The 7 best portable grids of 2025, tested and revised

We can’t wait to grill every summer. As a person who lives in the northeast, I can tell you that winter is … rough. And when you have months at the end of dark time, you are starting to want smoky and cookie food. It’s just a fact.

Gas, charcoal, pastille: we love all the grids. We even like to grill on the move, as in a campsite, at the beach or during the heel. This is where the portable grids come into play.

We tested the portable grids of both gas and charcoal to find the best which, despite their small size, actually delivered hamburgers, sausages and corn ears. Of course, our best seven choices are also easy to take with you, wherever you head.

Things to consider

Gas vs charcoal: what type of laptop should you buy?

As is the case with their full -size counterparts, gas grins are easier to use than charcoal grills. All you have to do is connect the propane and light the grill. Portable propane cartridges are also small, so you don’t have to worry about transporting a heavy tank.

With charcoal, you should light the briquettes or charcoal using a chimney starter, which takes at least 15 minutes. You will also have to wait for the coals to go out at the end of cooking. That said, portable coal grills were warmer in our tests, which led to burgers and bratwursts with better browning. However, by weighing conviviality and performance, one case could be made for one or the other type of grill.

How much is a laptop portable?

The heaviest portable grill that we recommend is around 50 pounds, while the lightest is around 10 years. While 50 pounds are not lightIt is probably manageable for one or two people. The most feather weight of the grins, the Weber Smokey Joe charcoal grill of 9.5 pounds, is also the cheapest.

The heavier portable grins that we tested had added features to compensate for their weight, such as handles or integrated carts with wheels.

How much should you spend on a laptop?

Ah, a personal question! Sorry, but the answer is what you feel comfortable. If you are looking for a portable grill for a small backyard, you may want to opt for a more expensive grill with a cart and an extra table, which will make it easier to use. If you want a cheap grill to take a campsite for a trip once a year, you could be satisfied with the cheapest coal -powered option available.

How many people are you cooking?

If you cook for one or two people, a portable grill with around 100 to 150 square inches of cooking space will go well. In our tests, this size grids easily adapt to two burgers and corn ears. For more people, we recommend that you look at grins that offer at least 300 square inches of usable grids, such as this Weber model.

The criteria: what to look for in a laptop

Due to their compact size, portable grids produce moderately toasted, slightly Smoked results. Our best choices are easy to transport and have features, such as handles or wheels, to move and pick them up.

Our favorite portable grills

What we loved: This small offer has a stackable design, with a background that houses its propane cartridge when it is not used. During our tests, its cast iron grids delivered decent seizures and browning. We liked its handful and its simple and simple control switch. It is cute, works well for what is intended and is extremely portable at around 20 pounds.

What we didn’t like: Throughout the tests, he presented hot spots.

Key specifications

• Kitchen area: 154 square inches
• Weight: 20.6 pounds
• Features: Has a handle and a lid which doubles a cutting board
• Guarantee: 3 years old

What we loved: We really liked this grill. With its two side tables folded, it is completely the table configuration. Its removable drop tray made it easy to clean, and it delivered some of the best browning and grill brands of the portable gas grins that we tested. To make this grill easier to move, you can buy a compatible wheel cart. It also comes from fun colors.

What we didn’t like: It is more expensive than most portable grills. We recommend that you place it on a table; Otherwise, it’s quite squat.

Key specifications

• Kitchen area: 189 square inches
• Weight: 39 square inches
• Features: Two foldable side tables, electronic ignition
• Guarantee: 5 years

What we loved: This laptop is expensive, but for the passionate camper, it could be worth it. Its cooking surface is almost twice the size of our other choices of gas. Its wheels, robust legs, tool hooks and easy ignition also made it easy to use. It was another high -level burgers with APLOMB.

What we didn’t like: We found the capricious fuel fuel cartridge. Again, this grill is an investment.

Key specifications

• Kitchen area: 320 square inches
• Weight: 50 pounds
• Features: Integrated trolley, tool hooks
• Guarantee: 5 years

What we loved: We liked this portable girl from the start: she arrived almost entirely assembled. Weighing 46 pounds is one of the heaviest options we recommend, but its robust aluminum and cast iron construction also has good heat retention. As a result, burgers, sausages and corn came out of this grill with some of the group’s best brownings. The lid can be completely removed, and we liked the clips on the side, which keep the cover for transport and storage. Although we have not tested this, the manufacturer says that the lid can be transformed into an additional grill, and everything can be used as Shichirin or Grill Hibachi.

What we didn’t like: Due to its thermal recovery materials, it took a long time to cool. Its handles are smaller and more difficult to grasp, especially given the weight of the grill.

Key specifications

• Kitchen area: 204 to 400 square inches of grill space (with the lid in use as an additional grill)
• Weight: 46 pounds
• Features: Cover locks
• Guarantee: 20 years old

What we loved: With two important handles and a colorful exterior, and weighing only 15.43 pounds, this grill is adorable. Its size is the best for a maximum of two portions, and we thought it had done a good job to offer the striking and sizzling charcoal. Its rubber feet and squat construction made a balanced grill that did not vacillate when we added charcoal and returned and recovered foods. Although we are thus using this lid of this grill as a cutting board, we liked it to be delivered with a food storage compartment – in hand for the storage of spices, packets of condiments, etc.

What we didn’t like: With about 100 inch squares of cooking space, this grill is little.

Key specifications

• Kitchen area: 103.9 square inches
• Weight: 15.43 pounds
• Features: Handles, food storage tray, lid which doubles a cutting board
• Guarantee: 10 years old

What we loved: This supremely portable grill folds like a suitcase – and you can also wear it as one. Its 200 square inches of cooking space at more than 200 years easily adapt to food for two and, in our tests, the sausages have come out of the particularly bloated and beautiful grill. For slower smoking sessions, you just close the nomad cover. Its lined and sinister handle remains cool to the touch. If you want more grilled space, you can buy a second grid that is part of the lid.

What we didn’t like: This grill has no legs, so you will have to put it on a flat surface. It is an expensive dear (as much or more than full -size grins).

Key specifications

• Kitchen area: 212 square inches
• Weight: 28 pounds
• Features: Foldable design, locks on the grill
• Guarantee: Limited life lime

What we loved: If you want an incredibly light $ 50 portable grill and you will do the job, the Weber Smokey Joe is the one to buy. Has it become as hot as other grids in our tests? No, but it worked according to our expectations, with a reasonable browning on meat. It’s practical. It’s solid. He does what he is supposed to do.

What we didn’t like: Do not expect tear temperatures. Of course, this grill is small.

Key specifications

• Kitchen area: 147 square inches
• Weight: 9.5 pounds
• Features: N / A
• Guarantee: 10 years old

Faq

What is the best laptop for camping?

All our best choices are good for camping – it simply depends on the quantity you want to spend. Assuming that we are going with budget options, we love the cook’s portable gas grill and the Weber charcoal offer.

What type of gas do portable gas grills take?

Adapting to their nature on the go, laptops do not force you to transport a giant propane tank. They are compatible with camping gas cans, which are generally small propane cylinders of 16 ounces.

Why we are the experts

• Riddley Gemperlein-Scirm is the assistant editorial director of Serious Eats. She has been working on the site since 2021 and has been testing equipment for more than six years.
• Riddley has more grids than she knows what to do with the patio or the garage.