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I’ve cooked on a lot of different grills. Cheap charcoal grills. High-end gas setups. Offset smokers. I’ve owned some. Borrowed others. Cooked on plenty. But the kamado sits in the best spot on my patio. That is not an accident. Once upon a time, my stepdad said to me, "I would like to buy you a BBQ. Choose one that's around $1,000." Challenge absolutely accepted. I spent hours and hours reading blogs, looking at product reviews, having stress dreams about choosing the wrong

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