For a quarter century, chefs at pricey steak houses have been searing meat on burners that cook with infrared energy. Now the high-temperature technology may be coming to a backyard barbecue near you.

INFRARED burners are a hot option on gas barbecues, but are we merely buying marketing sizzle instead of cooking a better steak? The intense heat of infrared energy, the pitch goes, allows backyard ...

Many pitmasters swear cooking with charcoal is the only way to create true barbecue flavor, but Char-Broil's propane-powered $800 SmartChef Tru-Infrared claims it can mimic that radiant heat ...

Which is better: charcoal or electric grills? Cooking outdoors can be a nice change of pace for people when the weather allows, rather than inside. To cook outdoors though, you’ll need to purchase a ...

Perhaps you think yourself a talented grillmaster, maybe someone who has mastered a propane, charcoal or even wood-fired BBQ. You’ll be surprised to learn that for a huge percentage of outdoor cooking ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to do more with your consumer gadgets. For many of you stuck in the land of snow drifts and ice storms, this ...

In a nutshell: Infrared grills, although expensive, are gaining popularity for their speed and energy efficiency compared to conventional cooking technology. A group of researchers recently ...