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Char-Broil 4-Burner Stainless Steel (model #463420508)
This is the bottom of the "stainless steel" grills. For around $260 you can buy this Char-Broil grill from Home Depot that features the Char-Broil side burner/oven with griddle. Unfortunately, this grill uses the lowest quality stainless steel and metal as thin as you can buy. The question is, why would you want to buy this grill. I can bend the lid with my hands so this is as fragile grill as you can find. Like many Char-Broil grills it looks good on the showroom floor, but won't last.

Char-Broil RED 4-Zone Infrared Grill (Model #463250308)
This low cost infrared gas grill is the deluxe version of the Char-Broil RED. On one hand, you might say that this grill is little more than a gas fired box that roasts instead of grills. On the other hand this grill can hit temperatures of nearly 700 degrees and almost never flares-up. The design of this grill lets it cook between low and slow barbecue and steak searing temperatures. On the down side this grill uses low quality stainless steel and plastic parts that might limit its durability.

Char-Broil RED 3-Burner Infrared Grill (Model# 463250108)
Perhaps the most innovative mass market grill on the market this year (2008), the Char-Broil RED is a low cost, all infrared gas grill. Cynically you might say that this grill is little more than a gas fired box that roasts instead of grills. On the other hand this grill can hit temperatures of nearly 700 degrees F. and almost never flares-up. The design of this grill lets if cook between low and slow barbecue and steak searing temperatures.

Char-Broil Commercial Series Quantum Gas Grill (Model# 463248208)
The Char-Broil Quantum represents an innovative approach to an inexpensive all infrared gas grill. Where the [link url=http://bbq.about.com/od/gasgrillreviews/gr/aapr031907a.htm]Char-Broil/TEC[/link] grill uses expensive infrared burners this unit uses a simple sheet or perforated stainless steel to convert the output of a standard gas burner into infrared energy. This unit has four burners that put out only 40,000 BTUs under 580 square inches of cooking space but can still reach temperatures around 700 degrees F. You also get the standard Char-Broil side burner "oven".

Char-Broil's The Big Easy Oil-less Infrared Turkey Fryer
We all know that turkey frying can be dangerous. Char-Broil has developed a way to make it not only safer, but cheaper and easier. The Big Easy is a propane powered infrared roaster oven that gives you foods that look and taste very much like they were fried. I believe that the true versatility of this unit has yet to be discovered. Anything you can lower into the cooking chamber can be cooked quickly (turkey at about 10 minutes a pound).

Char-Broil Quickset 26,500 BTU Gas Grill
You want the truth? This is a near worthless gas grill. Fortunately it is priced that way. You can get this model around $110USD. Similar Char-Broil models (of which there are a dozen) sell as high as about $150USD. What you get for that price is a basic, featureless gas grill that will flare-up, cook unevenly and generally perform like the cheapest grill on the market, which it is (okay there are others, but even I won't go there).

Char-Broil 4-Burner Gas Grill (model #463268107)
This is one gas grill with everything to make it look great; Brass burners, stainless steel construction, four-burner design, high BTU output, and a flush mounted side burner unit. Unfortunately is is far more appearance than substance. This Char-Broil gas grill uses low quality stainless steel (430 Series), instead of cast brass burners it has brass tube burners and the overall construction is weak. Like many Char-Broil grills it looks good on the showroom floor, but won't last.

Char-Broil/TEC Series Four Burner Gas Grill (Model #463268307)
This is the biggest grill of the year (2007). No. Not the biggest seller, not by a long shot, but it is going to be the most asked and talked about grill on the market. The bottomline is, it's okay. Not bad actually. The overall construction is weak, but the parts are pretty durable and the technology is good. Of course there are questions about this grill that won't really get answered for another year or two (see below).

Char-Broil/TEC Series Triple Burner Gas Grill (Model #463268307)
This is the biggest grill of the year (2007). No. Not the biggest seller, not by a long shot, but it is going to be the most asked and talked about grill on the market. The bottomline is, its okay. Not bad actually. The overall construction is weak, but the parts are pretty durable and the technology is good. Of course there are questions about this grill that won't really get answered for another year or two (see below).

Char-Broil 65,200 BTU 5-Burner Gas Grill (model #463268806) at Lowe's Review
Char-Broil 65,200 BTU 5-Burner Gas Grill (model #463268806) at Lowe's Review. This is one gas grill with everything to make it look great; Brass burners, stainless steel construction, five-burner design, high BTU output, and a multifunction side burner unit. Unfortunately is is far more appearance than substance. This Char-Broil gas grill uses low quality stainless steel, instead of cast brass burners it has brass tube burners and the overall construction is weak.

Char-Broil Patio Caddie Gas Grill Review
Char-Broil Patio Caddie Gas Grill Review - This is Char-Broil's answer for the grill who just doesn't have a lot of space or wants a gas grill, but doesn't want to grill a lot of food. The Patio Caddie is a full height grill that takes up only 28 inches. It's one burner gives you enough heat to do most grilling tasks but with only 187 square inches of grilling space you won't be able to do to much. But then, that's the point, right?