5 Best Charcoal Barbecues in the US - July 2020
What Charcoal Barbecue to Buy in June 2020?
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| A classic and fully featured barbecue Type barbecue, with a good price. It has a lid and a smoke function and features cool-touch handle. Our review analysis indicates that it's an excellent size and really well made, and easy to assemble. | A good spec and good value for money barbecue Type barbecue. It has a lid and is portable. | A good spec but only ok value for money barbecue Type grill. It has a lid, a smoke function and a thermometer and features cool-touch handle. | An affordable and fully featured grill Type barbecue. | A good spec but only moderate value for money grill Type grill. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Smoke Function Cool-Touch Handle Better Kagoo Score Better Brand |
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Bigger Cooking Surface Diameter Smoke Function Cool-Touch Handle |
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Smaller Cooking Surface Diameter Vastly Smaller Cooking Area $649 More Expensive |
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Smaller Cooking Area Worse Kagoo Score $50 More Expensive Six Months Older Worse Brand |
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Worse Kagoo Score $1,095 More Expensive Over One Year Older Worse Brand |
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A Lot Smaller Cooking Surface Diameter Worse Kagoo Score Older by Four Months Worse Brand |
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Weber Smokey Joe
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The Weber Smokey Joe has a Kagoo Score of 81. With a price tag of $729.00 this barbecue is fair value for money. For further details check out our full review of the Weber Smokey Joe or read our article on whether you should buy a Weber barbecue.
A classic and fully featured barbecue Type barbecue, with a good price. It has a lid and a smoke function and features cool-touch handle. Our review analysis indicates that it's an excellent size and really well made, and easy to assemble.
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Owners report that Weber Smokey Joe has excellent user reviews with an average user rating of 97%, based on 152 reviews.
4 Reasons For for Choosing the Weber Smokey Joe
The Weber Smokey Joe has a smoke function (as does the Big Green Egg Large), but the Cobb Pro, the KAMADO Joe and the tepro Crystal Mini do not have this feature. More ...
The denotes whether the BBQ has the ability to channel the smoke from the coals into (usually) a separate area, to allow for smoking foods rather than cooking them.
Smoking meat and fish, whether hot or cold smoking, normally requires specialist gear and a lot of work. Having a smoking function on your BBQ makes it far easier to create delicious hot-smoked salmon.
The Weber Smokey Joe features cool-touch handle, and so does the Big Green Egg Large, but the Cobb Pro, the KAMADO Joe and the tepro Crystal Mini do not. More ...
A barbecue with cool touch handles is specially designed to be always cool to the touch, even when the main body of the BBQ is extremely hot.
Cool touch handles mean that the BBQ is far easier to move around and handle, and there is less of a chance of you accidentally burning yourself on hot metal. Which hurts. A lot.
The Weber Smokey Joe has received a Kagoo Score of 81, however the Big Green Egg Large scored only 68, the Cobb Pro scored 73, the KAMADO Joe scored only 59 and the tepro Crystal Mini scored 77.
Weber barbecues have an average rating of 95%, whereas Big Green Egg only has an average rating of 68.9%, Cobb only has an average rating of 76.5%, KAMADO only has an average rating of 52.9% and tepro only has an average rating of 63.5%.
3 Reasons Against for Choosing the Weber Smokey Joe
The Weber Smokey Joe is a 370 cooking surface diameter barbecue. That's 90mm smaller than the Big Green Egg Large (460mm) and 80mm bigger than the tepro Crystal Mini (290mm). More ...
The cooking surface diameter of a barbecue refers to how large the usable cooking surface on the BBQ is, measures in millimetres.
A larger surface area means there is more space to cook food on, meaning more food can be cooked at once.
The Weber Smokey Joe is a 1 cooking area barbecue. That's 613cm² smaller than the Big Green Egg Large (1,688cm²) and 340cm² bigger than the Cobb Pro (735cm²). More ...
The usable cooking area on a barbecue is a measurement of the physical size of the grill that can be used for cooking food.
A larger surface area means there is more space to cook food on, meaning more food can be cooked at once.
The Weber Smokey Joe is more expensive than the Cobb Pro by $599 and more expensive than the tepro Crystal Mini by $649.
The cheapest price that we could find for the Smokey Joe in the US is $729.00 but in total we found only 1 price for it.
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Cobb Pro
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$129.99
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The Cobb Pro has a Kagoo Score of 73. With a price tag of $129.99 this barbecue is good value for money. For further details check out our full review of the Cobb Pro.
A good spec and good value for money barbecue Type barbecue. It has a lid and is portable.
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1 Reason For for Choosing the Cobb Pro
The Cobb Pro is portable, whereas the Big Green Egg Large, the KAMADO Joe, the tepro Crystal Mini and the Weber Smokey Joe are not. More ...
A portable barbecue is one that is designed to be easily transported.
Portable BBQs are far easier to move from place to place, and can be set up anywhere - helpful for impromptu picnics!
5 Reasons Against for Choosing the Cobb Pro
The Cobb Pro is a 735 cooking area barbecue. That's 953cm² smaller than the Big Green Egg Large (1,688cm²) and 340cm² smaller than the Weber Smokey Joe (1,075cm²). More ...
The usable cooking area on a barbecue is a measurement of the physical size of the grill that can be used for cooking food.
A larger surface area means there is more space to cook food on, meaning more food can be cooked at once.
The Cobb Pro has received a Kagoo Score of 73, whereas the tepro Crystal Mini scored 77 and the Weber Smokey Joe scored 81.
The Cobb Pro is more expensive than the tepro Crystal Mini by $50.
The Cobb Pro is older than the KAMADO Joe by six months, older than the tepro Crystal Mini by two months and older than the Weber Smokey Joe by six months.
