VISION GRILLS 1-Series Heavy Duty Red Ceramic Kamado Grill, 22" (97436398)

Bought this grill from Saksby, my wife asked me to wait for the price drop and I'm happy I did!!!

Love the grill so far but I will keep you all posted.........

I'm back to update a/o 9/25/13...

Thus far, the grill works great as advertised, grilling everything from dogs (not the barking one's!!!) to whole roasts.
One of my favorite features is when you are done grilling, simply close up all of the vents and you will be able to save the remaining hardwood for use later.

The wool felt is starting to look a little ragged right now so I'm gonna have to change/upgrade a better liner soon.

Overall, I will still keep it at 5 stars because of the overall value/price point as previously stated.

King regards

I used to have a gas grill and no matter how many wood chips I used and how slow I cooked my meat it could never match up to this Kamado. The first time I used it I made the best tri-tip ever and same goes for chicken, ribs, and more. It's much more fun and actually easier in the long run as you learn to just dial in the temperature and walk away. My brother bought the high end webber gas grill and we are always competing who is best. His cost so much more and really it's only better at cooking a quick burger or something easy. Burgers on this grill actually taste better but he can start up his webber with less effort. I just start my coals on my camping stove and then dump them into my Kamado. I read up on everything and went over smokers, the bullet, gas grills etc... In the end I wanted a Big Green Egg or Primo but those were out of my price range. What made this stand out to me was the ability to cook well at different temperatures. Found this at Saksby and it was my best buy ever. It's a year old now with no signs of breakdown. At this rate I figure it will last for a very long time. If you want to have fun cooking and bust out flavorful BBQ on every try then this or something similar is the way to go.

I have had this grill for almost 3 months and love it. I have baked pizza, seared steaks, and smoked about every cut of meat that clucks, moos, or oinks. It's amazing. I sold my old vertical smoker after a week and haven't used my gas grill since I got this grill. I bought it promo month sale. It ended up with a small chip after assembly but customer service sent me a repair kit and it's perfect again. Be prepared this thing is heavy and you will need help assembling it because of the weight. The temperature controls are genius and the pull-out ash drawer is wonderful compared to the other big egg or primos design.

The Kamado BBQ grill is outstanding, high quality fittings and excellent ceramic. Seals tightly and good controlled heat and temperature. I have used a Big Egg before and this is equivalent at a fraction of the price (I purchased mine from Saksby). However, the quality of the after-sales service from the manufacturer is awesome. I noticed after a few months of use that the top vent was sticky and stiff to adjust when hot and I emailed the seller's customer service. Current models have a spring adjustment that avoids the sticking and I requested the spring fitting to modify the vent. I received a email reply from customer service the next day and they sent me a complete replacement top vent at no charge as they did not stock the spring fitting only. This was the same type as the one originally fitted to the unit; they advised me that the spring type was not in stock but they would send me one when available. One month later they sent me the new design complete top vent (which is excellent and works perfectly).
All of this was done without fuss or bother and at no cost to me. It is unusual to find such excellent after-sales service, but this supports their excellent product. Highly recommended. If you are looking for a Kamado type charcoal grill/BBQ/smoker, look no further and buy this Grill product without hesitation. I recommend the product from my personal experience and the seller that stands behind it.

I purchased this on season close out at this seller about a month ago. It really does compare to the Big Egg and Primo grills for performance. It's about the size of a large Kamado and can use some of the same accessories. I wasn't really considering BE or Primo because they weren't in the budget. However, I almost bought a dedicated smoker instead, but I'm glad I didn't. I just couldn't see paying $400 to $1,000 for a metal box when I could have this. I'm hoping this is a buy it for life item, but only time will tell.

So far I've been mostly impressed with the construction. The head snapped off one bolt during assembly, which gives me some pause, but I was using a socket wrench, so I might have over-tightened it some. Otherwise everything is solid. The shelves are very nice and it comes with two tiered rack and cover. It has a huge firebox, so you shouldn't really load it to the top like you do with other kamados. Ideally you'd even put your deflector plate within the fire box. To do this, I purchased a spider along with a 16" wok from ceramic grill store dot com, and a 14" round 1" thick deflector plate (aka pizza stone) here. Old Stone 4461 14-Inch Round Oven Pizza Stone . The spider will hold the heat deflector or the wok. The heat deflector allows us to do slow indirect cooking. You can't really smoke or BBQ without it. We checked for air leakage while smoking and found none. In fact, we accidentally snuffed out the fire once when we didn't mean to by closing it up too much. Despite our beginner mistakes, learning to control the heat was easy, and everything we cooked turned out great.

The first thing we made was ribs. They were some of the best ribs I've ever had, and I grew up in Texas. We've also roasted chicken, cooked pork loin roast, grilled shish-kabobs of shrimp and veggies, and made stir fry in the wok. My husband said that cooking on the grill is very fun and not significantly more work than the gas grill once you know what you are doing. I appreciate that I don't have as much mess in the kitchen to deal with. I have a young son and I'm glad that the bottom doesn't get as hot as some other grills ...ahem BE ahem. I've checked while grilling and the bottom is just rather warm and not burning hot. I also love that it can handle both low and high temps very well. My Weber Q, which is still working after 10 years of regular use, is feeling lonely.

I wanted to buy a Big Red Egg, but I was struggling with the high price. Then I found out my neighbor had a Big Egg. His comment to me was "buy the Kamado grill." I couldn't be happier. While I have only had the grill a little over a month I have grilled the most moist chicken I have ever done at home, a wonderful steak and we have made pizza several times. The pizza is outstanding! We have tried smoking pork 3 times and we smoked dry rub ribs tonight. We are still learning the ropes of smoking. Things like proper temperature, preparation, etc. we get better all the time. This grill/smoker/oven will take you to a whole new level. Buy it and enjoy it.

I've owned this grill for two years now and for the most part, it has been great. Awesome ability to control the temperature...until the top vent gave out. Even with the recommended maintenance of cleaning it periodically, the amount of gunk from cooking ended up building up to the point that it could not be manipulated to open or close anymore. The bracket holding the top vent handle isn't that strong and gave out/snapped. I couldn't find a replacement so I submitted my request directly to this seller.

I've had the Classic B for about 2 months, and I have to say it's the most versatile grill I've ever owned. I've been cooking on a pellet grill for about 9 years, and, although I love the taste of the food, the ability to sear the holy **** out of something or delicately smoke a piece of fish makes the kamado a hands down winner.

The big complaint I had with my pellet grill was that even though you could choose your species of wood for smoking, you never got enough of a smoke taste. The auger would dump a load of pellets into the fire box and it would smoke for a couple of minutes and then no smoke for about 5 minutes. I had to get an extra smoke box for wood chips to get any smoke flavor. But with this Kamado!! A couple of hickory chunks near the coals and there was enough smoke for the best ribs I've ever made.

There definitely is a learning curve with this, but once you get the hang of it, it's amazing. Lamb lollipops and shrimp get the perfect amount of grill flavor and crust without over cooking, steaks can be as charred or clean as you want. With the optional lava stone, maintaining a constant, low temp for indirect heating is a snap. Ribs are phenomenal and smoked salmon is AMAZING! We did a standing rib roast at Christmas and it was awesome.

I should mention that the last few meals we made (including a low, smoked salmon) were done in a blinding snowstorm as well as single digit temps. There doesn't seem to be a huge difference in grill prep time in the cold, nor is it difficult to maintain high or low temps, either.

Don't look at any other grill solution...gas, charcoal, pellet, nuclear fission, whatever. Just get a Kamado!