Char-Broil Medallion Series Vista Outdoor Kitchen Review

First Impressions of the Char-Broil Medallion Vista

Width is the first thing that registers. The Vista runs 68.5 inches across and stands 40.1 inches tall. Depth is only 22.4 inches, so it hugs a wall rather than eating the patio.

The face splits cleanly in two. Stainless above, black cabinet doors below, four knobs with red collars along the middle. An Amplifire badge sits at the left end of the control panel.

Two lids run side by side across the top. One covers the cast-iron grate, the other the steel griddle. A taller black cabinet breaks the line at the right-hand end.

Everything about that cabinet is storage. One door, three shelves, two large removable bins and a spice rack inside. A stainless side shelf runs off the opposite end of the body.

The first cook is where two lids earn the width. Steaks hold the grate while onions soften on the steel beside them. Neither surface has to wait for the other. Nothing gets shuffled to a warming rack, because there is no warming rack.

Char-Broil says very little about getting to that point. Its assembly note describes universal-sized screws and stops there. No parts count and no packing list appears anywhere on the page.

Key Features of the Char-Broil Medallion Vista

Most of the Vista’s character sits around the burners rather than under them. The cooking hardware itself is ordinary for the money. The cabinetry, the shelf and the included kit are why this is sold as a kitchen.

• Two surfaces, split evenly: The griddle and the grill grate are each credited with 340 square inches. Char-Broil’s own specification table then prints 320 for the grate. Whichever figure holds, half the cooking space or more is flat top.
• Reflector lid and pizza stone: Char-Broil calls this a reflector lid, and its published job is oven duty. It rates that mode for a pizza up to 15 inches wide. A 16 inch cordierite stone comes with it. The front cabinet has a slot to store the stone.
• Cast-iron: The cooking grates are cast iron, which keeps heat once it has it. The features block calls them porcelain coated. The specification table calls the same part semi-gloss coated. Char-Broil never picks between them.
• Stainless steel: Burner material is listed as 443 stainless, top-ported. The heat tents and the side shelf are stainless as well. That covers the fire, the flame path and the place you set plates.
• Push-button igniter: A button on the panel lights it, using SureFire electronic ignition. Its spec table answers Yes on both battery rows. The cell is a single AAA, and it ships with the kitchen.
• LED Controls: The knobs carry integrated LED lights. Char-Broil files that line under styling rather than night cooking. Nothing published says what feeds them.
• Cabinets on two sides: The front cabinet has two doors, pizza stone storage and a trash can. The side cabinet holds three shelves and two large removable bins. A spice rack is built into it.
• Side shelf and Gear Trax hooks: A stainless side shelf gives you somewhere to land a tray. Tool hooks run along its outer edge. Below it sit a storage shelf and a paper towel holder. A bottle opener is mounted on the body.
• Propane, and only propane: Liquid propane is the fuel, and the specification table reads No under Dual Fuel Enabled. No conversion path to natural gas is published. A permanent kitchen is stuck with bottles.

Heat and cooking performance

Two numbers set the ceiling here, and both come from Char-Broil. Four burners are rated at 31,000 BTU together. The cooking surface across both lids adds up to 680 square inches. Spread the first across the second and each square inch gets near 46 BTU.

Thin, for a cooker this wide. Cast iron helps once it is hot, since it keeps what it is given. Getting there is the burners’ problem, and so is holding two surfaces at once.

The bigger gap is the layout. Char-Broil prints a burner count of four and a main burner rating of 15,000 BTU. It never says which surface that main burner sits under. That leaves the sear zone as something you find, not something published.

The grate area is printed twice, and differently. One block credits the grate with 340 square inches; the table drops it to 320. Only the griddle’s 340 goes unchallenged. You are buying the Vista by the foot, not by the BTU.

Build, handling and durability

The materials list is better than the copy describing it. Stainless covers the burners and the heat tents. The grates are cast iron. Which coating sits on them depends on where you look.

One block says porcelain coated. The other says semi-gloss coated cast iron. Those are two finishes named for one part, and nothing on the page settles it. On a grate left outdoors, the coating is exactly what a buyer wants named.

205 lbs across 68.5 inches is a serious amount of cabinet. The features block counts four casters with two of them locking. The specification table lists two. Wherever this kitchen lands, it is a decision you make once.

The warranty is where the page argues with itself hardest. The buy box prints a 1 Year Warranty badge. The table below gives 10 years on burners and 3 years on grate and firebox. A buyer who skims sees the worst number on the screen.

Running costs, upkeep and value

Char-Broil lists the Vista at $999.99. On August 26, 2026 that same page showed Out of Stock, twice over. The one price anybody can source is a price you cannot currently pay.

The Amazon listing on record is live and shows no unavailable banner. Its price did not display when we checked, so none appears here. Treat $999.99 as Char-Broil’s own number and compare before ordering.

What the money covers is unusually broad for the tier. The pizza stone, the two spatulas and the grill brush are included. So are the trash can, the spice rack, the paper towel holder and the bottle opener. Very little of this kitchen gets sold back to you later.

Upkeep is two surfaces instead of one, and they want different things. The grate takes a brush and the steel plate takes oil. A grease tray sits underneath, and the table answers No to a clean-out door. Fuel is the fixed cost you cannot renegotiate, since Dual Fuel reads No.

Possible Char-Broil Medallion Vista Complaints

• The fire covers two surfaces and nobody says how: Char-Broil publishes 31,000 BTU total and a main burner at 15,000 BTU. It never says which surface that burner heats. A buyer feels it the first time steaks and pancakes want heat at once. Settle the burner layout with the seller before anything ships.
• One page, several answers: The grate is 340 square inches, or it is 320. The casters number four, or they number two. The grates are porcelain coated, or semi-gloss coated. For a $999.99 appliance going against a wall, those want settling first.