Nexgrill calls the Deluxe 2-Burner Gas Grill a small space grill. Its own spec table publishes an assembled width of 42.52 inches. Those two facts sit awkwardly together. Model 720-0864RA is a full-height cart with a lid, a door and wheels.
So where does the small actually happen? Not in the cookbox. A 290.7 square inch primary grate is ordinary two-burner territory. The saving is underneath, in what Nexgrill decided the cart could skip.
This review works out what got left out. It asks whether any of it costs you a cook. The answer is more interesting than the price tag.
First Impressions of the Nexgrill Deluxe 2-Burner Gas Grill
The grill reads as more expensive than it is. Black porcelain covers most of the lid. A stainless band wraps the front edge, with a round gauge centred in it. The control panel is brushed stainless, printed with the dual energy mark.
Assembly is a normal cart build. A black powder coated frame goes up first, then the panels bolt around it. Nexgrill publishes no part count and no build time. Budget a quiet evening rather than a quick hour.
First light is uneventful in the good way. Push a knob in, hear the click, and the burner takes. Each burner starts on its own button, with no crossover to fail. Sausages over the front of the grate took clean bar marks quickly.
The smell is the tell. Drippings land on angled stainless tamers, not straight onto the burner tubes. They turn into smoke instead of flame, and the food tastes of it.
Key Features of the Nexgrill Deluxe 2-Burner Gas Grill
Feature lists at this money are usually short and defensive. Nexgrill spent the budget on the parts that touch fire. The furniture below is where it clawed the money back. Every item in the list that follows comes from its own spec table.
- Stainless where it burns: Stainless covers both burner tubes, the tamers, the shelves, the door and the lid band. Nexgrill never names an alloy grade. Treat the word as a material, not a promise.
- Porcelain-coated cast iron grates: They arrive matte rather than glossy. The mass under the coating is the point. Cast iron marks meat in a way thin wire never will.
- Angled stainless flame tamers: Nexgrill calls this the Even-Heat System. The angle sheds drippings sideways instead of parking them over a burner. Flare-ups get shorter as a result.
- Push-to-start electronic ignition: Each burner has its own igniter. One dead spark module still leaves you a working grill. Nothing here has to be lit with a match.
- Dual energy valves: The valves are built for natural gas as well as propane. The converter is a separate purchase. The feature block admits that in its last four words.
- Folding stainless side shelves: Both fold flat against the body when nobody is cooking. That is the one place this cart earns its small-space billing.
- A tank hole and one door: There is no sealed cabinet here. The spec sheet says tank hole, and lists a single stainless door.
One number deserves reading twice. Nexgrill leads with 401.1 square inches of total space. Of that, 110.4 is warming rack, and the overview rounds the total to 401. A page that rounds its own headline is a page to read carefully.
Two burners and 28,000 BTU sound modest until you divide by the grate. Over 290.7 square inches that is 96.3 BTU per square inch. That is a genuine searing budget. Across the full 401.1 figure it drops to 69.8.
That second number is the one a spec comparison shows you. It is also the wrong one to cook by. The warming rack cannot hold a steak.
The warming rack still earns its 110.4 square inches on a busy night. Buns, foil packets and finished sausages go up there while the grate works. It is a staging shelf, not a second cooking surface. Count it in the total and you will overestimate what this grill seats.
What arithmetic cannot fix is the zoning. Two burners give you a hot side and an off side. A roast beside a sear wants a third setting. Indirect cooking works here, but it costs you half the grate.
Cast iron changes the feel more than the BTU figure does. Mass takes longer to charge, then gives the heat back steadily. The grate does not collapse when cold meat lands. Open the lid often and you will feel the recovery lag.
Grate readings are not something Nexgrill prints for this grill. We have put no probes on this one, so no numbers get invented here.
Build, handling and durability
The material choices follow the fire. Stainless where things burn, powder coat on the side and rear panels. That is a sensible way to spend a limited budget.
Handling is the weaker half. Four wheels and no leveling feet on a 42.52 inch body means it moves. On a sloping patio that is a daily annoyance. Nexgrill publishes no weight, so how much mass holds it down stays unknown.
You will handle the lid more than anything else here. Porcelain fired onto steel takes sun better than paint. A stainless band takes the handle load along the front edge. Nexgrill puts the gauge in the middle of it, readable standing up.
The cart also stores almost nothing. One door, a tank hole rather than an enclosure, and no cabinet beside it. Your cylinder sits out in the weather, and your tools live indoors.
Running costs, upkeep and value
$299.00 does not normally buy this set of parts. Cast iron grates, stainless burners, stainless tamers and a lid gauge. That is not what three hundred dollars normally buys. Nexgrill bet that buyers here notice the cooking surface first.
The warranty shape is the same trade in another form. Eight years covers the main burners, the part that corrodes first. No other part of the grill gets a term at all. That is a narrow warranty rather than a short one.
The distinction matters when a hinge goes rather than a burner. You are covered for the likeliest failure and nothing else. Read that as honest scope, not as generosity.
Running it is cheap either way, and the valves make that a choice. Propane out of the box, natural gas once you buy the converter. Nexgrill names no price and no part number for it. Get a figure before you plan around it.
One running cost hides in the cart itself. A tank hole means your cylinder sits in the weather all year. Nexgrill offers no cover on this page, and the spec table lists none. Budget for one if the grill lives outdoors.
Cleaning is where the spending stops. Angled tamers vaporise most of what drops, which keeps the burners clear. But the spec table names no grease tray and no catch cup. Porcelain over cast iron will rust wherever the coating chips.
Oil the grates and keep the chips covered. Check what collects under the cabinet early rather than late.
Possible Nexgrill Deluxe 2-Burner Gas Grill Complaints
- The conversion is sold twice: The spec row reads dual energy valves and natural gas. That reads like a capability in the box. The feature block then says the converter is sold separately. Only the second statement costs you money.
- The cart is furniture-free: A tank hole, one door, no published weight and no named grease tray. That is a lot of absence under a decent cookbox. You feel it on cleaning day and on windy evenings.
