Heat density, grill by grill

A typical freestanding gas grill delivers about 83 BTU per square inch of main grate. Heat density is burner output divided by the surface it has to heat. We have it for 95 gas cookers in our grill reviews. Each figure is derived from that grill's own published specifications.

Portable 57 BTU per sq in Typical (median) of 22 cookers. Carried to where you cook: tabletops and travel grills.

Freestanding 83 BTU per sq in Typical (median) of 57 cookers. Rolls on a cart. Most of what people buy.

Installed 106 BTU per sq in Typical (median) of 16 cookers. Built into an island or fixed to a post.

Read this before you compare

A bigger number is not a better grill, and it does not travel across kinds. Heat density says how hard a cooker can drive its grate, nothing more. The clearest pattern in these 95 figures is what the cooker is, not how good it is. Built-in and post-mounted cookers run a median of 106 BTU per square inch and portables 57, because a fixed cabinet carries burners a tabletop cannot.

So do not read a portable as a worse cooker than a built-in because of that gap. Compare within a lane, not across them. The figure is useful for asking "will this sear?" It is useless as a ranking of quality; that is what the six-category score is for.

It is also installed output, not a setting anyone cooks on. Where a grill has a dedicated sear burner firing through the same grate, that burner counts. That is how two grills with identical main burners and identical grates can sit far apart here.

Covers 95 of 127 reviewed gas cookers. The highest figure is 119 BTU per square inch. The rest publish the inputs but no derived figure, and we do not calculate it here. On the grills where we could check, the arithmetic got the multi-fuel and multi-spec cases wrong where the writer got them right.

Every figure, by kind of cooker

Portable 22 cookers, typical 57 Carried to where you cook: tabletops and travel grills.

Weber Traveler Portable Gas Grill: 41 BTU/sq in Napoleon TravelQ PRO285X: 42.1 BTU/sq in Weber Q 2000 Gas Grill: 43 BTU/sq in Char-Griller Flat Iron Portable 17-inch Gas Griddle: 45 BTU/sq in Weber Q 1200 Gas Grill: 45 BTU/sq in Weber Traveler Compact Portable Gas Grill: 46 BTU/sq in Char-Broil X200 TRU-Infrared Portable Gas Grill: 48 BTU/sq in Nexgrill Fortress 1-Burner Cast Aluminum Tabletop Grill: 49 BTUs Char-Broil 1-Burner Portable Propane Gas Grill: 50 BTU per sq in Char-Broil Bistro Pro Gas Tabletop Grill: 50 BTU/sq in Coleman Fold N Go + Propane Grill: 57 BTU/sq in Char-Broil Portable Gas Grill: 57.9 BTU/sq in Cuisinart Venture Portable Gas Grill: 58 BTU/sq in Broil King Porta-Chef 120: 64 BTU/sq in Blackstone 22-Inch Tabletop Griddle: 58 to 73 BTU/sq in Broil King Porta-Chef 320: 61 to 71 BTU/sq in Char-Broil Performance Series 22 Portable Tabletop Griddle: 69 BTU/sq in Coleman 4-in-1 Portable Propane Gas Cooking System: 70 BTU/sq in Coleman RoadTrip LXE Grill: 70 BTU/sq in Cuisinart Chef's Style Stainless Tabletop Grill: 73 BTU/sq in Camp Chef Gridiron Gameday: 56 to 100 BTU/sq in Camp Chef Portable Flat Top Grill 600: 79 BTU/sq in

Freestanding 57 cookers, typical 83 Rolls on a cart. Most of what people buy.

Installed 16 cookers, typical 106 Built into an island or fixed to a post.

Napoleon Built-in 700 Series 32 Griddle: 45 to 48 BTU/sq in DCS BFGC-30BGD-N: 72.7 BTU/sq in Broilmaster B-Series 32-Inch Built-In Gas Griddle: 78 BTU/sq in DCS GDE1-30-L: 80 BTU/sq in Napoleon Built-in 500 Series 32: 90.4 BTU/sq in Hestan GMBR30-NG-BK: 95 BTU/sq in Fire Magic Choice C430i Built-In Grill: 106 BTU/sq in Fire Magic Choice Multi-User CM430i Built-In Grill: 106 BTU/sq in Fire Magic Choice Multi-User CM430s Patio Post Mount Grill: 106 BTU/sq in Fire Magic Choice Multi-User CM650i Built-In Grill: 106 BTU/sq in Fire Magic Choice Multi-User CM540 Built-In Grill: 111 BTU/sq in Fire Magic Aurora A660I Built-In Grill: 113.6 BTU/sq in Fire Magic Aurora A790I Built-In Grill: 113.6 BTU/sq in DCS BE1-48RCI-L: 116 BTU/sq in DCS BE1-36RCI-N: 117 BTU/sq in DCS BH1-36R-N: 119 BTU/sq in

Each dot is one cooker. Hover or tap it for the figure. The shaded middle is where half of all 95 figures fall (65 to 93 BTU per square inch), and the dark line in each lane is that lane's median. Those bands are positions among our own 95 derivations, not tested searing thresholds. We have run no sear test, and a number that claimed to mark one would be invented.

