Napoleon
Napoleon Professional 605 Charcoal Cart
A charcoal grill built like a premium gas cart: all stainless, 605 sq in of WAVE cooking grid over a charcoal bed that cranks up and down for searing or roasting, a front-loading door so charcoal and smoking wood go in without lifting the grate, sliding air vents, a slide-out ash and drip pan, and a charcoal-fired rear rotisserie burner — which nothing else on the US market has. The lid is centre-gravity balanced so it lifts without swinging out past the back of the grill.
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Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓A rear rotisserie burner fired by charcoal rather than gas — genuinely unique in the US market
- ✓The charcoal bed raises and lowers on a crank, so sear height is adjustable mid-cook without touching the fire
- ✓Front-loading charcoal door means you reload without moving a grate full of food
- ✓15-year limited warranty, the longest on any charcoal grill in the catalog
- ✓850 sq in total cooking area and 605 sq in of main grid — roughly two Weber kettles
- ✓ACCU-PROBE lid gauge reads to 700°F with the smoking and searing bands marked, not a vague dial
Cons
- ✗$1,649 is Big Green Egg XLarge money for a steel grill that will not hold heat like ceramic
- ✗67.5 inches wide — this needs as much patio as a full gas cart
- ✗The rotisserie kit is $221.99 extra despite the rotisserie burner being the headline feature
- ✗38 reviews at 4.4 on Napoleon's own store is a thin base for a $1,649 purchase
- ✗241 lbs packaged; assembly and placement are a two-person job
- ✗Stainless at this price point still discolors above the firebox — that is physics, not a defect, but buyers are surprised
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