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Best deals on barbecue grills for spring 2024
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Wouldn’t a barbecued steak — seasoned and seared to perfection — or a grilled piece of salmon sound delightful for dinner? Now that grilling season is finally here, you can prepare lavish meals for yourself or your friends. The latest barbecue grills make food prep and cleaning easier than ever.
So, if you’ve been planning to buy a new barbecue grill this season, now’s the time to do it. Many popular retailers, like Amazon, Walmart and The Home Depot, have cooked up some great deals on the latest grills from well-known brands, and we’re sharing some of the best ones with you right here.
If you’re looking for one of the newest and more advanced high-tech grills, be sure to check out our coverage of the six best smart grills for spring 2024. And to discover the best products and deals for your home and family, our home, kitchen and outdoor coverage is continuously being updated.
Best deals on barbecue grills available right now
This season, barbecue grills that use wood pellets are all the rage; people love the taste of slow-cooked smoked meats and the woody flavors that only these grills can create. Grilling fans also appreciate that wood pellets offer a more even and consistent temperature, effortless startup and fewer flare ups. However, you can also pick up a new barbecue grills that uses propane or charcoal. Whatever your cooking preference, there’s a barbecue grill that’s on sale and perfect for your deck, patio or yard.
Traeger Grills Ironwood 650 wood pellet grill and smoker: $1,100 (15% off)
Amazon
Here’s your chance to save 15% on one of the latest electric, wood-pellet grills to hit the market. The Ironwood 650 is from Traeger Grills is on sale at Amazon for $1,100. This grill offers the ultimate way to create that classic wood fired taste as you barbecue your favorite foods at an adjustable temperature up to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
This single grill can easily handle all of your outdoor BBQing, grilling, smoking, baking, roasting, and braising. It offers 650 square inches of cooking space, so it’s built to meet a family’s big appetite.
You can order 20-pound bags of Traeger’s Signature all-natural wood pellets from Amazon for $20 each. They’re also available in apple, cherry, hickory, mesquite, pecan or a BBQ select blend.
Royal Gourmet CC1830 charcoal grill: $97 (25% off)
Amazon
This old-school charcoal grill offers an impressive 442 square inches of cooking space that takes advantage of porcelain-enameled steel-wire cooking grates. There’s also a 184-square-inch, chrome-plated, steel-wire warming rack built into the grill. For added flexibility, you can choose between two heights for the grates.
The grill itself holds six pounds of charcoal, and the removable pan makes disposal of the ash and cleaning the grill easy. For a limited time, you can purchase this grill for just $97 on Amazon, which is 25% off its usual price of $130.
It measures 22.74 x 42.56 x 48.66 inches and has a bottom shelf for holding up to 20 pounds of accessories. There’s also a handy side shelf that provides space for food preparation.
Weber Spirit II E-210 liquid propane grill: $449 (18% off)
Amazon
This two-burner, liquid propane barbecue grill from Weber is currently on sale on Amazon for just $449 — that’s 18% off. The grill measures 48 x 26 x 57 inches, so it’ll probably fit nicely on your porch or patio. And the built-in wheels make it easy to move around. Inside the grill, you’ll discover porcelain-enameled, cast-iron cooking grates.
The E-210 works with standard 20 pound LP propane gas tanks (sold separately). Integrated into the grill, you’ll find a fold-down table, fuel gauge, stainless steel heat deflector and a thermometer. There’s also a handy warming rack. In total, there’s 450 square inches of cooking space.
If you love the design of this grill, but would prefer a three-burner model, you’re in luck. The Weber Spirit II E-310 is currently on sale for $569, which is 11% off on Amazon.
Coleman RoadTrip 285 portable propane grill: $255 (20% off)
Amazon
Ideal for smaller spaces, camping trips and tailgating parties, the Coleman RoadTrip 285 is a portable propane grill that has three adjustable burners and a push-button ignition. The grill generates up to 20,000 BTUs of grilling power and provides a generous 285 square inches of cooking space.
Built into the grill are two side shelves, as well as an integrated thermometer. The unit measures 32.1 x 18.5 x 15.45 inches and weighs 46.7 pounds. It comes with a collapsable base and wheels that make it easy to move around.