All 95 figures, as a table

#			How it was derivedthe figures that face each other	As publishedoutput ÷ area
1	DCS BH1-36R-N Gas grill	119	75,000 BTU under the main grate (the three 25,000 BTU grill burners named in the 92,500 BTU total) ÷ 630 sq in primary grate. The remaining 17,500 BTU of that total belongs to the two specialists: a rear rotisserie burner, which DCS forbids running with the grill burners and which heats no part of the grate, and a smoker burner that heats a sealed woodchip tray rather than the cooking surface. No separate sear burner is counted because there is none , SEAR is a position on every grill dial (OFF, SEAR, HI, MED, LOW), not a bay of its own. The 241 sq in rack is excluded from the area.	92,500 BTU ÷ 871 sq in ^†	8.7
2	DCS BE1-36RCI-N Gas grill	117	74,000 BTU under the main grate (two 25,000 BTU U-burners plus the 24,000 BTU in-cookbox sear bay) ÷ 630 sq in primary grate. The published 88,000 BTU total also counts a 14,000 BTU rear rotisserie burner, which cannot run with the grill burners and heats no part of the grate; the 534 sq in secondary racks are excluded from the area.	88,000 BTU ÷ 630 sq in ^†	8.1
3	DCS BE1-48RCI-L Gas grill	116	99,000 BTU ÷ 855 sq in primary grate, three 25,000 BTU U-burners plus the 24,000 BTU infrared sear in its own cookbox bay under the sear grate; the 18,000 BTU rotisserie burner behind the back-wall ceramic panel and the 738 sq in of racks and tray above the grate are both excluded.	117,000 BTU ÷ 855 sq in ^†	8.2
4	Fire Magic Aurora A660I Built-In Grill Gas grill	113.6	75,000 BTU across three main burners, 25,000 each, one under every knob, ÷ the 660 sq in main grate, which is 113.6, the same figure its larger Aurora sibling reaches, by design. Excludes the 18,000 BTU infrared backburner, whose roasting heat arrives behind the food rather than under it, and the 240 sq in warming rack that takes Fire Magic's own count to 900 sq in. This build carries no in-cookbox sear burner to add.	75,000 BTU ÷ 660 sq in	8.6
5	Fire Magic Aurora A790I Built-In Grill Gas grill	113.6	90,000 BTU across three quarter-inch cast 304 main burners ÷ 792 sq in main grate; excludes the 20,000 BTU recessed infrared backburner and the 288 sq in warming rack	90,000 BTU ÷ 792 sq in	8.3
6	Weber Summit S-670 Gas Grill Gas grill	113	60,000 BTU main burners plus the 10,600 BTU Sear Station burner that fires between them through the same grate (70,600 BTU) ÷ 624 sq in of primary grilling space; excludes the 12,000 BTU side burner, the 10,600 BTU infrared rear rotisserie burner and the 8,000 BTU smoker-box burner, and excludes the 145 sq in warming rack from the area. All figures from the review body.	Output not published ÷ area not published	8.0
7	Fire Magic Choice Multi-User CM540 Built-In Grill Gas grill	111	Heat density, highest in the Choice line	60,000 BTU ÷ 540 sq in	8.2
8	Crown Verity 30 Mobile Grill Wind Guard Package Gas grill	104 to 111 Range	Both halves of the single unlabelled output field, 60,800 and 65,000 BTUH across the four burners, divided by 585 sq in (the grid multiplied out from the published 28.29 in L x 20.667 in W, since Crown Verity prints no total area. 60,800 gives 104, 65,000 gives 111, and the body refuses to pick: 'Choose a side of that slash and you have made a spec up.' Nothing is excluded because nothing else is published) no side burner, no rear or rotisserie burner, no warming rack, no secondary grate.	60,800 / 65,000 BTUH ÷ area not published	8.2
9	Fire Magic Choice C430i Built-In Grill Gas grill	106	46,000 BTU across two 16-gauge stainless burners ÷ 432 sq in main surface, 24 by 18 inches	46,000 BTU ÷ 432 sq in	8.7
10	Fire Magic Choice Multi-User CM430i Built-In Grill Gas grill	106	Heat density, published figures	46,000 BTU ÷ 432 sq in	8.0
11	Fire Magic Choice Multi-User CM430s Patio Post Mount Grill Gas grill	106	46,000 BTU across two burners ÷ 432 sq in main cooking area; the 240 sq in warming rack is excluded, and there is no side, rear or sear burner to count.	46,000 BTU ÷ 432 sq in	7.9
12	Fire Magic Choice Multi-User CM650i Built-In Grill Gas grill	106	Heat density, same as the 24-inch model	69,000 BTU ÷ 648 sq in	8.3
