Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner vs Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner
535 sq in of grate plus a griddle insert and charcoal trays at $779, against a 756 sq in steel flat top on 60,000 BTU. Which four-burner cart earns the patio.
We pick the Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner Gas Grill and Griddle
Buy the Char-Broil unless the flat top is most of your cooking. It grills on 535 sq in, griddles on a drop-in plate and burns charcoal in trays, all in the box at $779.00. The Nexgrill is the better griddle: 756 sq in of hot-rolled steel over 60,000 BTU and four separately lit burners. It does nothing else, and Nexgrill publishes neither a price nor a warranty term for it.
What actually differs
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Only one of these is a griddle full time
The Nexgrill's whole cooking surface is plate, and an outer burner run low gives you somewhere to hold food. The Char-Broil's griddle drops in where its grates were, and Char-Broil publishes no size for it.
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The heat figures measure different things
The Char-Broil's 60 BTU per square inch is gas through a grate; the Nexgrill's 79 is fire under bare steel. Char-Broil answers its own temperature range field with No, so neither griddle's real heat is on paper.
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A split warranty against no warranty
Char-Broil's manual gives burners ten years, the firebox and emitters three, and everything else one. It also prices nearly every part, down to $10.99 burners. Nexgrill prints no coverage term for the 720-1058 at all. Get that in writing before buying the griddle.
How they score, category by category
The Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner scores higher in 2 categories, the Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner in 2 categories. 2 are level.
Level overall: within a tenth of each other.
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Heat Performance
Counts for 25% of the scoreChar-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner 8.5Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner 9.0 Better by 0.5Why the Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner scores 9.0Sixty thousand published BTU under 756 square inches, split across four burners that each light on their own.
Why the Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner scores 8.5
Three heat sources share one firebox, and the emitter plates spread gas heat evenly across all 535 square inches.
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Long-term Reliability
Counts for 20% of the scoreChar-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner 7.0Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner 7.0Level: within a tenth of each other.
Why the Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner scores 7.0Burners get 10 years, but the emitters that define the cooking system get only 3, and both showed out of stock.
Why the Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner scores 7.0Nexgrill prints no warranty term on this product page, and the bare plate rusts wherever the seasoning lapses.
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Build Quality
Counts for 18% of the scoreChar-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner 8.0Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner 9.0 Better by 1.0Why the Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner scores 9.0Stainless lid, stainless burners and a stainless control face over a hot-rolled steel plate, on a four-caster cart.
Why the Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner scores 8.0
187 pounds of steel with 443 stainless burners and cast iron grates, though the body is painted and porcelain-coated.
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Ease of Use
Counts for 15% of the scoreChar-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner 9.5 Better by 0.5Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner 9.0Why the Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner scores 9.5Gas, griddle and charcoal all ship ready, with a built-in bracket to hold the griddle plate when it is off.
Why the Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner scores 9.0
Individual electronic ignition per burner, plus shelves carrying tool hooks, a removable caddy box and a paper towel rack.
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Value
Counts for 12% of the scoreChar-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner 9.5 Better by 1.5Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner 8.0Why the Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner scores 9.5$779.00 list buys four burners, a side burner, 802.9 square inches and two extra cooking modes at no extra charge.
Why the Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner scores 8.0
A full-size flat top with lid, casters and twin shelves, but Nexgrill publishes neither a price nor a warranty.
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Maintenance
Counts for 10% of the scoreChar-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner 8.0Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner 8.0Level: within a tenth of each other.
Why the Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner scores 8.0Ash pan and grease tray lift out and parts are priced individually, but three cooking modes mean three surfaces to clean.
Why the Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner scores 8.0Fast Vac parts are all separately replaceable, though 756 square inches of bare steel is a lot to keep oiled.
See all six scores in one table
| Category | Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner | Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner |
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| Heat Performance (25%) | 8.5 | 9.0 Better |
| Long-term Reliability (20%) | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Build Quality (18%) | 8.0 | 9.0 Better |
| Ease of Use (15%) | 9.5 Better | 9.0 |
| Value (12%) | 9.5 Better | 8.0 |
| Maintenance (10%) | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Avid Griller Score | 8.3 | 8.4 |
Both reviews are scored on the same six weighted categories, on the same 0 to 10 scale, and each reason is the one that review gave. A category is marked better only where the two differ by a tenth or more. How we score →
Heat density
Burner output over the surface it has to heat, derived in each review from that cooker's own published figures. A bigger number is not a better grill. It says how hard the cooker can drive its grate, nothing more. All grills ranked →
Where the spec sheets differ
Quoted from each maker's own specifications, as each review records them. Figures the two products publish identically are left out, so only the differences are listed.
Which one is for you
You want burgers on grates, pancakes on a plate and the odd charcoal cook from one 61.4-inch cart.
Check price →You already own a grill and want a dedicated flat top big enough for a whole breakfast at once.
Check price →Every score and figure on this page comes from our own reviews of these two products, linked above. We have not tested them side by side in one place; the comparison is between two full reviews, each built from the maker's published specifications and documentation. Prices move, and the ones quoted are the ones each review checked on its own date.