The average gas grill, which can cost from $200 to $1,000, has come a long way since the days when ceramic briquettes or lava rocks provided the heat.

Consumer Reports Home Editor Paul Hope knows a thing or two about BBQ Grills. He owns five of them. Each type of grill has its merits, he says. If you only have one grill, Hope recommends going ...

The resulting grills are pricier but easier to use and soon become the new backyard favorite. 1980s: Infrared burner inventor Bill Best adds his ceramic burners to a BBQ.

Fire investigators say the fire started in a gas grill on a ground level patio. They say someone used charcoal briquettes in the grill, which led to the fire.

A lot of things about grilling can ignite a fight, including the meaning of "barbecue." And with the proliferation of fancy equipment — from gas grills to pellet smokers to ceramic charcoal ...

Gas grilling is to barbecue what two-hand touch is to actual football: fun, but certainly not as serious. As interest in true low-and-slow smoking grows, though, backyard cooks who own gas grills ...