13	Crown Verity 48 Mobile Grill Gas grill	102 to 109 Range	102,800 and 110,000 BTUH, the two figures Crown Verity prints in one unlabelled heat-output field, ÷ 1,005.8 sq in of primary grid, the published 48.667 in x 20.667 in grid multiplied out, because Crown Verity publishes the surface in inches and never as an area. 102,800 gives 102 and 110,000 gives 109; neither is matched to a fuel, so the review declines to pick one. Excluded: the optional heavy duty rotisserie, whose output is not published, and no side burner, rear burner, second grate or warming rack appears anywhere on the record.	102,800 / 110,000 BTUH ÷ area not published	8.1
14	Weber Genesis E-325 Gas Grill Gas grill	101	39,000 BTU across three main burners plus the 13,000 BTU sear zone burner under the same grate, 52,000 BTU over the 513 sq in primary cooking area. The 128 sq in warming rack is excluded.	13,000 BTU ÷ 641 sq in ^†	8.9
15	Weber Genesis E-330 Gas Grill Gas grill	101	39,000 BTU across 3 main burners plus the 13,000 BTU Sear Zone burner, which fires through a designated stretch of the same grate and adds no area of its own, 52,000 BTU over the 513 sq in primary grate. Excludes the 641 sq in total figure, which counts the warming rack; the grill has no side burner.	39,000 BTU ÷ 513 sq in ^†	8.8
16	Napoleon Rogue PRO-S 425 RSIB Gas grill	98.8	42,000 BTU across three main burners / 425 sq in main grate, excluding the 14,000 BTU infrared side burner, the 14,500 BTU infrared rear burner, the 140 sq in side station and the 151 sq in warming rack	70,500 BTU ÷ 425 sq in ^†	8.1
17	Napoleon Rogue 425 Gas grill	98 to 99 Range	42,000 BTU from three main burners / 425 sq in main grate gives 98.8; over 23.75 x 18 in, which is 427.5 sq in, it gives 98.2. Excludes the 151 sq in warming rack and the 576 sq in total.	42,000 BTU ÷ 425 sq in	8.3
18	Char-Broil Signature TRU-Infrared 4-Burner Gas Grill Gas grill	98	32,000 BTU main burners ÷ 325 sq in primary grate, the body's "four burners offer combined energy of 32,000 BTUs" over its "total of 525 square inches of cooking space" less the "200-square inch warming rack" that total includes. Excludes the separately rated "13,000-BTU lidded side burner" and the warming rack; both figures come from the review body.	Output not published ÷ area not published	7.5
19	Nexgrill Neevo 720 Plus Smart Grill with Air Fryer Gas grill	96.5	44,000 BTU from two 22,000 BTU burners ÷ 455.8 sq in primary grate. Nothing is deducted for the air fryer: the 13.8 qt oven is electric and takes no part of the 44,000 BTU, which this review calls the entire gas budget on this cart. Its volume sits outside the 714.30 sq in total as well as the 455.8 primary, so it is excluded from the area along with the warming rack that accounts for the gap between those two figures.	44,000 BTU ÷ 714.30 sq in ^†	7.4
20	Nexgrill Neevo 720 Smart Grill Gas grill	96.5	44,000 BTU from two 22,000 BTU burners ÷ 455.8 sq in primary, excluding the 714.30 sq in total figure and the warming rack that accounts for the gap	44,000 BTU ÷ 455.8 sq in primary, 714.30 sq in total	7.9
21	Nexgrill Deluxe 2-Burner Gas Grill Gas grill	96.3	Energy per inch of primary grate	28,000 BTU ÷ 290.7 sq in	7.9
22	Hestan GMBR30-NG-BK Gas grill	95	50,000 BTU ÷ 525 sq. in., the two main bays only, one tubular at 25,000 BTU plus the variable ceramic infrared sear at 25,000 BTU, both firing through the same primary grate with no separate sear area published. Excludes the concealed infrared rotisserie burner, which is why the 62,000 BTU total is higher, and excludes the 189 sq. in. warming rack that lifts total surface to 714 sq. in.	62,000 BTU ÷ area not published	8.5
23	Weber Summit Smart FS38X S Gas Grill Gas grill	95	65,000 BTU from the five main burners under the grates ÷ 681 sq in primary grate; excludes the 16,000 BTU top-down infrared broiler, which fires from the lid rather than through the grate and is the element the rotisserie turns under, the side burner on its own ring, and the 372 sq in top grate.	16,000 BTU ÷ 681 sq in ^†	8.7
24	Char-Griller DUO 5050 Gas & Charcoal Grill Gas grill	About 93	Gas primary heat density, published figures	40,800 BTU ÷ 1,260 sq in ^†	7.9
25	Weber Genesis E-435 Gas Grill Gas grill	93	48,000 BTU-per-hour across the four main burners plus the 12,000 BTU-per-hour Sear Zone burner, which sits beneath part of the same main grate and adds heat, not room, 60,000 BTU over the 646 sq in primary grate. Excludes the 12,000 BTU-per-hour side burner, which cooks off the cookbox on its own ring, and the 348 sq in top grate inside the 994 sq in total.	48,000 BTU/hr ÷ 994 sq in ^†	8.5
26	Weber Spirit E330 Gas grill	93	32,000 BTU across three main burners plus the 7,500 BTU Sear Station burner, which fires inside the cookbox through the same grate (39,500 BTU), over the 424 sq in primary grate. Excludes the side burner, and the 529 sq in total, which counts the warming rack.	Output not published ÷ area not published	8.4
