
Fuel
EssentialFirelighters
Wood-wool lighters rather than fluid or chemical cubes. Lighter fluid is something you taste for the first hour, and in a kamado that flavour sits in the ceramic where it does not come out again.
€16.34
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Boretti
The size most people buy, from the brand already in the kitchen
€1,580.21
Too few measurements yetWe have only recently started tracking this price. Once we have measured enough days, this will say whether now is a good moment.
A forty-five centimetre grate puts the Ceramica Large next to the Grill Guru Original Large and the Big Green Egg Large: the class most kamados in the Netherlands are sold in, and the one you cook for six to eight on.
Boretti supplies it complete with grill, deflector plates and charcoal basket on a frame, so the price you see is the price you pay. At this size that is not a given: with Big Green Egg the nest, the side tables and the casters are all bought separately, and two tickets a hundred euros apart end up hundreds apart.
On this model, watch where you buy more than usual. The spread between shops here is wider than on most kamados in this list, which is exactly what the table below is for.
Who it suits: Anyone wanting the usual size delivered complete, and willing to compare shops.
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Price checked on 1 October 2026
No price history yet: we have only just started measuring.
This is what we know for certain. Measurements the manufacturer or the shop does not state are left out rather than estimated. A grate size or a weight that is not there is one we do not have.
Picked on this kamado’s size, material and brand

Fuel
EssentialWood-wool lighters rather than fluid or chemical cubes. Lighter fluid is something you taste for the first hour, and in a kamado that flavour sits in the ceramic where it does not come out again.
€16.34
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Indirect cooking
EssentialWithout a deflector the meat sits straight over the fire and a kamado is an expensive grill. The deflector turns it into an oven, which is what low and slow rests on. Check whether your complete set already came with one.
€54.00
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Measuring
RecommendedThe gauge in the lid measures the air at the top of the dome, not the meat and not the grate. For anything taking more than an hour, core temperature is the only number that counts.
€16.95
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Protection
RecommendedThe size that fits almost every medium and large, including most models with side shelves. To be safe, measure the width across the shelves rather than the diameter of the ceramic.
€24.99
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Maintenance
RecommendedAsh in the base blocks the bottom vent, and a kamado that gets no air holds no temperature. A hook that reaches the back of the firebox is the difference between two minutes of work and half a teardown.
€20.95
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Maintenance
Can waitThe felt between dome and base wears, and a kamado drawing air past the lid can no longer be held at a low setting. This is the part that comes due after a few years, and it is replaceable without tools.
€49.95
Go to bolEvery bag fits every kamado. What differs is the order: bags the maker sells as restaurant grade or large pieces come first, because large lumps let air through the stack and fines smother themselves.

Sold as restaurant grade, which for charcoal is mostly about piece size: large lumps let air through the stack rather than packing down.

Kamado Joe’s own charcoal, sold on piece size, and the name is the pitch. The bag holds 9.07 kilos, which is twenty American pounds.

Quebracho is among the densest woods sold as charcoal, and so burns long and hot. Usually the cheapest kilo on this list.

Marabu with a long burn, in the same bracket as the other marabu here. Useful when that one is out of stock, since availability shifts weekly.