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.
two hands gripping the handles of a portable charcoal grill
This Stylish Portable Charcoal Grill Is One of Our Favorites—and It’s Nearly 40% Off for Labor Day
ThermoWorks Smoke Remote BBQ Alarm Thermometer
This Wireless Thermometer Tells You When Your Barbecue Is Done—and It's 30% off in Time for Labor Day Weekend
A kamado cooker billowing steam out of the top of its lid
This Smart Kamado Cooker Is the First of Its Kind—and It Works Exceptionally Well
side angle view of the Yeti Tundra 45 Cooler
Our Favorite Yeti Cooler Is a Rare 20% off at the Moment
two thermometers on a grill table taking the temperature of a piece of meat cooking on the grill
We Put 19 Wireless Grill Thermometers to the Test—These Four Were the Best
a sideview of a konro grill
If You Love Charcoal Grilling, You’ll Love Konro Grills
Roccbox backyard pizza oven
Kenji Loved the Gozney Roccbox Pizza Oven—and Right Now It’s 20% off for Prime Day
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, Tested by Serious Eats
Several soft coolers on a grassy surface
We Tested Soft Coolers to Find Ones with Excellent Cold Retention and Portability
A closeup look at a fiery charcoal grill
The Best Lump Charcoal, According to Our Extensive, Very Smoky Tests
A person checking the temperature of the Ooni Karu 16 with an infrared thermometer
Some of Our Favorite Ooni Pizza Ovens Are 30% off for Memorial Day
a pile of grill gloves in a circle against a brick background
We Tested 7 Pairs of Grill Gloves to Find the Best, Most Heat-Resistant Ones
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 Rigorous 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
Cooking italian sausage, onions and peppers on the solo stove with the hub and grill grate
We Loved Live-Fire Cooking on the Solo Stove Bonfire—and Now It's 45% Off
the solo stove pi pizza oven
We 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—And It’s $100 Off for Labor Day
Traeger in front of house
We 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
Ooni Koda 16 lit with flame on table outdoors
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 Best Charcoal Grills for Every Budget and Grilling Style, According to Our Rigorous Tests
three gas grills on a patio
To Find the Best Gas Grills, We Spent More Than a Month Testing Them
Meat and vegetables cooking on the GrillGrate
The GrillGrate: An Upgrade Almost Every Gas Grill Needs
Pepperoni and basil pizza displayed on a peel
I Tested Backyard Pizza Ovens—Here Are My 3 Favorites
Food being prepared on an outdoor wok burner
Outdoor Wok Burners Picks
Collage of assorted kamado-style cookers/smokers
The Best Kamado Smokers and Grills
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 Made 200 Pounds of Chicken Wings and 80 Pounds of Steak to Find the Best Pellet Grills and Smokers
A hand laying mozzarella on a pizza atop a wooden pizza peel
I Tested 10 Pizza Peels—Four 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
The Essential Grilling Equipment You Need to Get Started
Illustration of a blob thinking about food
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
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Introducing the Serious Eats Edition Baking Steel and KettlePizza Backyard Pizza Oven Kit
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Equipment: Char-Broil The Big Easy Oil-Less Turkey Fryer
Barrel Oven Fever
A person using a chimney starter to pour hot coals into a charcaol grill
The Differences Between Gas and Charcoal Grills
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My Pizza Oven: Mark Wilkie, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
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My Pizza Oven: Timothy Paul Perry Converts Wall Oven to Propane-Burning Pizza-Cooker
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Book Corner: 6 Great Barbecue and Grilling Books