27	Nexgrill Evolution Infrared Plus 5-Burner Gas grill	92	Main-burner heat density, derived	57,000 BTU ÷ 486.3 sq in ^†	7.3
28	Napoleon Built-in 500 Series 32 Gas grill	90.4	48,000 BTU across four main burners / 531 sq in main grate (29.5 x 18 in), excluding the 785 to 786 sq in total that counts the warming rack; the head has no rear or side burner	48,000 BTU ÷ 531 sq in	8.2
29	Broil King Baron 440 Liquid Propane Gas grill	90	40,000 BTU ÷ 444 sq in, both from the review body: the Key Features section gives "up to four dual-tube burners made of stainless steel that generates 40,000 BTUs" and "a 644-sq total cooking area and a 444-sq primary grill space". The 40,000 BTU figure is attributed to the four main burners alone, so the "extra powerful side burner" noted in First Impression is excluded (the body publishes no BTU for it, and no bundled total needing decomposition). The 644-sq total area is excluded in favour of the primary grill space; no rear/rotisserie burner, sear burner or warming rack is mentioned anywhere in this review.	Output not published ÷ area not published	7.5
30	Napoleon Freestyle 425 Gas grill	89	38,000 BTU from four 9,500 BTU main burners / 425 sq in main grate gives 89.4; over 23.75 x 18 in, which is 427.5 sq in, it gives 88.9. Both round to 89. Excludes the 571 sq in total, which counts the warming rack.	38,000 BTU ÷ 425 sq in main, 571 sq in total	8.0
31	Broil King REGAL S590 PRO Gas grill	88	"almost 55000 BTU" from the five Dual-Tube main burners ÷ "almost 625 sq-in. of primary cooking space on the stainless steel cook box", both quoted from this review's body, which is where the figures sit on a legacy review with no performance table. Excludes the 10,000 BTU side burner and the 15,000 BTU rear rotisserie burner, and the 875 sq-in total that counts their surfaces: the review itself attributes that total to "the primary cooking space, the rotisserie burner, and the side burner", so stripping the latter two leaves exactly the 625 sq-in primary grate.	Output not published ÷ area not published	8.9
32	Broil King Crown 410 Shadow Gas grill	87	Heat density: the 40,000 BTU figure divided by the primary grid	40,000 BTU ÷ 460 sq in	8.1
33	Broil King Crown S 440 Gas grill	87	40,000 BTU across four main Dual-Tube burners ÷ 460 sq in primary grid. Excludes the 10,000 BTU side burner and the 630 sq in total, which adds the warming rack.	40,000 BTU ÷ 460 sq in	8.2
34	Broil King Crown S 490 Natural Gas Grill Gas grill	87	Main output across the primary grate	40,000 BTU ÷ 460 sq in	8.4
35	Broil King Royal 320 Shadow Gas grill	~86	Main output spread over the primary grid	30,000 BTU ÷ 350 sq in	7.9
36	Weber Spirit E-325 Gas Grill Gas grill	86	Heat density, on Weber's own two figures	31,000 BTU ÷ 360 sq in	8.6
37	Weber Spirit EX-325 Smart Gas Grill Gas grill	86	31,000 BTU from the three stainless steel burners ÷ 360 sq in primary, excluding the 90 sq in warming rack from the area; the Sear Zone's Boost is the same two burners firing through the same primary grate, with no separate area or BTU figure published for it.	31,000 BTU ÷ 450 sq in ^†	8.6
38	Broil King MONARCH 320 Gas grill	85.7	30,000 BTU ÷ 350 sq in, both from the review body: the Key Features section gives 'a 30,000 BTU main burner output' and 'enough area of 520 sq. in., including 350 sq.in. of primary cooking space'. The 520 sq. in. total is not used, the 170 sq in above the primary grate is secondary surface. No side or rear burner is published for this grill, so nothing else needed excluding.	Output not published ÷ area not published	7.1
39	Nexgrill Deluxe 4-Burner Natural Gas Grill Gas grill	76 to 94 Range	59,000 BTU across four stainless steel main burners ÷ each of the two cooking areas Nexgrill publishes on the same page: 775.72 sq in tabulated gives 76, 627 sq in advertised gives 94. Both are whole-grill claims and the review declines to pick one. The ceramic searing side burner is excluded, its output unpublished.	59,000 BTU ÷ 627 sq in ^†	7.7
