When choosing your built in gas grill, keep in mind the price you are looking at covers only the grill itself and not the kitchen or island. If you already have the area it will sit in, you need to carefully measure for the proper fit. If you do not already have the island, price both of them at the same time.

There are built in gas grills with only two burners and that may be the perfect one for you. On the other hand, you may be the unofficial cook for the neighborhood and might cook only the meat, but a lot of it, so you need a big area to cook on. Or you could be the chef, always experimenting with different wood chips or rotisserie. It is important to look at the options and choose which outdoor gas grill will work for the way you cook.

The Weber built in gas grill can be a small two burner size or the Weber Summit S-660 six stainless steel burners with a rear mounted rotisserie burner. It has a fixed, center mounted thermometer and lighted control knobs as well as two grills-out handle lights. The Lynx is also pretty basic, ranging from the 27” two burner to the 54” four burner models, which run from $2,574.00 to $8,666.00.

The Vermont Castings Heritage five burner built-in gas grill has an infrared rear rotisserie burner, integrated warming rack and a cast iron griddle. It is your choice if you want natural gas or propane. The three burner version of this is about $700.00 cheaper, but does not come with some of the extras.

The Fire Magic Outdoor Kitchen Echelon E660i won the Vesta award for best new gas grill island because of the amount of innovative features it introduced. It has the exclusive grill island burner system, which has removable zone dividers to make sure the heat of the outdoor burners remains consistent. The stainless steel outdoor burners carry a lifetime warranty. The rotisserie is recessed on the back burner and has a high torque motor. The wood chip burner is just begging for you to try something new and both the digital thermometer and the barbeque island meat probe will help you cook it to perfection.

A word of warning to all you backyard chefs, once you start looking at a built-in gas grill, you will want more. That will be alright because all your family and friends will want you to get more, too.