Weber performer deluxe. Propane starter for coals. Awesome grill.
If you cant get an egg go for a good Weber
Thank You everybody!!
https://www.amazon.com/Char-Griller-16620-Kamado-Charcoal-Barbecue/dp/B00GJEPTJS
Hands down. That is for BBQ. 20 hr Brisket, not a problem.
Add this if you don’t enjoy tending it.
https://pitmasteriq.com/collections/automatic-temperature-control/products/iq110?variant=4441087429
Set it to 3 for cfm’s.
Ask your wife which pot she hates. Break the handle off. 4 to 5 Qt is perfect. Fill it with sand or gravel or heck mine is filled with rock salt. Split a brick. Place the pot at the center of the coal grate and use the brick to provide a fire break. Sprinkle your hardwood lump all around the perimeter. Sprinkle your fruit or nut wood of choice around the 1st 1/3 of the charcoal. Light with Webber grill lighting pellet right by the brick. The fire will slowly snake all the way around your pot for hrs and hrs and hrs.
For grilling, an Aussie Grill. If you don’t know how to grill turn in your man card. ;-)
Weber spirit gas grill
Best grill I ever owned. I’m too lazy to cover it and it won’t rust no matter how hard I try
You can buy green egg grills from independent sellers, new, for under what you say your price range is, on ebay.
For that much, you may want to consider a wood pellet grill, like a Traeger.
There was a news of interest on local TV just about this subject. I forgot the name of the top one, sorry, at the time I didn’t know you were going to ask. It was about $300. The two features that made it worthy of first place were 1, a loading chute to add charcoal while cooking, no need to move food to lift grill. 2, the charcoal could be wound up or down to control coal to food distance.
100 dollar Webber and paint it green so you can keep up with the green egg idiots.
Will a $1000 pan make your wife cook like Julia Child? Dont get m wrong good equipment helps but the green eggs are BS IMHO.
Wait for someone to throw a gas grill away.
Then buy new parts for much cheaper online.
Char-griller Kamado ceramic at Lowes 22 inch porcelain grill $599.00
Plain old webber has never done me wrong. I’ve had many grills over the years, but webbers do it all. There is a company, like smokenator that can turn out some great brisket too. My current one has a table with a tip out charcoal bin.
weber 22 100 bucks
You can get a pretty nice Pit Boss pellet smoker or kamado grill for around $400 - $600.
I did some research on this topic a year or so ago and ended up with a Char-Griller for about $100 and it works great!
Webers are the best. By far.
I am a cheap bastard ... I just dig a hole