Captiva Designs Portable 2 Burner

Portable Grills

This Captiva Designs portable gas grill has the following:

285 sq. in. of cooking area.
2 main burner(s)
Rotary ignitor

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CR Expert Take

How did it perform in our expert lab testing?

Overall Score

The Overall Score for this model is derived from our expert lab test results.

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Current Range of Tested Portable Grills

What goes into the Overall Score?

Evenness performance

/ 5

Convenience

/ 5

Preheat performance

/ 5

Temperature range

/ 5

Indirect cooking

/ 5

Detailed Test Results

Evenness Performance: This model had good performance in our evenness tests of preheat, high and low temperatures, which measures heating evenness over the grill's surface using thermocouples.
Preheat performance: This model had excellent performance in our preheat performance test, which measures the temperature over the grill's surface after 10 minutes using thermocouples. It also gives an indication how quickly the grill reaches its maximum temperature.
Indirect Cooking: This model had fair performance in our indirect-cooking test, which gauges how well grills slow-cook foods when only some of the burners are on and the food isn' t placed directly over the flame.
Temperature range: This model had good performance in our temperature-range test, which measures the difference between the average temperatures with all burners on high and all burners on low using thermocouples. It also gives an indication on how low the grill can go.
Convenience: This model was judged excellent for grate construction, ignitor type, wheels, shelves and other ease of use aspects.

About

The Captiva Designs Portable 2 Burner is part of the Grills test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Portable Grills models like the Portable 2 Burner are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.

Evenness performance: Evenness of heating over the grill's surface at the highest and lowest setting using all main burners plus the evenness after a 10 minute preheat, using thermocouples.

Convenience: Factors include grate material and useful features such as electronic ignitor.

Preheat performance: Evaluates the temperature after a 10 minute preheat using thermocouples. It also gives an indication how quickly the grill reaches its maximum temperature.

Brand Reliability & Satisfaction

This brand has insufficient data to rank.

Did the brand perform consistently well over time?

PREDICTED RELIABILITY SCORE

/ 100

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Would our members recommend this brand?

OWNER SATISFACTION SCORE

/ 100

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Source: Consumer Reports' 2022, 2023, and 2024 Summer Surveys

Features & Specs

Features

Side shelf material

Powder-coated steel

Additional features

None

Warranty (yrs.)

Specs

Main burner

15000

Measured cooking grid area (sq. in.)

285

Number of main burner controls

Shelf space

195

Igniter type

Rotary

Propane tank size needed

20-lb

Type of grates

Coated cast iron

Wheels

Height

Width

Depth

19.5

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Captiva Designs Portable 2 Burner

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