Hope I can jump in. I'm also in the market and have three requirements: the entire grill needs to be able to hold up to salt air near the coast, it needs to have infrared main burners as an option, and it needs to be made in in America (when spending this kind of money it sure better be supporting American jobs). Fire Magic is made in the US and has a good warranty but was not readily apparent if it offers IR. Lynx covers the first two but their website does not list where they are made. FB announced a CA factory 23 hours ago. I just messaged them on FB and they confirmed all of their grills are made in the USA - and that they now need to update their website. So aside from Lynx, does anyone have additional suggestions for rust adverse, IR, and US made? Thanks.

Aca12 I have a Viking Gas Range and a DCS Gas GRill. Both perform extremely well. BUT............. I would be concerned about their warranties. Now I am not familar with the warranty on the Viking Gas Grill, but I can tell you that I am not impressed with their warranty on their gas ranges. I recently had a problem with the oven where both igniters and both burners had to be replaced. My range is not quite two years old. The igniters had a one year warranty and the burners have a 5 year warranty but not on labour. It cost me $300.00 for repairs. I have written to the company concerning this as I believe that it can't be a normal occurence for all 4 of these parts to breakdown at the same time and within 2 years of purchase. The initial response was basically how unfortunate it was that I was experiencing these problems. On the other hand,DCS has been very helpful when I called them. I had a problem with the grids on my DCS Grill rusting out within the first year and they replaced them immediately. The same thing happened again and they replaced the grids, this time with the new stainless steel grids. Also recently I noticed a crack in the frame that holds the ceramic bars. I called them and they immediately sent out replacements. My DCS Grill is over 4 years old. I use my Grill alot, from direct grilling to indirect roasting of ribs and whole chickens as well as using the infrared rotissiere and I am never dissapointed. I cooked whole meals on the grill this summer when it was just too hot to turn on the inside oven. I even baked Yorkshire Puddings as well as blueberry muffins over indirect heat. With just one side lite the temperature in the grill will get up over 600°F. Here is a link that might provide you with some more information to help you make your decision. It was provide to me by another member here, bbqjones. Here is a link that might be useful: gas grills

Thank you, edlakin, for your posting. Just because we're all anonymous on the Net is no reason for people to be impolite. We can politely agree to disagree, if we try. I think induction is a wonderful technology. But here, electricity is considerably more expensive than gas. Also, our electrical panel, although upgraded in 1989 to code, is completely full. Putting in a subpanel will cost us over $2K according to a recent estimate. So not viable for us - plus, I simply like those gas flames! I do think about it though, on our rare summer heat spells. Our kitchen gets daylong sunlight and without AC it's too hot to cook! Fortunately in the SF Bay Area such high summer temps are rare where we live - it seldom gets above the mid-70's. I think some folks here have talked about the various wattages of the Diva and other induction cooktops they are using. It would be interesting to compare those to the induction units you are using in the restaurant.

What I am buying as soon as they are in stock at Costco (hopefully this weekend)is a Vision Kamado Grill. It is basically just like a Big Green Egg, in some ways even a bit better. The thickness of the ceramic is a bit thicker than a BGE. It comes with everything you need such as the "nest" the side boards, pizza stone, cover, double racks whereas the BGE comes with nada, you have to add it to the price. A BGE of this size and all the attachments would be about $1200. At Costco they are selling the Vision Grill for $570 and it comes with a Lifetime warranty. Can be used as a Grill obviously, but also a regular smoker and water smoker, an oven and cooks Pizzas great. It can dialed in temp wise from 200 up to over 800 with ease and will hold a 225 degree slow smoke temp for well over 24 hours on one small load of charcoal. It will also be ready from the time you light the charcoal to between 600-700 degrees in about 5 minutes which is basically the same as a gas grill, except the gas grill wont get that hot unless its "true infrared". This is what it looks like.