Broil King
Broil King Imperial S 590i Island Grill
Not a grill head but a complete, finished outdoor kitchen — the $7,999 price covers the five-burner Imperial grill, 304 stainless cabinetry with four storage drawers, a side-burner cabinet with tank storage, a door/drawer cabinet and a granite countertop, delivered as one unit. That is the whole point: buying a Blaze or Bull head at $2,000-$4,000 still leaves you to build and pay for the island around it, and this removes that project entirely. The grill itself is five Dual-Tube burners at 55,000 BTU over 625 square inches, with a 13,000 BTU side burner, a 15,000 BTU rear rotisserie burner and rotisserie kit, and professional cast stainless grids.
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Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓Arrives as a finished outdoor kitchen — no masonry, no cabinet fabrication, no separate countertop trade
- ✓Once you add cabinetry and stone to a $3,000 built-in head, the real cost gap against this is far smaller than the sticker suggests
- ✓Professional cast stainless grids hold more heat than the rod grids used on Broil King's cheaper lines
- ✓Lights inside the cookbox as well as on the knobs, which most rivals reserve for their flagships
- ✓Four storage drawers plus a tank cabinet means the whole kit lives in the island rather than the garage
- ✓Granite countertop is a genuine work surface, not a folding stainless shelf
Cons
- ✗$7,999 is the most expensive gas item by a wide margin and it is not a better cooker than a $3,000 head
- ✗A prefabricated island cannot be sized, shaped or finished to match an existing patio the way a built head can
- ✗No dedicated infrared sear burner despite the price; the side burner is a conventional top-ported unit
- ✗Nothing digital — no probes, no app, no screen, at eight thousand dollars
- ✗Broil King publishes no weight or overall dimensions, and moving or siting this is a real logistical job
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