Cuisinart Venture Portable Gas Grill (CGG-750)
Best small tabletop — A 9,000 BTU grill the size of a lunch cooler: the 1-pound cylinder stores in the base, the lid is a wooden cutting board, and the grate is porcelain-enameled cast iron, 154 square inches. Serious Eats' best budget portable and Food & Wine's best value tabletop after six months of use, 4.4★ across 506, sold by Amazon
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Specs
| Model | CGG-750 (CGG-750P at cuisinart.com) |
| Type | Tabletop |
| Burners | 1 stainless |
| BTU | 9,000 |
| Cooking area | 154 sq in |
| Fuel | 1 lb cylinder only, stored in the base — Cuisinart's manual says no 20 lb tank |
| Weight | 20.6 lb |
| Sold by | Amazon.com |
| Warranty | 3 years, defects in parts and workmanship; enamel damage must be claimed within 30 days of purchase; original purchaser only, non-transferable |
| Owner rating | 4.4★ / 506 |
Pros
- Food & Wine: 'Over 6 months of long-term testing, we found ourselves looking for any excuse to bring it out'
- Serious Eats' best budget portable gas grill, with cast-iron grates that browned steak
- The fuel cylinder stores inside the base and the lid doubles as a cutting board — one bundle to carry
- Three years on parts and workmanship, sold and shipped by Amazon.com
Cons
- Uneven heat on a small grate: Food & Wine found 'the edges of this grill ran significantly hotter than the middle', and Serious Eats that it charred 'a little too exuberantly in some spots'
- No hood over the food, and owners describe a flame that struggles in wind and takes half an hour for vegetables
- Critical cards call it bulky to carry and fiddly to open for the cylinder, and one owner's burner clogged by the second summer
- 1-pound cylinders only, per Cuisinart's own manual — the most expensive way to buy propane
Heat and carry. 'This grill is incredibly weak' — half an hour for vegetables on a windy day (2019); 'Cooks uneven' and needs a strap to stay closed (July 2025); no lid and a plastic base 'for the price' (May 2026); bulky and 'not very portable' for overlanding (2023); too heavy to carry with everything else (July 2025); a burner that barely produced a flame in its second summer (August 2026); a handle that made it hard to open for the cylinder (January 2026).
34 critical reviews among 506 ratings (5 percent one star); 10 critical cards read signed-in 2026-09-13, all Verified Purchase, 0 Vine, all US · critical reviews read 2026-09-13
Pro review “Over 6 months of long-term testing, we found ourselves looking for any excuse to bring it out, from impromptu tailgates to overnight hiking trips.”— Food & Wine
FAQ
Who is the Cuisinart Venture Portable Gas Grill (CGG-750) for?
You cook for two at a trailhead, beach or tailgate, you want everything in one carry including the fuel, and you do not need a lid over the food — 4.4★ across 506. Not for windy days or thick cuts: it is a 9,000 BTU grill with no hood.
What do owners say about the Cuisinart Venture Portable Gas Grill (CGG-750)?
4.4★ across 506 owner ratings (Amazon, read 2026-09-13 · global base). What owners complain about: Heat and carry. 'This grill is incredibly weak' — half an hour for vegetables on a windy day (2019); 'Cooks uneven' and needs a strap to stay closed (July 2025); no lid and a plastic base 'for the price' (May 2026); bulky and 'not very portable' for overlanding (2023); too heavy to carry with everything else (July 2025); a burner that barely produced a flame in its second summer (August 2026); a handle that made it hard to open for the cylinder (January 2026).
What is the warranty on the Cuisinart Venture Portable Gas Grill (CGG-750)?
3 years, defects in parts and workmanship; enamel damage must be claimed within 30 days of purchase; original purchaser only, non-transferable
Record
- — Added as best small tabletop in the portable propane grill showdown: Serious Eats' best budget pick and Food & Wine's best value tabletop, sold by Amazon, with a heat-and-carry critical tail read the same day.
Warranty — and what changes if you buy it on Amazon
3 years, defects in parts and workmanship; enamel damage must be claimed within 30 days of purchase; original purchaser only, non-transferable · you are buying this on Amazon
Read it yourself: Cuisinart warranty document · we read it . Terms change without announcement, so treat this as a dated snapshot. How warranty works by buy path →
✓ Safety: no active recall — No active CPSC recall found (checked 2026-09-13). RecallTitle 'Cuisinart' failed three times with the API's 'provider failed on Open' error; ProductName 'Cuisinart' returned 4 records, the only grill #26605 (2026-07-09), Conair's Cuisinart Propel+ four-burner 3-in-1 gas grill — a full-size cart grill, not the Venture. Positive control in the same day's earlier sitting: ProductName 'heater' returned 181 records; the control failed at this read.
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Data last verified: 2026-09-13. Ratings are real, dated reads — never scraped or invented. Full methodology and monetization disclosure: how we test.