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 grilling burgers, corn, and sausages on a portable charcoal grill.
The Best Portable Grills, So You Can Grill Wherever You Want
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This Weber Insert Transforms My Gas Grill Into a Griddle
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Gozney Just Launched a Portable Pizza Oven—I Made Dozens of Pizzas to See If It's Any Good
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Ooni’s New Pizza Oven Is Absolutely Massive—and It Makes Incredible Pizza
six picnic blankets folded up on grass
To Find the Best Picnic Blankets, I Used Them in the Park and at the Beach
Numerous marshmallow roasting sticks side-by-side.
I Tested 9 Marshmallow Roasting Sticks to Find Ones for Stress-Free S’mores and Hot Dogs
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How to Use Your Grill Settings for Better, Crisper Vegetables
grill baskets on an open gas grill
I Tested 8 Grill Baskets to Find the Best Ones for Grilling Vegetables, Seafood, and More
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I Tested 8 Coolers for Weeks to Find the Best, Most-Insulated Ones for Outdoor Adventure
Three flat-top grills on an outdoor patio.
Our Favorite Flat-Top Grills Make Outdoor Cooking Wicked Fun
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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
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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 Best Chimney Starters
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After 64 Hours of Testing, We Found the 2 Best Propane Smokers
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What You Need to Know Before Buying a Smoker
three electric smokers side by side on a lawn
We Found the Best Electric Smokers After Cooking Almost 100 Pounds of Meat
an array of grill presses on a marble surface
I Tested 11 Grill Presses—5 Made Perfect, Crispy-Edged Smash Burgers
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We Put 21 Wireless Grill Thermometers to the Test—These 6 Were the Best
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If You Love Charcoal Grilling, You’ll Love Konro Grills
A person cooking burgers and corn on the cob on the Masterbuilt portable charcoal grill.
Pack It Up! This Is the Best Camping Cooking Gear for Outdoor Adventures
The Weber Genesis E-325 Liquid Propane Gas Grill on a patio
The Best Weber Grills for Grilling, Smoking, and Searing, 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
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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
I Tested 9 Grill Brushes to Find the Best Ones for Cleaning Your Grill
three portable gas grills on a grassy surface
The 5 Best Portable Gas Grills, According to Our Char-Grilled, Smoky Tests
a person using a pair of grill tongs to flip a hot dog on a portable gas grill
After Testing 9 Grill Tongs, I 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 9 Best Portable Charcoal Grills Let You Make Dinner on the Road
The Ooni Karu 12 as it's heating up
The Ooni Karu 12 Pizza Oven Is Lightweight and Versatile
Person grilling meat on a large barbecue grill outdoors
I Smoked Over 20 Pounds of Meat to See If the Traeger Ironwood XL Is Worth $2000
A person grills using the Traeger Ironwood XL pellet grill.
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've Used the Solo Stove Bonfire for Years—It's My Go-To Outdoor Fire Pit
Sliding a charred broccoli rabe pizza onto a serving tray
How to Make Great Pizza in an Outdoor Pizza Oven
Three charcoal grills on an outdoor patio.
The 5 Best Charcoal Grills for Every Budget and Grilling Style, According to Our Extensive Tests
Three gas grills on an outdoor patio.
To Find the Best Gas Grills, We Spent More Than a Month Testing 20 of Them
Meat and vegetables cooking on the GrillGrate
The GrillGrate: An Upgrade Almost Every Gas Grill Needs
Three outdoor pizza ovens on a patio.
The 8 Best Outdoor Pizza Ovens for Making Beautiful, Wood-Fired Pies Without Leaving Your Backyard
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 6 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
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The Best Skewers for All Your Food-on-a-Stick Needs
Three pellet grills on an outdoor patio.
We Tested 24 Pellet Grills by Cooking 200-Plus Pounds of Chicken Wings
A hand laying mozzarella on a pizza atop a wooden pizza peel
I Tested 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
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Sear and Char! We Rounded up the Best Grilling Tools and Gear
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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?
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The Pizza Lab: We Test The New and Improved KettlePizza Grill Insert