Arteflame
Arteflame ONE20 20" Flat-Top Charcoal Grill
The smallest Arteflame: a 20-inch round CORTEN steel cooktop with an open centre grate over the fire and a flat plancha surface ringing it. You sear over the centre at 1,000°F-plus, then move the meat outward onto the griddle ring to finish, where the temperature falls off with distance from the fire. It is the same one-piece weathering-steel construction and the same cooking geometry as the Classic 40 the catalog already carries, at roughly a third of the price and a quarter of the footprint.
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Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓The centre grate reaches over 1,000°F, which is steakhouse-broiler territory and beyond any kettle or kamado
- ✓Heat falls off continuously from the centre outward, so the cooktop is a gradient rather than two fixed zones — you park food at whatever temperature it needs
- ✓CORTEN weathering steel is meant to be left outside; the rust patina is the finish, not a failure
- ✓$895 against $2,495 for the Classic 40 makes the Arteflame cooking method affordable for the first time
- ✓Doubles as a fire bowl after dinner, which is most of why people buy one
- ✓No grates to clean — you scrape the plancha with a spatula while it is hot
Cons
- ✗300 sq in on paper, but the genuinely hot usable area is much smaller — the outer ring is a holding zone
- ✗There is no lid, so this cannot roast, smoke or hold a low temperature; it is a searing and griddling machine only
- ✗Arteflame publishes no weight and no warranty term on the product page
- ✗CORTEN's rust patina stains whatever it stands on and alarms people who did not read what weathering steel is
- ✗Arteflame's product photography is food and lifestyle scenes; there is no clean neutral-background shot on the maker's site
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