The optional Coleman Swaptop cast iron griddle & grill grate is sold separately ($45), but it gives the grill more versatility in terms of the types of foods you can make.
Weber Genesis E-435 natural gas grill: $1,399 (18% off)
Amazon
Perfect for a backyard or larger patio space, this Weber Genesis E-435 natural gas grill is basically an outdoor kitchen that can BBQ, sear, roast, bake, steam, and even stir-fry. A variety of custom-fit grillware accessories (sold separately) are available that expand its capabilities even more.
The E-435 measures 27 x 68.5 x 48 inches and is primarily constructed using alloy steel. It comes with a 12-year limited warranty. One feature we love that’s built into the grill is that you can easily sauté veggies, boil corn, or heat sauces on its handy side burner. There’s also a sturdy side table that provides space for food preparation.
It total, there are four main burners, along with the side burner. There’s even a smartphone app that offers instructions for assembling and using the grill. Right now, you can get this grill for 18% off and pay $1,399 when you buy it from Amazon.
Z Grills wood pellet grill and smoker: $332 (save $107)
Walmart
For fans of wood-pellet grills, you can’t go wrong with this new, 2024 model from Z Grills. It’s a grill and smoker that has a wide temperature range — from 160 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit — so you can use it to BBQ, bake, grill, smoke, roast, braise, barbecue or char-grill your favorite foods.
The two tiers of grill rack offer 553 square inches of total cooking area, which is enough space to prepare food for four to five people at the same time. You can even remove the upper rack to have extra height for the grill’s main surface. The built-in hopper holds up to 10 pounds of wood pellets.
Walmart currently has this versatile grill on sale for just $332, which is a savings of $107 off its regular $439 price.
Weber original kettle charcoal grill: $119 (9% off)
Amazon
Weber’s classic kettle charcoal grill is currently on sale at Amazon for 9% off, so you’ll pay just $119 to barbecue on your porch, patio or in your backyard. This is a circular, 18-inch grill that gives you precise heat control and enough cooking space to prepare up to nine burgers at once.
The grill offers a porcelain-enameled lid and bowl, so it’s designed to retain heat which makes it more efficient. Dampers allow you to easily control the temperature inside the grill.
For a cooking surface, it’s equipped with plated steel cooking grates that are easy to clean.
KingChii wood pellet smoker and grill BBQ: $238 (save $162)
Walmart
For fans of wood-pellet grills and smokers, here’s another option that’s both affordable and handy. The KingChii wood-pellet smoker and grill offers 456 square inches of cooking space and features automatic temperature controls. It also has folding legs for convenient storage or transport. A rain cover for the grill is included.
Right now, Walmart has this grill on sale for $162 off, which brings the price down to just $238. What we love about this grill is its automated electric feed system. It maintains the heat for you, while producing the optimal amount of smoke. The grill is fueled using 100% all-natural hardwood pellets that infuse amazing wood-fired flavor into everything you cook.
This grill can be used to BBQ, bake, roast, braise, smoke, grill, sear or char-grill. It offers a cooking temperature range between 180 and 420 degrees Fehrenheit.
Weber Summit S-470 liquid propane grill: $1,978 (34% off)
Amazon
We’re huge fans of Weber grills, particularly the newest Weber Genesis SPX-435, which is the smart grill we ranked as being one of the best in our recent roundup. However, if you don’t want technology interfering with your own skills as a barbecue master, we recommend the Summit S-470.
For a limited time, you can get this grill for 34% off at Amazon, so you’ll pay just $1,975 for this premium, four-burner grill that offers 580 square inches of stainless steel cooking space. Built into the grill is a side burner, tuck-away rotisserie system, LED fuel gauge and lighted control knobs.
Whatever you plan to cook, this grill gives you 48,800 BTUs of power to feed up to 10 people at once. The grill is fueled using a 20 pound LP tank (sold separately). When closed, the S-470 measures 50.5 x 66 x 26.5 inches. Not only will it perform beyond your expectations for many years to come, it’ll also look great on your patio or in your back yard.
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A joint federal intelligence bulletin obtained by CBS News warns of potential violent extremism and hate crimes committed in response to the one-year mark of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the militant group Hamas and the resulting conflict in Gaza.
