These Gorgeous Grills Belong in Your Fantasy Outdoor Kitchen

If all you want to do is cook food outdoors over an open flame, just about any cheap grill will do the job. But if you're serious about grilling and smoking meat — not to mention all the other things you can cook — a more substantial grill, either built-in or freestanding, could be worth a splurge. High-end gas and propane grills costing around $3,000 and up come with features that cheaper grills don't have: large cooking surfaces, powerful rotisseries, smoker boxes, built-in lighting, and more. We've rounded up a gaggle of grills for serious barbecue devotees, all of which get top marks from pros and owners alike.

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$2,950 from Home Depot

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No grill roundup would be complete without Weber, because it commands such strong owner loyalty, from the inexpensive and iconic charcoal kettle grills to this pricey propane grill. It has six stainless-steel burners that produce 60,000 BTUs, as well as a 12,000-BTU side burner and a separate burner for searing, plus an infrared rotisserie and a smoker box. The Summit E-670 is available in stainless or black stainless steel, and a natural gas model is also available.

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$2,999 from BBQGuys

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The Napoleon brand also has a loyal following from serious barbecuers. There are five main burners that produce 60,000 BTUs beneath 665 square inches of cooking space, an 18,000-BTU rear infrared rotisserie burner, and an 8,000-BTU burner wood chip smoker tray that pulls out for easy filling. The shelving rack, condiment drawer, bottle opener with cap catcher, and ice bucket are just convenient.

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$3,554 from BBQGuys

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TEC invented infrared cooking, and the Sterling Patio FR is what it had in mind. With two infrared burners, this 30,000-BTU grill is made for steak searing, although its flexibility allows for simmering chili while grilling burgers and brats. A radiant glass panel sits between the infrared burner and grill grates to provide consistent temperatures across the entire grill surface while using half the fuel of a traditional gas grill. Note: This grill is relatively small, at just 296 square inches of cooking space.

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$3,995 from BBQGuys

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It's a flattop with a 30-inch diameter cooking surface that owners say cooks evenly from edge to edge. You can take those 650 square inches of nonstick cooking surface from 225 to 700 degrees in no time flat, with 40,000 BTUs of power, and clean the dishwasher-safe removable waste tray immediately thereafter. You can grill and fry breakfast, sear or broil lunch, and smoke or steam dinner on an easy-to-clean flat surface.

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$4,199 from BBQGuys

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Pellet-fueled grilling and smoking is an art, and this grill with a dual-convection fan, 18-pound pellet hopper (for 62 hours of unattended cooking and smoking), and a temperature range of 180 to 650 degrees can be useful, but unwieldy. With an integrated Wi-Fi controller that lets you maintain temperature and check cooking status remotely through a food probe, you can use all 562 square inches of main cooking area and let the automatic augers in the pellet hopper just keep feeding the beast.

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$4,769 from BBQGuys

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Impressive versatility is packed into this smaller grill. There's a three-speed rotisserie; a 600 square-inch main cooking grid, with a 23,000-BTU adjustable infrared burner and a 25,000-BTU ceramic burner; and a large-capacity smoker box, all in commercial-grade stainless steel with LED lights and internal halogen lights. Note: This model is frequently on backorder but is available to order.

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$4,954 from BBQGuys

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Natural gas or charcoal? With this Coyote Centaur grill you don't need to choose. Fire up the 600-square-foot charcoal side to smoke your favorite cut of meat while the 40,000-BTU twin gas burners on the other side (also 600 square feet) are grilling veggies or fish. Plus there are interior lights inside the lid, so you can see what you're cooking when it's dark out, and the cart has plenty of room for storage with two drawers and two doors.

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$5,200 from Wayfair

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Got a backyard oasis in need of an island? This Mont Alpi dual-fuel grill comes with a modular stainless-steel cooking island that includes an integrated sink and a small fridge, plus two storage cabinets and a drawer, as well as a ceramic infrared side burner. If that configuration is too much, you can also order the 805 grill as a freestanding unit with two side cabinets and the side burner for about $3,500. The grill has six stainless-steel burners producing a sizzling 105,000 BTUs in a 666-square-inch main cooking area. It's available in propane and natural gas models.

