The best ... outdoor grills

Barbecook Arena

“If you like to really work a fire,” this is the perfect “party grill,” complete with a wind guard and flip-up handle.

Price: $249 Contact: Barbecookusa.com

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Source: Men’s Journal

Notebook Flat-Folding BBQ

This light, compact grill can be taken anywhere. Just unfold, fill with your favorites, and light it up.

Price: $38.56 Contact: Thegadgetshop.com

Source: Apartmenttherapy.com

Viking 53-inch T-Series

This model has the typical fancy Viking extras plus “one killer app”: an infrared burner that gets the “char quickly without cooking the interior.” Perfect if you like steak rare.

Price: $6,800 Contact: Vikingrange.com

Source: Men’s Journal

PDQ Condo Cooker

This “Pretty Darn Quick” grill channels “heat so efficiently that everything from porterhouse to portobello cooks evenly without so much as a quick flip.”

Price: $1,950 Contact: Lowcountrycookers.com

Source: Garden & Gun

HotSpot Dual Deck Grill & Firepit

This grill uses charcoal, but its steel grates “can be lowered or raised depending on what’s cooking” to make grilling without gas more precise.

Price: $350 Contact: Grillsdirect.com

Source: Men’s Health

Weber Char Q

For devotees who “swear there’s no substitute for charcoal’s smoky flavor,” this grill reduces airflow for a “long and steady burn.”

Price: $150 Contact: Weber.com

Source: Popular Mechanics