40	Blackstone 36” Griddle Cooking Station Gas griddle	83	"four independently-controlled burners, each capable of 15,000 BTUs, making a total of 60,000 BTUs" ÷ the "generous cooking space of 720 square inches", both quoted from this review's body, which is where the figures sit on a legacy review with no performance table. All four burners fire through the single griddle plate; the body describes "four independent cooking zones" on that one surface and names no side burner, rear or rotisserie burner, warming rack or secondary grate, so nothing is excluded. The "40 by 14.5 inches" in the drawbacks section is the folded machine's footprint, not the plate, and is not used.	Output not published ÷ area not published	8.0
41	Blackstone 36” Griddle Cooking Station (With Stainless Steel Front Plate) Gas griddle	83	60,000 BTU ÷ 720 sq in, the review body's "four burners with a combined heat of 60,000 BTUs" over its "720 square inches of cooking space". All four burners fire under the single griddle plate ("four independently-controlled heat zones", a "4-zone cooking system"), so nothing is excluded: the review describes no side burner, no warming rack and no secondary surface. The 34,000 BTU figure belongs to the 28" model named under Similar Griddles and is not counted. Both figures come from the review body.	Output not published ÷ area not published	8.4
42	Char-Broil 3-Burner Gas Grill Gas grill	83	30,000 BTU across three main burners ÷ 360 sq in primary grate, excluding the 170 sq in warming rack	30,000 BTU ÷ 360 sq in	7.5
43	Weber Spirit E-425 Gas Grill Gas grill	82	35,000 BTU per hour across four stainless burners ÷ 428 sq in primary grate	35,000 BTU ÷ 428 sq in	8.4
44	Weber Spirit E-425C Gas Grill Gas grill	82	35,000 BTU ÷ 428 sq in primary grate. The 533 sq in total is excluded. The two Boost Burners are two of the four main burners, already inside the 35,000, so nothing was added for the Sear Zone. The rotisserie accessory Weber names but never specifies publishes no input.	35,000 BTU per hour, four stainless burners ÷ 428 sq in primary, 533 sq in total	8.2
45	Weber Spirit E-435 Gas Grill Gas grill	82	35,000 BTU per hour across four stainless main burners ÷ 428 sq in primary grate	12,000 BTU ÷ 428 sq in ^†	8.2
46	DCS GDE1-30-L Gas griddle	80	40,000 Btu/hr total output ÷ 500 sq in of griddle plate, with nothing excluded, the two 20,000 BTU U-burners both fire through the single plate, and this module carries no side, rear, rotisserie or smoker burner, no warming rack and no secondary grate.	40,000 Btu/hr ÷ 500 sq in	8.0
47	Broil King Crown 520 Shadow Gas grill	79	45,000 BTU across five Dual-Tube burners ÷ 570 sq in primary grate. Excludes the 210 sq in warming rack inside the 780 sq in total; this cart carries no side or rear burner.	45,000 BTU ÷ 570 sq-in	8.5
48	Camp Chef Portable Flat Top Grill 600 Gas griddle	79	48,000 BTU/hour total burner output ÷ the 604-square-inch cooking surface, both taken from the review body. All four burners fire under the single interchangeable cooking platform, so the body's total of 604-square inch cooking surface is the primary area; the grill cooking area of 501 square inches is the grate insert sitting inside that same platform, not a competing total. The two folding prep shelves and two bottom storage shelves are excluded as non-cooking surfaces, and the grill has no side burner.	Output not published ÷ area not published	8.2
49	Nexgrill Daytona 4-Burner Flat Top Griddle Gas griddle	79	60,000 BTU across four stainless burners ÷ 756 sq in hot-rolled steel plate. On a griddle the plate is the primary cooking surface, and Nexgrill gives 756 sq in as both primary and total, so no rack is bundled in. There is no side burner to exclude.	60,000 BTU ÷ 756 sq in	8.4
50	Traeger Flatrock 3 Zone Gas griddle	About 79	Fire per square inch, worked out	47,000 BTU/hr ÷ 594 sq in	8.2
51	Broilmaster B-Series 32-Inch Built-In Gas Griddle Gas griddle	78	Heat density, derived from both figures	36,000 BTU ÷ 462 sq in	8.3
52	Camp Chef Gridiron Gameday Gas griddle	56 to 100 Range	24,000 BTU from the two burners under the one plate / 425 sq in (Camp Chef specs) at the low end, and / 240 sq in (Amazon title and spec table) at the high end; no side burner, no warming rack	24,000 BTU ÷ 425 sq in ^†	7.5
53	Char-Griller Flat Iron 4-Burner Gas Griddle Gas griddle	77	Derived output per square inch	60,000 BTU ÷ 775 sq in	7.9
54	Weber Genesis E-315 Gas Grill Gas grill	76	Heat over the primary grate, derived	39,000 BTU ÷ 513 sq in	8.4
