The Best Gas Grills of 2026, Compared on One Sheet
Six full-size propane grills from five makers, from a $275 four-burner to a $1,399 Weber Genesis. Cooking area, burner output, grates and the warranty part by part, on one sheet.
By Tom BeckerRanked list · Updated October 26, 2026 · 11 min read
Prices: each maker's own store, read October 26, 2026. Seals are our editorial picks, not certifications.
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A gas grill page sells you three numbers: square inches, BTU and a warranty in years. Each one hides a choice the maker made for you.
The square inches often add the warming rack to the grates. The BTU often adds the side burner to the main burners. And the warranty in years is usually the longest part, the cookbox, while the grates and the burners carry a shorter one.
On October 26, 2026, we read each maker's product page, spec table and warranty page, and set the numbers side by side on one sheet. Where a maker doesn't publish a figure, the sheet says so. We didn't cook on these grills.
The sheet
Grill
Burners
Primary / total sq in
Main BTU
Grates
Warranty headline
Price
Weber Spirit E-325
3
360 / 450
31,000
Not published
10 yr cookbox, lid, burners
$549
Broil King Baron 420 Pro Shadow
4
460 / 630
40,000
8 mm stainless rod
15 yr top to bottom
$899
Weber Genesis S-415
4
646 / 820
48,000
Stainless steel
12 yr cookbox and lid
$1,399
Monument 35633
4 + side + sear
510 / 700
72,000 total
Porcelain cast iron
8 yr burners, 2 yr most parts
$599
Nexgrill 720-1141
4 + side
461 / 621
48,000
Porcelain cast iron
Not published
$399
Char-Broil Performance
4 + side
435 / 565
30,000
Porcelain cast iron
2 yr on the page, 1 yr in its table
$275
Maker figures, read October 26, 2026. "Primary" = the main grates; "total" adds the warming rack. A ^ marks the best figure in a row.
How to read a grill page
Read the primary area, not the total. The grates are where the food cooks. The Genesis S-415 lists 646 square inches of grates and 820 with the warming rack; an Amazon listing for the same grill says 994.3,9 We use the maker's primary figure.
Main BTU and total BTU are different numbers. Nexgrill states four 12,000 BTU burners and 60,000 BTU in total; the 12,000 more is the side burner.5 Compare grills on the main burners.
A warranty is a table, not a number. Weber's Spirit warranty runs 10 years on the cookbox, the lid and the stainless burner tubes, 5 years on the grates and the Flavorizer bars, and 2 years on everything else.7 Broil King states 15 years "top to bottom" on the Baron product page.4 Read the line for the burners and the grates, the parts that wear.
Stainless grates outlast porcelain ones. Porcelain-coated cast iron holds heat well and chips if you drop a tool on it. Three of the six grills here use it.5,6,8
Weber's own published figures. Checked Oct 26, 2026
The cheapest grill here with a ten-year warranty on the parts that matter. Weber covers the cookbox, the lid and the stainless burner tubes for 10 years and the grates for 5, at $549 on the maker's store on October 26.1,7
It's the smallest grill on the sheet: three burners, two of them "Boost Burners", and 360 square inches of grates.1 For a family of four that's enough. For a party of twelve, look at the Genesis below.