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$5,295 and up from Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet

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It has all of one primary use, but has a composite stone cooking surface, a domed exterior for reflecting heat, a 350- to 800-degree cooking range, dual burners to cook from above and below, a wood box for smoky wood-oven flavor and a wall of fire to impress guests and scare away the neighbors. It'll do the job in as little as 20 minutes, but with a 45-minute preheat can serve a perfect Neapolitan-style pizza in less than three minutes. And if you're feeling creative, you can also use it to bake bread, and roast meats and vegetables.

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$6,950 from BBQGuys

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The Alturi Series grills are just pure heat. Three burners are rated for 26,000 BTUs each and are guaranteed to last a lifetime under an unlimited warranty, while a 1,100-square-inch cooking area is covered with 9-millimeter thick, heavy-duty stainless steel cooking grates. Stainless steel heat zone separators between the burners prevent heat from bleeding over, allowing you to cook foods at different temperatures simultaneously.

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$7,198 from Barbecues Galore

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You get only one main infrared and two main cast stainless steel E burners in this small but commercial-grade stainless steel model, but they produce 78,000 BTUs on 660 square inches of grilling area. Plus there are integrated digital thermometers, blue backlit LED safety knobs, internal halogen lights, 12-volt electric hot surface ignition with flashtube backup, and a 12-inch deep firebox for complete convection cooking.

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$7,298 and up from Barbecues Galore

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Another brand largely for the high end of the market, Twin Eagles is the welded commercial-grade plaything that folks who spend this kind of money on grills come to expect: 760 square inches of grilling surface with another 300-square-inch warming rack, four burners that generate 25,000 BTUs each, ceramic briquettes, thick hexagonal grates, LED lighting, infrared sear burner, concealed infrared rotisserie, smoker box, and a side burner. This is a grill built to impress.

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$10,000 from BBQGuys

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It's ostensibly built to grill food, but its design is based on a 1969 Shelby GT 350 Mustang, down to the LED grill knobs make it look similar to a dashboard. With a hybrid grill that can use gas, charcoal, and wood as fuel, this heavy duty stainless-steel model is designed to be beaten up like a car as well. It has a 720-square-inch main cooking area and 110,000 BTUs of cooking power from five burners.

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$11,621 from BBQGuys

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The four E-shaped burners on this high-end gas grill are made from cast stainless steel and rated for up to 28,750 BTUs apiece. If that isn't impressive enough, features also include rotisserie burners, a Magic View window, an integrated digital grill thermometer, backlit LED control knobs, interior halogen lights, a built-in wood-chip smoker, 1,056 square inches of grilling area, and a power burner for grill cleaning.

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$11,299 and up from Build.com

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This grill is going to dazzle you with 12 available colors, but far more exciting is the choice of four main-grill 25,000-BTU trellis burners and a rotisserie burner; three trellis burners, one 2,500-BTU sear burner, and an 18,000-BTU rotisserie burner; or four sear burners and a rotisserie burner. Cook at temperatures up to 1,000 degrees while using 10,000-BTU and 20,000-BTU side burners for cooking sauces and side dishes beneath halogen under-hood lighting. A removable smoker provides even more options.

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$25,395 and up from Williams-Sonoma

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Use the gas flame burners or add charcoal or wood via a drawer in the stainless-steel grill. With an expanded firebox, 726 square inches of grilling surface, three 25,000 cast-bronze burners, an 18,000-BTU side burner, a chain-driven rotisserie with infrared burner, flip-up warming rack, and ambient control panel lighting, this grill is just about the best of all worlds.

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$30,715 from Williams-Sonoma

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All you need is an open fire and a grate? Argentine cowboys knew this a long time ago and cooked their meals over simple wood fires. Kalamazoo turns that method into a stainless-steel behemoth with a chain-driven spoked wheel that raises and lowers the 726-square-inch grill rack and rotisserie over coals for heat control. It includes two 16,000-BTU side burners for heating sauces and sides, a high-powered 55,000-BTU ignition, and compatibility with propane or natural gas fuel sources.

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