55	Weber Spirit E-310 Gas Grill Gas grill	75	32,000 BTU ÷ 424 sq in, both figures from this review's body, there being no performance table on a legacy review. Output is the three main burners: Key Features gives "three stainless steel burners with 32,000 BTU per hour inputs", restated in Performance as "Btu-per-hour Input of 32,000", and the body names no side burner, rear or rotisserie burner, so nothing is excluded from the output and no bundled total needs decomposing. The area is the primary grate: "The cooking space and warming racks are 424 and 105 square inches, respectively." The 105 sq in warming rack and the bundled "529 square inches of grilling space" that same sentence sums are both excluded in favour of the 424 sq in primary. The 529 sq in cited under Other Grills to Consider for the "Weber Spirit II E-310 3-Burner Liquid Propane Grill" belongs to a different product and is not used.	Output not published ÷ area not published	8.0
56	Traeger Irontop 4-Burner Griddle Gas griddle	74	48,000 BTU/hr on high across four burners ÷ 648 sq in cooking area	48,000 BTU/hr ÷ 648 sq in	8.4
57	Weber Genesis E-415 Gas Grill Gas grill	74	48,000 BTU per hour across four stainless tubes ÷ 646 sq in primary grate	48,000 BTU ÷ 646 sq in	8.5
58	Cuisinart Chef's Style Stainless Tabletop Grill Gas grill	73	Heat per square inch of grate	20,000 BTU ÷ 275 sq in	8.3
59	Weber Genesis II E-310 Three Burners Gas Grill Gas grill	73	37,500 BTU-per-hour ÷ 513 sq in, both from the review body: "The main burners produce a heat output of 37,500 BTU-per-hour" over the "primary cooking area of 513 square inches". The warming rack is excluded and the body publishes no area for it; there is no sear or side burner. The Spirit II E-210 and RINKMO figures are comparison products, not this grill.	Output not published ÷ area not published	7.1
60	DCS BFGC-30BGD-N Gas griddle	72.7	12,000 BTU under the griddle plate ÷ 165 sq in, the 15 x 11 in plate. The 46,000 BTU total decomposes as that one 12,000 BTU griddle burner plus two side burners rated 17,000 BTU each, and the 34,000 BTU of side-burner output is excluded along with the open burner-grate area DCS folds into its 244 sq in headline.	46,000 BTU ÷ 244 sq in ^†	7.3
61	Char-Broil Classic 2-Burner Liquid Propane Gas Grill Gas grill	71	20,000 BTU ÷ 280 sq in (both figures from this review's body, there being no performance table on a legacy review. The output is the pair of main burners together: First Impression says "the burners can deliver up to 20,000 BTUs of cooking power", Performance restates "With 20,000 BTUs of cooking power, you should be able to sear any meat or rib", and the Overall Summary makes the pairing explicit) "The double burners deliver up to 20000 BTUs of searing power". All of it fires through the one primary grate: "The in-line stainless steel burners provide uniform heating across the cooking area." The denominator is the primary grate itself, published twice and consistent with its own dimensions , Key Features gives "The primary cooking surface has a porcelain coating. It is 20 inches wide and 14 inches deep, giving an area of 280 square inches", and First Impression repeats "a generous cooking space of 280 square inches". Nothing needed excluding from the numerator: this review names no side burner, no rear or rotisserie burner and no sear burner. Nothing needed excluding from the denominator either , no warming rack or secondary grate appears anywhere in the body, and the "12 by 13.5 inches' metal shelves" under Preference-Based Features are unheated prep shelves, not cooking surface. The 4-burner Performance Series and 3-burner Signature TRU-Infrared named under Similar Char-Broil Propane Gas Grills are described only as having more burners and more area, with no figures of their own, so nothing is imported from them.	Output not published ÷ area not published	7.5
62	Char-Broil Classic Series 2-Burner Gas Grill Gas grill	71	20,000 BTU from the two main burners / 280 sq in primary grate; there is no side burner and no warming rack to include or exclude	20,000 BTU ÷ 280 sq in	7.4
63	Weber Spirit II E-310 Gas Grill Gas grill	71	30,000 BTU ÷ 424 sq in (both figures from this review's body, there being no performance table on a legacy review. Output is the three main burners: Key Features gives "Weber's Spirit II E-310's 30,000 BTU-per-hour input", restated under Complaints as "the 30,000 BTU-per-hour input of the main burners" and again in Performance as "The 30,000 BTU-per-hour burners". The body names no side burner and no rear or rotisserie burner, so nothing is excluded from the output. The area is the primary grate, from Key Features: "its total surface area of 529 square inches, with 424 square inches representing the main cooking area and the warming rack holding an impressive 105 square inches". The 105 sq in warming rack and the bundled 529 sq in total) repeated in the summary as "This product's 529 square inches total cooking area" , are both excluded in favour of the 424 sq in primary.	Output not published ÷ area not published	8.2
