Bring People Together with a Luxury Grill Table

Want to boost the fun at your barbecues with family and friends? Here’s a great option

MARIE ABENDROTH

There is no better way to bring everyone together at your backyard barbecues than around a luxury grill table. You will no longer have one group chilling around the grill while the others work in the kitchen. Instead, you can get all your guests tableside and help cook up the meal to perfection.

Here’s what you need to know to know about getting and enjoying a luxury grill table.

WHAT IS A LUXURY GRILL TABLE?

A luxury grill table is a comfy place for your backyard barbecue guests to gather, and a charcoal or propane grill, all-in-one. The grilling surface sits in the center of the rectangular, square, round or octagon table, so all your guests can reach it. Each person can grill their own meats, veggies and even fruit to suit their preferences while chatting it up with their tablemates.

These are the most popular luxury grill tables in the market today: • Angara by iBBQ • The Jag Eight by Jag Grills • Riviera by Firetainment

To select the ideal grill table, consider your ideal number of guests at each event and where you would like everyone to sit. Plus, take the time to decide which foods you’d like to cook at your barbecues. If you prefer intimate parties of four and want to go beyond grilling to cooking up fondue and more, for example, then you will love the Riviera. But if you go for big groups, then you need The Jag Eight. At $2,500 to well over $5,000, a luxury grill table is a big expense. If you cannot justify its high cost, you can go with a hibachi charcoal grill, such as the YAK 400 Series. With one or two of these grills at the center of a wood table, you can get all your guests cooking at once.

BENEFITS OF LUXURY GRILL TABLES

When you replace your aging barbecue grill with a luxury grill table, you bring your whole group together around a focal point instead of being spread all across your house and yard. This promotes a more intimate setting, which helps spark new friendships and strengthen bonds. As the friendly banter ebbs and flows, each person can try their hand at grilling up the supplied ingredients, Seasoned pros can show off their grilling tricks and novices can quickly improve their skills.

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE EXPERIENCE

To enjoy the benefits of your luxury grill table, this is how you must prep for your party: • Building a menu using foods that cook fast • Buying a wide array of seasonings that match the theme • Applying marinades or dry rubs to the proteins ahead of time • Chopping the ingredients to ensure they have similar cooking times • Creating appetizers and side dishes that do not need time on the grill

After that, you just have to decide when and how you will roll out each phase of the meal. Individual courses work best, starting with a few pre-made appetizers you can serve while the grill heats up. You can then bring out the ingredients for each course and let everyone place their selections on the grill while chatting up a storm.

Although a luxury grill table is a big upfront expense, it is worth the cost to get all your guests really together.

Bring the whole group together at your next BBQ with a grill table