Best Gas Grills of 2025

Our rigorous tests found standouts in every size and price range

By Paul Hope
Home & DIY Editor

By Allen St. John
Senior Home & Tech Writer

Updated April 18, 2025

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Man cooking carne asada on Even Embers gas grill — CR reviews gas grills from many popular brands, including Even Embers (shown), so you can choose your new outdoor cooker with confidence.

Thinking about raising your grill game? We’ve got you covered.

At Consumer Reports, our engineers have been testing new grills for weeks, using our indoor lab outfitted with commercial-grade exhaust hoods and fire-suppression systems. This allows us to start even when there’s snow on the ground. That way, we can report on the newest models before Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer grilling season. (Check back throughout the spring for the newest top-scoring models.)

In this article

Best Gas Grills: Small Midsized Large
How CR Tests Gas Grills

Best Small Gas Grills

We categorize gas grills by the number of burger patties they can accommodate. Small gas grills can typically hold 18 or fewer patties at once, making them a good pick for small cookouts.

Best Midsized Gas Grills

Midsized gas grills in our ratings are able to accommodate 18 to 28 burger patties. This is the most widely sold grill size. You’ll find some basic grills with few features as well as souped-up models with plenty of storage.

Best Large Gas Grills

In our categorization, large gas grills hold 28 or more burger patties at once. These heavyweights are ideal for big cookouts and family gatherings.

How CR Tests Gas Grills

In our lab, we wire the surface of each gas grill with heat-resistant thermocouples and do four temperature tests. We also assess how evenly each model heats. That’s an important attribute when grilling for a crowd. All your food, no matter where you throw it on the grates, should finish at the same time.

CR tester holding lid to Monument Mesa 415BZ grill with thermocouples attached to grill and computer monitor in background — CR tests gas grills in our lab with thermocouples so you can serve your food fast and evenly cooked.

“Just like your oven, a grill needs to preheat,” says Breann Chai, who oversees gas grill testing at CR. “A preheated grill cooks more evenly, and it can also help prevent food from sticking.” We measure how hot the surface gets at the 10-minute mark because that’s when our data says most folks like to start cooking.

We also gauge how reliable gas grill brands are by surveying thousands of CR members about their own gas grills. In our latest polls, we asked CR members about their experiences with tens of thousands of gas grills, and we used that data to determine the most and least reliable gas grill brands. Lastly, we score grill makers at the brand level for both reliability and owner satisfaction, and we factor those scores into our grill ratings.

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Paul Hope

Paul Hope is a senior multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports and a trained chef. He covers ranges, cooktops, and wall ovens, as well as grills, drills, outdoor power tools, decking, and wood stains. Before joining CR in 2016, he tested kitchen products at Good Housekeeping and covered tools and remodeling for This Old House magazine. You’ll typically find him in his old fixer-upper, engrossed in a DIY project or trying out a new recipe.

Allen St. John

Allen St. John has been a senior product editor at CR since 2016, focusing on digital privacy, audio devices, printers, and home products. He was a senior editor at Condé Nast and a contributing editor at publications including Road & Track and The Village Voice. A New York Times bestselling author, he's also written for The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Rolling Stone. He lives in Montclair, N.J., with his wife, their two children, and their dog, Rugby.