The Sage Smart Grill Pro with Built-in Temp Control Probe, Brushed Stainless Steel, BGR840BSS

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Admittedly, the main plug-in temperature controller is labelled using a series of slightly confusing icons for its various functions – warming, smoke infusion, steaming and high-heat searing – but you can ignore them if simply grilling because each setting is essentially just a different level of heat, from low to high.

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Welcome to a new world of power and versatility. Delicious family favourites with an Air Fryer, Convection Oven and Inverter Microwave at your fingertips. Our Element iQ™ system steers power to where and when it’s needed to create the ideal cooking environment, for perfect results. The Combi Wave 3 in 1 also features Fast Combi and Cook from Frozen presets along with clever shortcuts, all designed to make life easier in the kitchen.You don't get any kind of control over temperature, the red and green lights on the top give you all the indication you need that it's ready and maintaining the correct amount of heat. What you do get though is lots of space, with plenty of cooking real estate for a collection of toasted sarnies or paninis. Make no mistake, Sage’s BGR840BSS the Smart Grill Pro is an imposing machine, with dimensions of 43.3 x 22 x 44.4 cm and a weight of nearly 10kg. That means it’ll take up a reasonable amount of space on your countertop but the overall size of the design is a win. Why? Well, you get lots of cooking space that makes it ideal for larger families, the particularly hungry or anyone who favours grilled food over everything else. That said, once we’d figured out which modes worked best for our preference, the results tasted great and were very consistent. The grill has a couple of unique features. The first is five smart cooking modes for beef, lamb, pork, poultry and fish. After selecting the mode you want, you then turn the knob to tell it how well done you’d like your food. The second feature of note is the grill’s temperature probe, which plugs in on the right-hand side. Together, these features enable you to tell the Sage what you’re cooking, and in return it will inform you when your food is ready.

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Grill purists will have already moved on by now having read that opening sentence, but it's actually a great device. At 1.8 Kilowatts, this is actually less powerful than its new stablemate, the Lumin. There's a bright temperature display, instant control over heat – the precision is far greater than what you could ever achieve with charcoal, although I don't think gas has much to worry about – and also a plug-in probe for monitoring the internal temperature of food.For some reason, this is not done on the main display but via Weber's iOS and Android app but it works so well, it almost takes the fun out of it. Most food comes out perfectly done, so long as you properly pre-heat the grill. The Sage is fairly sizeable: like a George Foreman grill or a Panini press, but significantly bigger. So we imagine most folk’s first thoughts will concern where to store it. Externally the fit and finish is excellent, with a combination of stainless steel and aluminium making the Sage’s BGR840BSS the Smart Grill Pro a real talking point in your kitchen. The front of the unit has integrated controls, and the LCD display emulates the ones seen on other Sage products and could, in fact, possibly be the same component repurposed. The assembled switches and twin knobs feel robust and are really well fitted into the chassis, which is also reassuring given the premium price tag of this appliance. I found this barbecue to be amazingly controllable and, as expected with electricity, temperatures remained constant throughout the cooking process. Yes, a latch on the lid would have been handy for transportation and yes, at 12kgs, it’s too heavy to carry long distances. Whether we like it or not, this little grill is likely to be the future of barbecuing, so it’s just as well the food it produces is on a par with gas and possibly even charcoal.

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If you’re a foodie, we’d recommend the Cobb Premier barbecue – and if you’re a foodie for whom money is no object then the Big Green Egg MiniMax is an even better option. And if you’re simply after a good, techie barbecue then you should consider the fan-assisted Lotus Grill. Verdict The Weber Pulse 1000 is designed for people who want to BBQ on the balcony without breaking the terms of their lease, or causing their neighbours to come and kill them. Compared to BMO735 door closing sound (99.6dBA), the soft closing door sound is 81.5dBA based on independent laboratory testing performed on 21/06/2018. The BMO735 is an overseas model not sold in this country. Although Weber launched an electric BBQ grill quite a few years ago – the Pulse 1000 – which you can read about below, the new Lumin is a different little beast that specialises in five main disciplines – grilling, searing, steaming, smoking and warming. The grill can be set at a height or angle to suit what you’re cooking, and the grill plates are removable and interchangeable, with one ridged and the other flat. They’re not dishwasher safe though, which is a bit of a pain.