Why You Can Trust CNET Memorial Day Grill Sale 2024: The Best Grill Sales, With Up to $450 Off
Memorial Day deals are heating up on top grill brands like Traeger and Kamado Joe.
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What better way to kick off summer than with a brand-new grill or smoker you got during the Memorial Day sales? Alongside all the TVs, mattresses and other sales happening, there are some smoking deals on the best grills. From a more classic approach with a charcoal kamado grill to the best electric grills, there's a little something for cooks of all types.
While we're updating this article throughout the Memorial Day weekend to make sure you get the best prices, don't wait too long. You'll want to strike while the grill is hot.
Best overall Memorial Day grill and smoker deals
- Lowe's: LoCo Cookers' 3-burner propane griddle is over 50% off.
- Walmart: Get a Costway 3-in-1 vertical charcoal smoker and portable BBQ grill for only $85.
- Best Buy: Save $46 on this Cuisinart Venture portable gas grill.
- Home Depot: Masterbuilt's Gravity Series 800 Digital Wi-Fi charcoal grill, griddle and smoker is $102 off.
- Amazon: Traeger Grills' Pro 575 electric wood pellet grill and smoker is 25% off.
Memorial Day weekend grill and smoker deals
In our roundup of best grills for 2024, the CNET team named the Kamado Joe Classic III as the best Kamado grill for your money. Right now, you can get it for $300 less, in a bright red finish.
Griddles are a fantastic option for outdoor cooking, and the LoCo Cookers 3-burner griddle is on an amazing sale for Memorial Day weekend. With 740 square inches of cooking space, you can feed everyone at the party with no problems. Aside from the flexibility that using a gas griddle offers, this model from LoCo comes with a dual-door cabinet for storage, two side tables and a built-in lid. At only $350, it's basically a must-buy.
Charcoal barrel smokers are perfect for getting a good even cook on your food and adding delicious smokey flavors. Even better, these cookers take up very little room, so they're perfect for smaller patios. The Costway 3-in-1 smoker and grill has two grill racks offering 400 square inches of cooking space. You can also set up the smoker to act as a regular grill or as a fire pit, so at $85, it's hard to pass it up.
Summer usually means camping, going to the park, beach time and more out-and-about adventures. Cooking on the go with a grill can be cumbersome, but the Cuisinart Venture portable gas grill isn't only portable but also looks great. It sort of reminds me of a small cooler, but it packs some really great features. Fueled by propane, you can skip worrying about ashes. The wooden lid can double as a cutting board to make for an easy, all-in-one grill.
Cooking with charcoal offers some delicious flavors but can be a hassle when you don't have enough to finish cooking, or you want to do a long smoke. Masterbuilt's cooker solves those issues and elevates outdoor cooking with some really useful features. The vertical gravity-fed hopper can hold up to 10 hours of charcoal, and with built-in Wi-Fi and the Masterbuilt app, you can keep your cook going perfectly. Along with smoking, you'll also be able to grill, and with the flat-top griddle insert, you will be ready to cook anything.
The name Traeger is generally the most recognizable brand in the pellet grill world. These reliable cookers offer an approachable way to cook your food with real wood smoke flavor. The Traeger Grills Pro 575 electric wood pellet grill and smoker packs a lot of features into a relatively compact space. With 575 square inches of cooking space, you can get up to 24 burgers, five rib racks or four chickens and cook them all perfectly with the built-in meat probes. The included WiFire technology (I see what you did there) allows you to monitor your grill from anywhere to ensure everything cooks wonderfully.
More grill deals for Memorial Day Weekend
We found several Nexgrill models on sale for MDW.
- Nexgrill Daytona 3-burner gas griddle: $329 (save $370)
- Royal Gourmet black 6-burner liquid propane gas grill with 1 side burner: $400 (save $234)
- East Oak 30-inch digital electric outdoor smoker with glass door: $255 (save $45)
- Costway outdoor charcoal BBQ grill pit: $140 (save $91)
- Pit Boss wood pellet grill $549 (save $250)
- Recteq Bullseye electric pellet smoker grill: $450 (save $50)
- Megamaster 2-burner propane gas grill: $100 (save $19)
- Ninja OOG701 7-in-1 outdoor electric grill and smoker: $299 (save $70)
- Ninja 8-in-1 Woodfire outdoor pizza oven grill and smoker: $300 (save $100)
- Monument tabletop propane gas grill: $149 (save $20)
Should I buy a grill or smoker on Memorial Day?
It might be the best time aside from the end of the summer season. With outdoor cooking really starting to heat up, Memorial Day weekend offers a chance to save money on some of the bestselling items of the summer.
Where are the best Memorial Day grill and smoker sales?
Fan-favorite Traegers are also marked down ahead of the long weekend.
Grills and smokers have reached the point where you won't just find them at big box stores or hardware stores. Aside from the multitude of brands making cookers now, the inclusion technology makes these items available at more retailers than ever. You'll find great savings on grills and smokers of all kinds at Best Buy, Walmart, Home Depot, Target, Lowe's, Amazon and much more.
What else is on sale for Memorial Day?
You'll find nearly anything and everything getting some great discounts over the Memorial Day weekend. From some of the top smart home deals to appliances and more, you'll find plenty of ways to save money. Don't forget to pick up some helpful grilling tools over the weekend for that new grill you bought.
How we choose the best grill and smoker Memorial Day deals
Our team of expert shoppers and deal-hunters spans years of helping buyers understand which major sales and deals are legitimately good and which are more routine. That includes Black Friday, Prime Day, Memorial Day and countless other shopping events. We’ve gotten very good at weeding out scams and superficial deals so you see only the best grills and smokers from retailers all over.
We look for real discounts, quality reviews and remaining sale time when choosing a deal to show you.
- Real discounts mean exactly that. We look at the price history for all of the grills to make sure no manufacturers are inflating prices to make the discount seem more substantial than it is.
- Quality reviews are important for any product, but especially for deeply discounted grills. If it breaks the first time you use it, the discount wasn’t really worthwhile.
- Remaining sale time is a huge part of our vetting process. If a grill deal seems like it will only be around for a short while or will only be available for the remaining stock, we’ll let you know up front so you don’t come back to the deal later only to be disappointed.