Before you can begin designing your custom gas grill enclosure you need to pick the perfect grill. Most high end gas grills come in an insert configuration that allows you to put it where you want it, but many are not a standard size so pick your grill first. Here I have listed the top ten gas grill inserts to help you find the one that is right for you. Prices can vary a lot so make sure you do some serious shopping to get as much as you can for little as possible. Updated for 2011.
1. Fire Magic Diamond Series Echelon E1060i Built-in Gas Grill
R.H. Peterson Company
Fire Magic makes some very elegant gas grills that are very highly rated, especially by the people who use them. You'll also find the whole list of options available on these grills. Top quality stainless steel construction and a very good heat distribution system make these great units to grill on. This jumbo unit will grill anything you want.
2. Weber Summit S-660 Gas Grill Insert
Weber-Stephen Products Company
This built-in version of the Summit S-650 gas grill is a large, six burner unit that offers all the advantages of a Weber Summit grill in an insert unit. This insert grill is unique in size and cut out so make sure you can fit it before you buy. If you can, then this grill offers everything you would want in a custom grill, but at a more affordable price than many other similar units (this one sells around $2,500). The full rotisserie system including infrared rotisserie burner. You also get an internal smoker burner, plus there is the option of a flush mounted side burner module.
3. Napoleon Prestige V
Napoleon Gourmet Grills
This hand tooled grill is big. I mean big. The 850 square inches of primary cooking space is heated by over 100,000 BTUs. It comes with a whole host of standard features including internal lighting, full rotisserie systems and a wide range of options for your custom enclosure. Very nicely designed with great cooking abilities.
4. Twin Eagles 42-inch
Twin Eagles Inc.
The company Twin Eagles was put together by a veteran of the gas grill industry (actually more like a legend). Anyway, this grill is beautifully built with an incredible attention to detail. The engineering and precision make it truly one of the best gas grills on the market. Details like the hexagonal cooking grates that give you better surface contact to better searing are just one of the many excellent features of this unit
5. Vidalia 983 Natural Gas Grill Insert
Vidalia Outdoor Products Co.
6. Kalamazoo 450GB Gas Built-In Grill
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet
7. DCS 36-inch Professional
Dynamic Cooking Systems
8. Lynx Professional Series 30" Gas Grill
Lynx Professional Grills
9. TEC Sterling G3000FR Infrared
Thermal Engineering Corporation
10. Viking 30-inch Premium
Viking Range Corp.
Viking is synonymous with the best cooking equipment you can buy and the same holds true for their grills. This smaller unit is solid stainless steel right down to the ball bearing rod on the rotisserie, which is not an option, it's standard. This grill really has everything you want including a removable smoker tray, infrared rotisserie burner and much more.
