Halo Elite2B Outdoor Griddle

Halo's travel griddle: 289 sq in of pre-seasoned cooktop with two independently controlled zones, and a high-temperature silicone lid that folds flat instead of adding a rigid hood to the packing list. It runs on 1 lb canisters out of the box and on a 20 lb tank with Halo's conversion kit. The grease cup locks, which is the detail that separates a griddle that travels from one that merely can be carried.

Halo is in this catalog for its griddles only; the Prime300 is its countertop pellet grill and the one genuinely unusual thing in Halo's range. It runs from the included AC adapter or an optional 12V 5Ah lithium battery, making it one of very few pellet grills that works with no outlet at all. A 10 lb hopper gives 15-20 hours of runtime in a 49 lb countertop body, and a slide-control damper opens a direct sear over the fire pot.

Pit Boss's answer to the two things people dislike about griddles. First, the cooktop is coated in a non-stick armored ceramic that ships ready to cook and resists rust, so there is no seasoning ritual. Second, the 89 lb top lifts off the cart entirely and becomes a tabletop griddle for a campsite. 647 sq in and 46,000 BTU across four burners.

A full-size outdoor griddle on a cart that runs entirely on 120 V household power — no propane tank at all. It holds a set temperature between 200°F and 600°F with Wi-Fi app control and preheat alerts, which is a level of temperature precision no gas griddle offers, since gas griddles have knobs and no feedback. The cooktop is ordinary seasoned steel, so the cooking surface behaves like a Blackstone.

The Slate 30 is Weber's answer to the mid-size Blackstone, and its whole pitch is lower maintenance: the carbon-steel cooktop is case-hardened and pre-seasoned at the factory, and owners consistently report it shrugs off the surface rust that plagues bare-steel Blackstones left outside. Reviewers and owners also praise how evenly it heats edge to edge — three burners under 540 sq in with far fewer cold corners than the 4-burner Blackstone 36 — and the front-corner grease trap is easier to manage than rear-scrape systems. The build is classic Weber: heavy, rigid cart, good casters, and a 5-year warranty versus Blackstone's 1 year. The honest trade-offs: at $649 it costs roughly twice as much as a Blackstone 28 with similar cooking area, the digital temp display is reserved for the $799 premium trim, rust resistance is explicitly excluded from the cooktop warranty, and you still need to season and oil it like any griddle. If you griddle weekly and hate rust babysitting, the Slate is worth the premium; occasional smash-burger cooks will get 90% of the experience from a Blackstone for half the price.

This is the griddle Camp Chef used to sell as the Flat Top Grill 600 — same 604 sq in and 48,000 BTU across four burners, renamed Gridiron 36 in the 2026 line. Camp Chef's distinguishing move is that the round grill grates lift out of the flat top, so the same unit runs as a griddle or as a conventional grate grill. Camp Chef sells it through dealers rather than direct.