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Masterbuilt Gravity Series 600 Digital Charcoal Grill + Smoker
Masterbuilt · grilling
Masterbuilt — grilling

Gravity Series 600 Digital Charcoal Grill + Smoker

Charcoal you don't have to babysit all day.

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This is a charcoal rig with a brain. The gravity-fed hopper feeds lump or briquettes down into the firebox as the digital controller calls for heat, so you’re not standing there working vents at 2am on a brisket. Same unit swings from a low, steady smoke to a hard sear hot enough for a ribeye, without swapping equipment or rebuilding a fire. You still get real combustion and real smoke flavor, just without the constant tending charcoal usually demands. For a kitchen or a backyard setup running long cooks alongside quick ones, that’s one machine covering two jobs. Less fire-minding, more time actually cooking.

What cooks are saying
  • 01Holding a set temperature for hours without constant vent adjustments
  • 02Getting real charcoal and smoke flavor without the labor of a stick burner
  • 03Using one unit to cover both low-and-slow smoking and direct-heat grilling
How I actually use it

I run the 600 wood-only rather than the charcoal-plus-wood Masterbuilt advertises. The hopper feeds splits fine and you get real smoke instead of charcoal with a wood accent, which is the whole reason to own a gravity feed over a pellet grill. Pair it with a Fireboard for probe logging and a conversion kit and it holds a temperature overnight without me getting up to it. The design and the technique are the same across the range — only capacity changes.

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Why the pros use it

On a line or in a backyard doing volume, the thing that kills charcoal cooking is attention. You can't run a shift and also nurse a fire. This setup automates the part that used to require a body standing next to it, which means it earns a spot as the one piece of equipment that can do an overnight pork shoulder and then sear off orders a few hours later without a second setup or a second fuel source.

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