The Kamado Charcoal barbecue takes charcoal cooking to a whole new level with several advantages over kettle barbecues. Its thick ceramic body and hood retains the heat, allowing it to build temperatures of up to 800F/430C for searing or cooking a 2-3 minute pizza with its optional ceramic pizza stone.
Heat is distributed evenly all around, cooking meat such as chicken or a joint of meat without turning or getting burnt on one side. With its adjustable intake and hood vents, its temperature can be controlled from smoking to grilling to searing. Its thermometer gives a guide of when its ready to smoke, grill or sear.
It starts up quickly, ready to start grilling in just 15 minutes from lighting the charcoal without the use of a charcoal starter unit. After use, its air vents can be fully shut to extinguish the charcoal for further reuse.
With its excellent heat retention capability, it is capable of providing extended cooking times such as roasting a whole chicken without having to add any further charcoal. With less airflow required for the same heat, less steam escapes, allowing food to retain more moisture than non-ceramic barbecues.
As charcoal lasts several times longer than kettle barbecues for the same heat and is able to extinguish the charcoal after use, this makes it a very efficient barbecue with a very low running cost.
Alternative Options
Kamado 18″
Kamado 23″
Despite its compact size, these are heavier than many 6 burner gas barbecues several times its size, with the 23″ model having a gross weight of 102kg. Manoeuvrability is provided by a stainless steel trolley with 4 castor wheels and a side handle. Both bamboo side shelves fold down to reduce its storage space.
A variety of accessories are available such as a double stainless steel grill for extra cooking space, ceramic pizza stone, ceramic chicken sitter, ceramic heat deflector, grill lifting tool and ash tool for easier cleaning.
Product Features
Hinged hood.
Heat indicator in °C and °F
Adjustable cast iron hood vent.
Stainless steel cooking grill.
Bamboo side shelves and handle.
Folding side shelves.
Adjustable lower vent.
Heavy duty trolley with casters.
| Specifications | Kamado 16″ | Kamado 18″ | Kamado 21″ | Kamado 23″ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooking Area | ø345mm | ø383mm | ø460mm | ø515mm |
| Refractory ceramic hood and body | • | • | • | • |
| Heat indicator | • | • | • | • |
| Hinged Hood with adjustable air vent | • | • | • | • |
| Maximum operating temperature | 430C/800F | 430C/800F | 430C/800F | 430C/800F |
| Maximum heat resistant temperature | 540C/1000F | 540C/1000F | 540C/1000F | 540C/1000F |
| Stainless steel cooking grill | • | • | • | • |
| Able to extinguish charcoal after use | • | • | • | • |
| Easy to clean | • | • | • | • |
| Adjustable air intake vent | • | • | • | • |
| Bamboo hood handle | • | • | • | |
| Folding bamboo side shelves | • | • | • | |
| Castor wheels (2 with lock) | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Approx. assembled dimensions (LxWxH) | 55 x 55 x 55 cm | 116 x 64 x 107 cm | 127 x 75 x 115 cm | 133 x 81 x 113 cm |