The actual gear — five pieces currently in rotation. Where a model is confirmed (visible branding, or just told directly), it’s stated as fact. Where it’s a guess based on styling or partial branding, it’s clearly marked as a guess — and for the one piece with zero visible branding, no manufacturer is invented at all.
Napoleon Mirage (gas grill)
Best guess: Napoleon’s Mirage series — “NAPOLEON” and “MIRAGE” branding both visible on the hood, five control knobs across the front, and a “Sizzle Zone” infrared side burner built into the right-hand shelf. That’s a real, confirmed feature; the exact model number (there are a few trims in the Mirage line) isn’t confirmed — the rating plate inside a cabinet door would settle it.
Manufacturer: napoleon.com
Use case: the everyday workhorse — burgers, wings, steaks. The Sizzle Zone side burner is built for a fast, hot sear.
Weber Kettle
Best guess: Weber Master-Touch, likely the 22-inch. The built-in lid thermometer, the swiveling One-Touch ash cleaning lever at the base, and the aluminum ash catcher are all Master-Touch-specific features together — the base “Original Kettle” doesn’t have that combination. Couldn’t confirm the exact diameter from the photo.
Manufacturer: weber.com
Use case: the classic charcoal kettle — low-and-slow indirect setups, direct-heat searing, the reliable fallback when gas feels like cheating.
Big Green Egg (Large)
The Big Green Egg branding is right there on the ceramic dome — this is the Large size, on its stand with the built-in lid thermometer and folding side shelves.
Manufacturer: biggreenegg.com
Use case: the ceramic kamado — insane temperature range and heat retention, does everything from a 700°F pizza to a 16-hour low-and-slow brisket without breaking a sweat.
If you’re into these: Fernandes Lumber & Home Center in South Easton, MA hosts the Easton EGGfest every year — a full afternoon of live-fire cooking, demos, and tastings from local Egg-thusiasts and pros, with proceeds going to charity.
Older Weber Gas Grill
Best guess: an older Weber Genesis-era gas grill (right side of the photo above) — the “weber” script logo is clearly visible on the lid, and the boxy cart-style base with a red lid points to something from the late 1990s-2000s design era (Weber’s current Genesis II line, redesigned in 2017, looks quite different). No visible model plate in the photo, so this is styling-based, not confirmed.
Manufacturer: weber.com
Use case: the backup/overflow grill at this point — still fires up when the Napoleon’s busy or extra grate space is needed.
Barrel Smoker
Brand/model: unknown — no visible branding anywhere in the photo above (left side), so this stays honestly unlabeled rather than guessing a manufacturer with nothing to back it up. It’s a black, offset-style barrel smoker with a chimney stack and side vents on the lower cabinet.
Use case: the low-and-slow, all-day option — ribs, brisket, anything that benefits from real wood/charcoal smoke over a long cook.
If you know the brand or model on this one, send it over and I’ll fill it in properly.
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro
Not a grill, but it earns its spot here — the countertop convection-oven-plus-air-fryer combo, picked up because Alton Brown recommended it (that’s the reason for buying it, not an independently fact-checked endorsement claim on this site’s part). Gets real use for two different jobs: air-frying wings, and — less obviously — proofing pizza dough, using the oven’s low-temp settings as a makeshift proofing box.
Manufacturer: breville.com
Use case: air fryer wings when firing up a whole grill isn’t worth it, plus dough proofing for pizza nights.