Steve W.
Brilliant little grill
I've had many charcoal BBQ's and always thought they're a pain in the back side, however, I recently bought a Char-Griller Akorn, it cost a mere £169 UK pounds and wow, if only I'd seen these before, maybe I wouldn't of spent £1700 on a gas BBQ, as good as it is. From day one I opened the box expecting nothing much, but this thing is fantastic, some assembly to do, but, if you can't do that, you shouldn't be using the grill😁. This is the first charcoal grill I've had that you can really control, and when your done, shut the vents down and it will save the fuel for next time, absolutely the most efficient on charcoal, so your running costs end up paying for the grill over time. When I'm done I shut the vents leave it an hour and put it away, no smoke, it just goes out. Have not found a fault with this yet and I'm an experienced griller. To sum up: Coatings are a high quality on the outside Coatings are high quality ceramic on the inside Efficient on charcoal use Very controllable on the temperature What more can you ask for, and they do a bigger version of it, but I would rather have 2 of these for different temperature zones, hey, cheap enough. All the stuff about customer service, I can't comment on that as seems like it's for other grills, you have to be fair, too easy to dis a company these days and, BBQ companies say "don't leave outside" heat hardened metal and water don't work well together 🤪. Hope this is a useful review from a practical point of view.