The Grand Champ™ Offset Smoker: Pro BBQ's Sweet Spot
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The Grand Champ™ Offset Smoker from Chargriller is a serious piece of kit that makes your old kettle barbeque look like an ornament from your granny’s house. The 110-plus kilograms of steel is designed for serious barbecue enthusiasts with a large cooking area and multiple adjustable dampers on the offset firebox and chimney itself, making temp control pretty damn simple. The offset firebox can fit full-size log splits and a lot of charcoal to smoke your meats (or veggies) over hours. If you're a beginner, you're ahead with this; a few minor upgrades would still up your smoking game if you're a pro. The Grand Champ™ comes with ultra-heavy cast iron grills and gasket strips already installed to lock in that all-important heat and smoke.
Details That Matter
There is 1200 sq inches of cooking space over two shelves, which is more than many of its rivals at a cheaper price.
Cook on direct heat in the main chamber; a heavy ash pan awaits your charcoal ash that can be removed easily for emptying.
It weighs 115 kg, so make sure you put it together with two people.
The Grand Champ™ comes ‘seasoned’ with oil, but you should still smoke the robot smell from it for at least four hours using charcoal and some wood splits.
The official Grand Champ™ cover costs around £60 ($80). It is made from high-quality material and fits like a glove so we recommend getting that to protect your kit.
