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Broil King Baron 590 Shadow IR Built-In 32"
Broil King's built-in answer, and the only black built-in head in this group — the Shadow finish is matte black rather than the universal brushed stainless, which matters if your island is dark stone. Five Dual-Tube burners make 45,000 BTU across 569 square inches of primary space, with a 15,000 BTU rear rotisserie burner and, unusually at this price, the premium rotisserie kit included rather than sold separately. Price is for the 32-inch BUILT-IN HEAD. The Flav-R-Wave system vaporizes drippings on 304 stainless rather than using ceramic briquettes or sheet-metal tamers.
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Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓Matte black finish is genuinely hard to find in a built-in head and solves a real design problem
- ✓Premium rotisserie kit is included, which Bull, Blaze and Napoleon all charge extra for
- ✓Broil King publishes actual prices on its own store, so you are not negotiating blind through a dealer network
- ✓Dual-Tube burners and the 304 stainless Flav-R-Wave system are Broil King's own patented hardware, not generic tube burners
- ✓Linear-Flow valves give 180 degrees of knob travel, which is finer heat control than the typical 90-degree valve
Cons
- ✗Broil King's spec sheet for this built-in lists a 10,000 BTU infrared side burner, which reads like it was carried over from the freestanding Baron 590 — confirm the exact configuration with the dealer before designing the island
- ✗Cast aluminum cookbox rather than the all-304-stainless boxes Blaze and Bull use; lighter and cheaper, but a different material story
- ✗Broil King publishes no weight or cutout dimensions on the product page
- ✗Electronic Sure-Lite ignition means it needs a battery, unlike the no-power Summerset Sizzler
- ✗Lighting is limited to the control knobs; there is no interior cookbox light
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