Egg Charcoal Grill Review

You can use a kamado to grill steaks and burgers or use it as an outdoor oven or smoker.

Egg charcoal grill review.

The big green egg is a charcoal grill but unlike kettle and barrel style grills the egg is what s known as a kamado style grill an oval cooking vessel made from ceramic the thick walls of this grill store more heat than regular charcoal grills allowing it to radiate around the food as it cooks. They carry regular charcoal grills kamados charcoal burning griller smokers usually made of heavy ceramic the most familiar being the big green egg and griller smokers that burn wood pellets. With the ability to hit temperatures over 600 degrees or hold them as low as 200 degrees this unit is perfect for searing steaks and smoking briskets the large unit is the most popular of the eggs and the 18 inch diameter cooking surface 255 square inches of primary cooking space is large enough to hold a 20 pound turkey. In this review of the big green egg consumer reports puts this 1 000 kamado grill to the test to see how it stacks up against less expensive competitors.

The big green egg is the best known example of a traditional kamado grill and kamado smoker but competing brands like kamado joe vision char griller and char broil round out this category of. Big green egg face off consumer reports pits these two iconic charcoal grills against each other.