My criteria for an outdoor grill is 100% SS components and good Customer Service. I have settled on either the DCS or Capital and will probably go with Capital because I have a Culinarian Range and am satisfied with their Customer Service. It has to be all SS because the installation is at beach front location. Many Grills LOOK like they are made of all SS, but are not. Lynx is one that is not. DCS does offer a lifetime guarantee on their unit which is pretty impressive and their CS is supposed to be top notch according to the brick and mortar retailer who also will price match any internet price. DCS offers a 36" and 48" that look great. Capital offers a 30", 40" 52". the 40" is just about perfect for my needs. DCS does not offer infrared burners, Capital does and will accommodate customization, ie all infrared burners(there are 3 burners in the 40" grill)

I've been looking at the built-in Firemagic and Lynx grills and while I like a lot the Firemagic from a technical point of view, I can't get over the 2" wide stainless steel band around the edge to support the grill on the counter top. It seems this should be hidden under the counter top (granite, tile, etc) but all the pictures and displays I've seen show it sitting on top. What were they thinking? Why would anyone want that 2" band around the grill? It would look horrible sitting on a nice counter top. The Lynx and others have a much nicer way to seat the grill on a built in base. Am I being too picky?

I have the somewhat pricey Lynx grill because we live near the beach, and salt air is brutal on metal. While the pro-sear 2 burner is impressive, no way is it anything close to searing straight over hot coals on my Weber kettle, or in a cast iron skillet on my Bluestar! If I was to do it over again, I would just go with two regular ceramic briquette burners, and forego the I-R sear burner, gaining twice the area for regular grilling. (I have the 27" two burner) The rotisserie is I-R and works great for those all afternoon slow cooks. :)

We have a grill and a smoker, and both are away from the house. They are close, but the smoke doesn't get close to the house. At our other house, the kitchen was a built-in island, still away from the house. There was a bar and stools but nobody used them because the bar top in summer got too hot. The only cover was an umbrella. In the heat, being under a cover is great, but the smoke can be awful if it's drifting in the eyes of guests around a table. We keep the tables and seating in the shade, and the grills away and like it that way. As far as wind and rain, we have covers for both the grill and the smoker. Hubs secures them with bungie cords so the wind won't blow them off.