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Our other guides sort backyard cooking gear by real budgets — kamados under $500, pellet grills under $800, offset smokers for backyard brisket. This one skips the budget entirely. No ceiling, no compromises — the actual gear a genuinely unrestrained backyard cook would buy, priced out with real, current Amazon listings. It’s not a shopping list we’re telling you to buy in full; it’s a fun exercise in what “money’s no object” actually costs, and a real reference point for what a serious outdoor kitchen looks like above the tiers our other guides cover.
The centerpiece: a genuinely top-tier kamado
Our Big Joe III vs Big Green Egg XL comparison covers the 18-24 inch flagship tier most serious kamado buyers should actually shop. This is the same Big Joe III line at its full premium configuration.
- SlÃ…Roller Hyperbolic Smoke Chamber — distributes smoke and heat in rolling waves for more even results and less hot-spotting.
- 3-Tier Divide & Conquer cooking system for multiple foods at multiple temperatures simultaneously.
- Air Lift Hinge — the 24-inch ceramic dome lifts with a single finger despite its weight.
The smoker: commercial-grade, not backyard-grade
Our offset smoker guide tops out around $730 for a genuinely good backyard reverse-flow unit. This is a different category entirely — NSF-certified equipment built for restaurants and catering, not backyards.
- ANSI/NSF-4 certified — the same certification restaurants and food trucks need for commercial food service.
- 9 rack positions and 80 lbs of capacity in one load — genuinely high-volume, not a backyard-scale smoker.
- Ships fully assembled with a 3-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.
The pizza oven
Our pizza oven buying guide already lands on this exact model as its top pick — it earns its place here too, since a genuinely complete outdoor kitchen needs a real pizza oven, not a compromise.
- Lateral rolling flame system replicates a real wood-fired oven’s heat distribution.
- 950F stone floor with dense 2-layer insulation holds heat through multiple back-to-back bakes.
- Compact footprint outside, genuinely spacious cooking surface inside.
The kitchen that ties it together
Three great appliances still need somewhere permanent to live. This is the anchor piece — not a grill, but the whole outdoor kitchen built around one.
- Built-in 68L cooler, 360-degree rotating sink faucet, and granite countertop in one modular system.
- 6 main burners plus a rear ceramic infrared burner for 85,000 BTU total output.
- Modular design — the individual units lock together into whatever layout the space actually needs.
The total, and what it actually buys
| Piece | Pick | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Kamado | Kamado Joe Big Joe Series III 24-inch | $2,999.99 |
| Smoker | SmokinTex 1500-C Commercial Electric | $3,249.00 |
| Pizza oven | Gozney Arc XL Propane | $999.99 |
| Outdoor kitchen | 95.6″ 6-Burner Modular Island | $5,499.99 |
| Total (before installation, gas lines, or a patio to put it on) | $12,748.97 |
Almost nobody needs all four of these at once — a $400 kamado and a $500 pellet grill genuinely cover most backyard cooking. What this buys, underneath the sticker shock: real multi-zone flexibility on the kamado, commercial-grade capacity on the smoker for actually feeding a crowd, a pizza oven that turns out a real 60-second pie, and a kitchen island that means nobody’s running back inside mid-cook for a knife or a cold drink.
FAQ
Would you actually recommend buying all four? No — this is a priced-out ceiling reference, not a recommendation. Start with our kamado grills under $500 or pellet grills under $800 guides for what most people should actually buy.
What would you cut first to bring the cost down? The commercial smoker. A quality backyard offset like the picks in our offset smoker guide gets real results for a quarter of the SmokinTex’s price.
Is the pricing here current? Every price above was pulled live from Amazon’s product API at the time of writing. Confirm current price and availability on the listing before buying.
Building this out as a permanent setup instead of a one-weekend party? See our dedicated outdoor kegerator buying guide.
