David Green
Food Safety Advisor and Managing Editor at Avid Griller
David Green has reviewed more than 150 grills.
- 160 reviews
- 60 comparisons
- 10 buying guides
David spends a lot of time thinking about grilled food. He is a World Champion Pitmaster and a certified Health and Safety Manager and currently serves as the Food Safety Advisor and Managing Editor for Avid Griller. He handles the safety operations of the site. He's creating guidelines for how to review the different grill types and developing processes for ensuring grill testing are safe. You'll also see him in plenty of reviews, from thermometers to grill reviews, and the occasional How-To's as well.
Since joining Avid Griller, he has reviewed more than 150 grills and written over 200 cooking-related stories for the site. He probably knows more about charcoals than any one person should.
While he spends plenty of time keeping us safe and reviewing reviews about grills, David credits his two young sons with his inability to really eat the food he grills. When he's not writing about grilling (or trying to grill), David can be found in the kitchen testing out new barbecue sauce recipes!
Every score David gives is built the same way, from six weighted categories. How we score grills.
Buying guides
David's reviews, newest first
David's comparisons
- Traeger Flatrock vs Traeger Irontop
- Traeger Ironwood 885 vs Westwood
- Traeger Ironwood 885 vs Westwood XL
- Traeger Ironwood 885 vs Woodridge
- Traeger Ironwood 885 vs Woodridge Elite
- Traeger Ironwood 885 vs Woodridge Pro
- Traeger Ironwood 885 vs Woodridge Pro Plus
- Traeger Westwood vs Traeger Woodridge
- Traeger Westwood vs Weber Searwood XL 600
- Traeger Westwood XL vs Woodridge
- Traeger Woodridge Elite vs Weber Searwood XL 600
- Traeger Woodridge Elite vs Woodridge Pro
- Traeger Woodridge Pro Plus vs Weber Searwood XL 600
- Traeger Woodridge Pro Plus vs Woodridge Pro
- Traeger Woodridge Pro vs Weber Searwood XL 600
- Traeger Woodridge Pro vs Weber Smoque XL
- Traeger Woodridge Pro vs Woodridge
- Traeger Woodridge vs Weber Searwood XL 600
- Weber Genesis E-315 vs E-325
- Weber Genesis E-315 vs E-330
- Weber Genesis E-315 vs Spirit E-325
- Weber Genesis E-315 vs Spirit E-425
- Weber Genesis E-315 vs Spirit E-435
- Weber Genesis E-325 vs E-330
- Weber Genesis E-325 vs Spirit E-325
- Weber Genesis E-325 vs Spirit E-425
- Weber Genesis E-415 vs Spirit E-425
- Weber Genesis E-435 vs Weber Spirit E-425
- Weber Go-Anywhere vs Jumbo Joe 18
- Weber Go-Anywhere vs Original Kettle 18
- Weber Go-Anywhere vs Weber Smokey Joe 14
- Weber Jumbo Joe 18 vs Original Kettle 18
- Weber Jumbo Joe 18 vs Original Kettle 22
- Weber Jumbo Joe 18 vs Performer 22
- Weber Jumbo Joe 18 vs Smokey Joe 14
- Weber Jumbo Joe 18 vs Smokey Mountain 14
- Weber Jumbo Joe 18 vs Smokey Mountain 22
- Weber Lumin Compact vs Lumin
- Weber Lumin vs Q 1400
- Weber Master-Touch 22 vs Original Kettle 18
- Weber Master-Touch 22 vs Original Kettle 22
- Weber Master-Touch 22 vs Original Kettle Premium 22
- Weber Master-Touch 22 vs Performer 22
- Weber Original Kettle 18 vs Original Kettle Premium 22
- Weber Original Kettle 18 vs Performer 22
- Weber Original Kettle 22 vs Performer 22
- Weber Original Kettle Premium 22 vs Performer 22
- Weber Performer 22 vs Smokey Mountain 18
- Weber Performer 22 vs Smokey Mountain 22
- Weber Q 1200 vs Q 1400
- Weber Q 2400 vs Q 1400
- Weber Searwood XL 600 vs Weber Smoque
- Weber Searwood XL 600 vs Weber Smoque XL
- Weber Smokey Joe 14 vs Smokey Mountain 18
- Weber Smoque vs Smoque XL
- Weber Spirit E-325 vs E-425
- Weber Spirit E-325 vs EX-325
- Weber Spirit E-425 vs E-425C
- Weber Summit Kamado E6 vs S6
- Weber Traveler Compact vs Weber Traveler