Char-Griller
Char-Griller Classic Cart Style Charcoal Grill
This is the barrel grill Char-Griller has sold for decades under the Super Pro name; the 2026 catalog lists it as the Classic Cart Style Charcoal Grill, SKU 2175. It is a double-walled steel barrel on a cart with 550 sq in of primary grate plus a 260 sq in warming rack, an adjustable-height charcoal pan on a crank, and a side-firebox port so it can be converted into an offset smoker later. Compared with the Wrangler below it, it adds the crank-adjustable fire pan and the side-firebox port; compared with the Smokin' Champ above it, it ships without the firebox.
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Specifications
Pros
- ✓810 sq in of total cooking surface for $400 — roughly three times a 22-inch kettle's grate for under twice the price
- ✓The charcoal pan raises and lowers on an external crank, so you change sear distance without opening the lid or moving coals
- ✓Cast iron grates are porcelain-coated rather than bare, which is the version that survives a season outdoors
- ✓Side firebox port is pre-cut, so the Char-Griller side fire box bolts on later and turns it into an offset smoker
- ✓Runs to 700°F, high enough to actually sear, which most thin-steel barrel grills do not reach
- ✓EasyDump ash pan pulls out from the front rather than needing the grill tipped
Cons
- ✗2 lb maximum charcoal capacity is small for the grate size — long cooks need refueling
- ✗Steel barrel, not insulated ceramic, so it leaks heat badly below freezing and burns through charcoal fast
- ✗86 lbs on two wheels with a fixed front leg; it rolls on a flat patio and fights you anywhere else
- ✗Lid seal is metal-on-metal with no gasket, so smoke escapes and temperature control is coarser than a kamado
- ✗No thermometer worth trusting at grate level — the lid dial reads dome temperature
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