Grills & smokers
Pick the cooking equipment before the cabinetry, not after. Cutout dimensions, clearance to combustibles and gas supply all follow from this choice — and they are expensive to change once stone is cut. Here is the whole landscape, including the parts that are not ours to sell.
Built-in grills, by tier
Street pricing for a 36-inch built-in head, as of September 2026. We design islands around all of these. Which one belongs in yours depends on how you cook and how close you are to salt water — not on which logo a showroom happens to stock.
01
$1,500 – $3,500
Blaze · Summerset · Bull
A real built-in head with 304 stainless, lifetime burner coverage and standard cutout dimensions. Blaze in particular buys more grill per dollar than anything else at this level.
Lighter gauge stainless, thinner castings, simpler valves. It cooks well on day one; the difference shows up in year eight, and faster near salt.
02
$3,000 – $5,500
Coyote · Blaze Professional · Delta Heat · American Made Grills
Heavier construction — Coyote runs 16-gauge stainless, Delta Heat is welded and made in the US. This is where the door gaps get tight and the hood stops sounding hollow.
The jump from tier 01 is real but not dramatic. Most people who overspend do it here, chasing a badge instead of a burner.
03
$5,000 – $9,500
Twin Eagles · Lynx Professional · Napoleon Prestige PRO · DCS
Commercial-derived burners, serious infrared sears, rotisseries that handle real weight. Twin Eagles 36-inch heads sit roughly $5,500 to $9,500 depending on configuration.
Burner warranties here are typically five years, not lifetime — the tier below often covers burners longer. Read the paper, not the price tag.
04
$9,000 and up
Alfresco · Hestan · Kalamazoo
Alfresco 36-inch heads run roughly $7,900 to $9,400 and add an integrated smoker and a 120 lb rotisserie. Hestan sits about a quarter higher again. Kalamazoo is its own conversation.
Past a point you are buying finish and warranty, not heat. Worth it on a project where the kitchen is the architecture — hard to justify on a single island.
Tennessee
Everything this site says about 316 versus 304 cabinetry applies to the grill itself. A premium head is not exempt from what the local climate does — a badge on the hood buys you nothing the alloy does not.
Hood springs, hinge pins, burner screws. They are rarely the same grade as the panels, and they are what actually fails. Ask about them before you ask about BTUs.
A vented cover and a rinse with fresh water beats a grade upgrade on most inland addresses. We will tell you when that is the honest answer.
Formats
Drop-in units sized to standard island cutouts. This is the decision that fixes your counter dimensions, so it comes first.
Set a temperature and walk away. The most forgiving way to run low-and-slow, and the format most freestanding buyers land on.
Flat-top cooking for volume. What most people discover they use more than the grill once it is installed.
Capacity without footprint. Worth it if you cook for a crowd more than once a season.
What we stock and ship
That is the short list, and we would rather say so than pad it. The head you end up wanting may well come from tier 03 or 04 above, through an authorized dealer — that is fine. We specify it, we cut the island to it, and we make sure the gas run and the clearances are right. Getting that wrong costs more than the grill.
Online ordering opens shortly. Until then we quote directly: tell us the unit or the space and we come back with pricing, freight to your address, and lead time.
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