Cobb barbecues have an average rating of only 76.5%, but Weber has an average rating of 95%.
The cheapest price that we could find for the Pro in the US is $129.99 but in total we found only 1 price for it.
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Big Green Egg Large
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The Big Green Egg Large has a Kagoo Score of 68. However with a price tag of $1,175.00 this barbecue is a bit expensive. For further details check out our full review of the Big Green Egg Large.
A good spec but only ok value for money barbecue Type grill. It has a lid, a smoke function and a thermometer and features cool-touch handle.
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3 Reasons For for Choosing the Big Green Egg Large
The Big Green Egg Large is a 460 cooking surface diameter barbecue. That's 170mm bigger than the tepro Crystal Mini (290mm) and 90mm bigger than the Weber Smokey Joe (370mm). More ...
The cooking surface diameter of a barbecue refers to how large the usable cooking surface on the BBQ is, measures in millimetres.
A larger surface area means there is more space to cook food on, meaning more food can be cooked at once.
The Big Green Egg Large has a smoke function (as does the Weber Smokey Joe), however the Cobb Pro, the KAMADO Joe and the tepro Crystal Mini do not have this feature. More ...
The denotes whether the BBQ has the ability to channel the smoke from the coals into (usually) a separate area, to allow for smoking foods rather than cooking them.
Smoking meat and fish, whether hot or cold smoking, normally requires specialist gear and a lot of work. Having a smoking function on your BBQ makes it far easier to create delicious hot-smoked salmon.
The Big Green Egg Large features cool-touch handle, and so does the Weber Smokey Joe, however the Cobb Pro, the KAMADO Joe and the tepro Crystal Mini do not. More ...
A barbecue with cool touch handles is specially designed to be always cool to the touch, even when the main body of the BBQ is extremely hot.
Cool touch handles mean that the BBQ is far easier to move around and handle, and there is less of a chance of you accidentally burning yourself on hot metal. Which hurts. A lot.
4 Reasons Against for Choosing the Big Green Egg Large
The Big Green Egg Large has only received a Kagoo Score of 68, whereas the Cobb Pro scored 73, the tepro Crystal Mini scored 77 and the Weber Smokey Joe scored 81.
The Big Green Egg Large is more expensive than the Cobb Pro by $1,045, more expensive than the KAMADO Joe by $145, more expensive than the tepro Crystal Mini by $1,095 and more expensive than the Weber Smokey Joe by $446.
The Big Green Egg Large is older than the Cobb Pro by eight months, older than the KAMADO Joe by 14 months, older than the tepro Crystal Mini by 10 months and older than the Weber Smokey Joe by 14 months.
Big Green Egg barbecues have an average rating of only 68.9%, but Cobb has an average rating of 76.5% and Weber has an average rating of 95%.
The cheapest price that we could find for the Large in the US is $1,175.00 but in total we found only 1 price for it.
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tepro Crystal Mini
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$80.00
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The tepro Crystal Mini has a Kagoo Score of 77. With a price tag of $80.00 this barbecue is good value for money. For further details check out our full review of the tepro Crystal Mini or read our article on whether you should buy a tepro barbecue.
An affordable and fully featured grill Type barbecue.
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1 Reason For for Choosing the Tepro Crystal Mini
The tepro Crystal Mini costs $1,095 less than the Big Green Egg Large, costs $49.99 less than the Cobb Pro, costs $950.17 less than the KAMADO Joe and costs $649 less than the Weber Smokey Joe.
4 Reasons Against for Choosing the Tepro Crystal Mini
The tepro Crystal Mini has a cooking surface diameter of 290, but the Big Green Egg Large is a 460mm cooking surface diameter barbecue (170mm bigger) and the Weber Smokey Joe is a 370mm cooking surface diameter barbecue (80mm bigger). More ...
The cooking surface diameter of a barbecue refers to how large the usable cooking surface on the BBQ is, measures in millimetres.
A larger surface area means there is more space to cook food on, meaning more food can be cooked at once.
The tepro Crystal Mini has received a Kagoo Score of 77, however the Weber Smokey Joe scored 81.
The tepro Crystal Mini is four months older than the KAMADO Joe and four months older than the Weber Smokey Joe.
Tepro barbecues have an average rating of only 63.5%, whereas Big Green Egg has an average rating of 68.9%, Cobb has an average rating of 76.5% and Weber has an average rating of 95%.
The cheapest price that we could find for the Crystal Mini in the US is $80.00 but in total we found only 1 price for it.
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KAMADO Joe
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The KAMADO Joe has a Kagoo Score of 59. However with a price tag of $1,030.17 this barbecue is a bit expensive. For further details check out our full review of the KAMADO Joe.
A good spec but only moderate value for money grill Type grill.
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1 Reason For for Choosing the KAMADO Joe
The KAMADO Joe was released 14 months after the Big Green Egg Large, released six months after the Cobb Pro and released four months after the tepro Crystal Mini
3 Reasons Against for Choosing the KAMADO Joe
The KAMADO Joe has only received a Kagoo Score of 59, however the Big Green Egg Large scored 68, the Cobb Pro scored 73, the tepro Crystal Mini scored 77 and the Weber Smokey Joe scored 81.
The KAMADO Joe is $900 more expensive than the Cobb Pro, $950 more expensive than the tepro Crystal Mini and $301 more expensive than the Weber Smokey Joe.
KAMADO barbecues have an average rating of only 52.9%, whereas Big Green Egg has an average rating of 68.9%, Cobb has an average rating of 76.5%, tepro has an average rating of 63.5% and Weber has an average rating of 95%.
The cheapest price that we could find for the Joe in the US is $1,030.17 but in total we found only 1 price for it.
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