64	Coleman 4-in-1 Portable Propane Gas Cooking System Gas grill	70	7,000 BTU ÷ 100 sq in. One ring, no second burner and no second control, firing under whichever surface is fitted, and one surface is up at a time, so the full output counts through the ribbed grill face rather than being split. The 100 sq in is identical in all four modes, so the wok, the pan-support stove top and the flat griddle face share that same area rather than adding to it; none is summed in.	7,000 BTU ÷ 100 sq in	7.6
65	Coleman RoadTrip LXE Grill Gas grill	70	20,000 BTU ÷ 285 sq in, both figures from the review body (the Performance section's "It gets 20,000 BTU burners, which is among the highest heat outputs offered in the same segment" over the Overall Summary's "The cooking area is an ample space covering around 285 sq. Inches". The 20,000 is the one output figure this review publishes and it is stated for the grill, not per burner; both burners fire under the same cast-iron cooking surface) "It contains two cast-iron warp-resistant grill grates", "the cast-iron grates look great above the burners", "the flames spread evenly to ensure the food gets cooked from all corners" , so the whole of it counts through the primary grate and there is no concurrent split between a grate and some other surface to apportion. Nothing is excluded because this review names no other cooking surface: no griddle, no stove top, no swappable or interchangeable top, no warming rack and no secondary grate appear anywhere in it, so the 285 sq in is grate-only. The Overall Summary's "Its grilling surface sits in the middle featuring a grate around the outer edges" describes the stainless edging the Important Features attribute to "the edges running on the surrounding area of the burners", not a second cooking surface with an area of its own. The side tables, folding tabletop and plastic stand carry no output and add no cooking area.	Output not published ÷ area not published	7.1
66	Char-Broil Performance Series 22 Portable Tabletop Griddle Gas griddle	69	Output divided by plate area	24,000 BTU ÷ 350 sq in	8.3
67	Char-Griller Flat Iron 3-Burner Gas Griddle Gas griddle	69	Output per square inch of plate	36,000 BTU ÷ 520 sq in	7.8
68	Broil King Porta-Chef 320 Gas grill	61 to 71 Range	Heat density, published figures	18,000 or 21,000 BTU ÷ area not published	8.2
69	Dyna-Glo Dual Fuel Grill DGB730SNB-D Gas grill	66	24,000 BTU gas side (two burners, 12,000 BTU each) ÷ 365 sq in, the published per-side half of the 730 sq in primary area	24,000 BTU ÷ 730 sq in ^†	7.7
70	Blackstone 22-Inch Tabletop Griddle Gas griddle	58 to 73 Range	Heat density, published figures	21,000 to 24,000 BTU ÷ 330, 339 or 361 sq in	7.8
71	Char-Broil Versa-Tile 28 Gas grill	65 to 66 Range	36,000 BTU total across three stainless burners, all of them under the cooking surface, ÷ each of the two cooking areas the same page publishes: 550 sq in gives 65, 543 sq in gives 66.	36,000 BTU ÷ 550 sq in, or 543, depending where you read	7.8
72	Blackstone 28 Griddle Cooking Station Gas griddle	64.9 to 65.8 Range	34,000 BTU from both burners / 524 sq in (gallery image and A+ chart) to 517 sq in (Amazon bullet and table), the two figures printed for the one plate	34,000 BTU ÷ 524 sq in	7.9
73	Broil King Porta-Chef 120 Gas grill	64	14,000 BTU from the one stainless burner tube ÷ 220 sq in of porcelain-coated cast iron primary grid. Excludes the 128 sq in chrome warming rack and the 348 sq in total that counts it ("Broil King advertises 348 sq-in, and the grid itself is 220 sq-in") and there is no side, rear or sear burner on this grill to count.	14,000 BTU ÷ 220 sq-in	8.2
74	Nexgrill Daytona 28-Inch 2-Burner Gas Griddle Gas griddle	64	34,000 BTU/hr total, 2 x 17,000, under the 532 sq in griddle plate measuring 28 by 19 in	34,000 BTU/hr ÷ 532 sq in	7.7
75	Char-Broil Pro Series 3-Burner Gas Grill and Griddle Gas griddle	62	Heat density over the main grate, derived	25,500 BTU ÷ 412 sq in	7.6
76	Char-Broil Pro Series 4-Burner Gas Grill and Griddle Gas griddle	60	32,000 BTU across four main burners ÷ 535 sq in primary grate, excluding the side burner and the 202.3 sq in warming rack inside the 802.9 sq in total.	32,000 BTU ÷ 802.9 sq in ^†	8.3
