steel plate. Propane burners underneath. That’s it. But somehow, flat top grills went from “thing you see at diners” to the second grill on half the patios I visit. And honestly, I get it. I have a Blackstone as my flat top, and once I added that next to my kamado, the whole backyard cooking setup finally made sense. With the kamado and the Blackstone together, I can do basically every

Walk into any big box store during grilling season and you’ll see a wall of metal, ceramic, propane tanks, side burners, pellet hoppers, and price tags that make you briefly reconsider indoor cooking. Charcoal. Gas. Pellet. Kamado. Flat top. Offset. Some weird hybrid grill that looks like it was designed during a committee meeting. It’s a lot. The good news is that most grills are not “better” or “worse” in some universal way. They’re just built for different kinds of cooking