BBQ Buyer's Guide to Santa Maria Grills (and Argentine Brasero Grills)

Do you want to grill like a cowboy? A gaucho? A Californian? Then the Santa Maria Grill might be for you! Invented in the Santa Maria valley in California and famous for cooking tri-tip, the Santa Maria Grill enjoys a robust wood and charcoal fire bbq tradition that in recent days has borrowed from the tradition of Argentine grills, including their braseros and v shaped grates.

This episode includes grills from Chaney's Quality Grills, Santa Maria BBQ Outfitters, Lone Star Grillz, Texas Ranch Grills, Sunterra Outdoor Products, Cedar Creek Sculptures, Ñuke Grills (nuke), Northfork Ironworks, Arizona BBQ Outfitters, JD Fabrications BBQ, Hooray Grill Company, Gaucho Grills, Urban Asado, Engelbrecht, Tagwood BBQ, Grillworks.

00:00 Opening
00:35 Basics of Santa Maria Grills
01:32 Comparison of Santa Maria and Argentine Grills
06:28 Maps
09:40 Note on Inclusion of Grills for this episode
10:23 Chaney’s Quality Grills
10:59 Santa Maria BBQ Outfitters
11:29 Lonestar Grillz
15:25 Texas Ranch Grills
16:24 Sunterra Outdoors
21:30 Cedar Creek Sculptures
22:53 Ñuke Grills
23:31 Northfork Ironworks
24:48 Arizona BBQ Outfitters
29:22 JD Fabrications
34:33 Hooray Grill Company
36:30 Gaucho Grills
38:13 Urban Asado
40:05 Englebrecht
41:03 Tagwood
43:52 Grillworks
46:28 Beginning Notes on Charts
47:01 Guide to Signifiers in Charts
47:20 Santa Maria Grills Carbon Steel
55:21 Santa Maria Carbon w/ Lid
57:02 Santa Maria Grills Stainless Steel
01:01:43 Argentine Brasero Carbon Steel
01:06:32 Argentine Brasero Stainless Steel
01:10:31 My Thoughts