77	Char-Broil Medallion Series Modular Outdoor Kitchen Griddle Gas griddle	56 to 62 Range	14,000 BTU total divided by each of the two areas Char-Broil publishes for the same plate: 250 sq in in the features gives 56, 225 sq in in the specs gives 62	14,000 BTU ÷ 225 sq in	7.9
78	Broilmaster PREMIUM P3SX Gas grill	58	Fire per square inch, derived	40,000 BTU ÷ 695 sq in	8.4
79	Char-Broil Bistro Pro 2-in-1 Gas & Charcoal Balcony Grill Gas grill	58	Derived: gas output over the primary grate	14,000 BTU ÷ 240 sq in, plus an 80 sq in warming rack	7.3
80	Cuisinart Venture Portable Gas Grill Gas grill	58	9,000 BTU from the single stainless burner ÷ 154 sq in cast iron cooking grate	9,000 BTU ÷ 154 sq in	8.1
81	Char-Broil Portable Gas Grill Gas grill	57.9	11,000 BTU from the single main burner / 190 sq in primary grate; Char-Broil lists no side burner and no secondary cooking area	11,000 BTU ÷ 190 sq in	7.2
82	Coleman Fold N Go + Propane Grill Gas grill	57	Derived: the output divided by the area it has to cover	6,000 BTU ÷ 105 sq in	8.1
83	Char-Broil 1-Burner Portable Propane Gas Grill Gas grill	50	Output divided by area	10,000 BTU ÷ 200 sq in	7.5
84	Char-Broil Bistro Pro Gas Tabletop Grill Gas grill	50	Heat density, published figures	9,000 BTU ÷ 180 sq in	8.0
85	Nexgrill Fortress 1-Burner Cast Aluminum Tabletop Grill Gas grill	49	Heat per square inch it has to cover	10,000 BTUs ÷ area not published	8.3
86	Char-Broil X200 TRU-Infrared Portable Gas Grill Gas grill	48	9,500 BTU single burner ÷ 200 sq in primary cooking surface; both figures from the review body, the X200 has one burner and no secondary or warming rack to exclude, and the two competitor grills named in 'Similar Gas Grills To Consider' are excluded.	Output not published ÷ area not published	7.5
87	Napoleon Built-in 700 Series 32 Griddle Gas griddle	45 to 48 Range	24,000 BTU from both U-burners, which fire through the one plate, divided by the two areas Napoleon prints: 500 sq in gives 48, and 29.5 x 18 in, or 531 sq in, gives 45. The 29.5 x 17 in table figure multiplies to roughly the same 500.	24,000 BTU ÷ 500 sq in	7.6
88	Char-Broil Medallion Series Vista Outdoor Kitchen Gas grill	46	Heat density, derived from both figures	31,000 BTU ÷ 680 sq in	7.5
89	Weber Traveler Compact Portable Gas Grill Gas grill	46	11,000 BTU/hr from the single stainless burner tube ÷ 240 sq in of split cast-iron primary grate. Nothing excluded: this grill publishes one burner and one cooking surface, with no second zone and no warming rack.	11,000 BTU ÷ 240 sq in	8.3
90	Char-Griller Flat Iron Portable 17-inch Gas Griddle Gas griddle	45	Derived, thinnest in the Flat Iron line	12,000 BTU ÷ 264 sq in	7.7
91	Weber Q 1200 Gas Grill Gas grill	45	8,500 BTU from the one stainless burner / 189 sq in grate, the only cooking level, with no warming rack	8,500 BTU ÷ 189 sq in	8.6
92	Weber Q 2000 Gas Grill Gas grill	43	12,000 BTU from the one looped burner / 280 sq in across the two cast iron grate panels, the only cooking level	12,000 BTU ÷ 280 sq in	8.7
93	Napoleon Phantom TravelQ PRO 285 Gas grill	42.1	12,000 BTU from two 6,000 BTU main burners / 285 sq in irregular cast iron grate, the only primary level, excluding the hinged warming rack whose area Napoleon does not publish	12,000 BTU ÷ 285 sq in	7.8
94	Napoleon TravelQ PRO285X Gas grill	42.1	12,000 BTU from two 6,000 BTU stainless burners / 285 sq in cast iron grate, the only cooking level on the BK, which ships without the accessory warming rack	6,000 BTU x 2 ÷ 285 sq in ^†	8.0
95	Weber Traveler Portable Gas Grill Gas grill	41	13,000 BTU/hr from one stainless burner ÷ 320 sq in cast iron grate	13,000 BTU ÷ 320 sq in	8.2

Every density above was derived by the writer of that review, from the maker's own published output and area. It is quoted as the review states it, ranges included. A range exists because the maker publishes more than one spec for the same product. † marks the 19 grills whose headline output and headline area do not divide to the density shown. Those are not errors. They are the cases where the headline pair is the wrong pair. A combination grill publishes a gas output against an area that includes its charcoal chamber; a grill with a side burner or a rear rotisserie publishes a total that never reaches the main grate; and a headline area often counts warming racks the food never sees. The density uses the burner and the surface that actually face each other, and each row's basis says which figures those were.