What Weber doesn't print on the product page: the grate material and a total BTU figure.1
Broil King's own published figures. Checked Oct 26, 2026
The only grill on the sheet with one warranty figure for the whole grill: 15 years "top to bottom", on the product page.4 Broil King pairs it with solid 8 mm stainless rod grates, the heaviest grates here, four Dual-Tube burners and 460 square inches of cooking area.4
At $899 it costs $350 more than the Spirit. What the extra buys is the warranty on the parts that wear and a fourth burner. Broil King doesn't publish a total BTU or a part-by-part warranty table on the page we read.4
Weber's own published figures. Checked Oct 26, 2026
The biggest grates on the sheet: 646 square inches, 820 with the warming rack, over four burners and 48,000 BTU.3 The grates are stainless steel, and Weber's warranty table for the Genesis is longer than the Spirit's: 12 years on the cookbox and lid, 10 on the burners, the grates and the Flavorizer bars.3,7
It's the most expensive grill here by $500. Buy it if you cook for crowds every weekend. Weber notes that the owner's guide, not the web table, governs the warranty.7
4 burners+ infrared side sear + side burner510 sqin72,000 BTUtotal8-yearburners
Monument's own published figures. Checked Oct 26, 2026
Six burners for $599: four main burners, an infrared side sear burner and a regular side burner, 72,000 BTU in total, on 510 square inches of primary grates.6
The warranty is where the price shows. Monument's table covers the stainless burners for 8 years and most other parts, the firebox, the grids and the lid, for 2.8 The page doesn't state the main-burner BTU or the ignition.6
4 burners+ side burner461 sqin48,000 BTUPorcelain cast-iron grates
Nexgrill's own published figures. Checked Oct 26, 2026
More grate area than the Spirit for $150 less: 461 square inches over four 12,000 BTU burners, plus a 12,000 BTU side burner.5 Nexgrill doesn't publish a warranty on the product pages we read; an Amazon listing for the same grill states one year.5,10 Ask before you buy.
4 burners+ side burner435 sqin30,000 BTUPorcelain cast-iron grates
Char-Broil's own published figures. Checked Oct 26, 2026
The lowest price on the sheet, $274.99 on the maker's store on October 26, for four burners, a side burner and 435 square inches.2 Its page gives two different warranty headlines: "2-year limited" in the text and "1 Year" in the spec table. The part list on the same page reads 5 years on the burners, 2 on the lid and firebox, 1 on the grates and the rest.2
How we ranked
We weighed the cooking area and the main-burner output against the price, then the grate material, then the warranty on the burners and the grates. Napoleon's site refused our reader on October 26, so we left the Rogue SE 425 out rather than rank it on search snippets. Blackstone's site lists griddles, not gas grills. The seals are our editorial picks for a reader in the United States in October 2026.
Questions
How big a grill do I need?
Around 400 square inches of primary grates cooks for a family of four; 600 and up cooks for a crowd. On this sheet, that's the Spirit and the Genesis.1,3
Does more BTU mean a hotter grill?
Not on its own. BTU measures the gas burned per hour; the size of the cookbox and the lid decide how much of it stays. Compare main-burner BTU against the primary area.1,3,4
Why do two listings show different square inches for the same grill?
Some listings add the warming rack, or quote a different version. Weber lists 820 total for the Genesis S-415; an Amazon listing says 994.3,9
Can I convert a propane grill to natural gas?
Only with the maker's kit, where one exists. Broil King sells the Baron in a natural gas version at $1,059.4
Weber, Spirit E-325 Gas Grill (Liquid Propane), amer.weber.com/en-us/products/spirit-e-325-gas-grill-liquid-propane-black-1500789 read October 26, 2026
Char-Broil, Performance Series 4-Burner Gas Grill with Side Burner 463218125, charbroil.com read October 26, 2026
Weber, Genesis S-415 Gas Grill (Liquid Propane), amer.weber.com/en-us/products/genesis-s-415-gas-grill-liquid-propane-stainlesssteel-1500539 read October 26, 2026
Broil King, Baron 420 Pro Shadow, broilkingbbq.com/products/baron_420-784 read October 26, 2026
Nexgrill, 4-Burner Liquid Propane Gas Grill with Side Burner 720-1141, nexgrill.com read October 26, 2026
Monument Grills, 35633 Stainless Infrared Propane Gas Grill, monumentgrills.com read October 26, 2026
Weber, Warranties, amer.weber.com/en-us/pages/warranties read October 26, 2026
Monument Grills, Warranty, monumentgrills.com/pages/warranty read October 26, 2026
Amazon listing for the Weber Genesis S-415 (994 sq in stated) seen October 26, 2026, not the maker's figure
Amazon listing for the Nexgrill 720-1141 (1-year warranty stated) seen October 26, 2026, not the maker's figure
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