The bulletin, authored by FBI, Department of Homeland Security and National Counterterrorism Center, was first disseminated by federal law enforcement to local law enforcement partners late Wednesday.
The agencies found that the one-year mark of the attack “as well as any further significant escalations” in the Israel-Hamas war “may be a motivating factor for violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators to engage in violence or threaten public safety,” the bulletin read.
The bulletin provided several recent examples of such threats, including the Sept. 6 arrest of a Pakistani national by Canadian authorities who was accused of planning a mass shooting at a Jewish center in New York City.
The bulletin also comes as tensions have continued to ramp up in the Middle East. Following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut last week which killed longtime Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, Iran on Tuesday responded with a missile salvo on Israel, launching nearly 200 ballistic missiles, most of which were intercepted by Israel’s missile defense systems. Hamas and Hezbollah are both proxies of Iran.
Israel also began limited ground operations in southern Lebanon this week.
Following Iran’s missile attack, a senior DHS official told CBS News during a briefing Wednesday, “I don’t know that we’ve got a crystal clear assessment on that at this point. We are literally in the earliest days of trying to understand what exactly Iranian intentions might be. We do, though, assess that Iran has a global capacity and a global capability, that it can draw, that it can target U.S. interests around the world – that it certainly has the reach and capacity to do, to carry out, to engage with individuals here inside the United States in ways that present potential threat to the United States, here in the homeland.”
The official added that this is an area of “near daily engagement” between DHS, FBI and other law enforcement partners.
Iran has been involved in “a variety of other efforts in the aftermath of Oct. 7,” the official noted, including “putting out fabricated material to try to increase people’s anger about the post-Oct. 7 situation.”
The bulletin cautioned that “the expansion of the conflict further into the region could serve as motivation for violence against Jewish, Israeli, or American targets in retaliation for civilian deaths, and we cannot preclude the possibility that threat actors in the United States will react with violence to the death” of Nasrallah.
Intelligence analysts revealed in the bulletin that the Oct. 7 attack and Israel-Hamas war “have been cited as sociopolitical grievances influencing some individuals mobilization to violence in the United States,” adding that “hate crimes surged shortly following the attacks and have decreased over the past several months to levels consistent with reporting prior to the conflict, a trend that mirrors hate crimes following previous international conflicts or events.”
In the immediate months after Oct. 7, reports of antisemitic incidents surged in the U.S. The Anti-Defamation League said it recorded 2,031 antisemitic incidents nationwide between Oct. 7 and Dec. 7 of 2023, a 337% increase compared with the same period in 2022.
“Over the past year, we have observed violent extremist activity and hate crimes in the United States linked to the conflict,” the bulletin read. “Jewish, Muslim, or Arab institutions, including synagogues, mosques, and community centers, and large public gatherings, such as memorials, vigils, or other demonstrations, present attractive targets for violent attacks or for hoax threats by a variety of threat actors, including homegrown violent extremists, domestic violent extremists, and hate crime perpetrators who may view the anniversary as an opportunity to conduct an attack or other high-profile, illegal activity.”
The bulletin also warns that foreign terrorist organizations have created media that compares the Oct. 7 and 9/11 attacks and encourages “lone attackers to use simple tactics like firearms, knives, Molotov cocktails, and vehicle ramming against Western targets in retaliation for deaths in Gaza. Individuals inspired by this online messaging could act alone to commit an attack with little to no warning.”
At his first campaign stop since the vice presidential debate, Tim Walz sought to clarify comments he has made about his travel to China and Hong Kong in 1989 as bloody pro-democracy protests took place.
Walz admitted during the debate that he had previously misspoken in 2014 when he said he was in mainland China between April and June 1989, during the Tiananmen Square protests, which took place between April 15 and June 4 of that year. After that concession, however, Walz repeated the mistatement, saying, “So, I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protests, went in, and from that I learned a lot of what needed to be in governance.”
Butan Alliance Times-Herald news report from May 1989 shows then-Staff Sgt. Walz was in the U.S. and toured a Nebraska Army National Guard armory. A news radio station also reported in another Nebraska newspaper in August 1989 that Walz said he would “leave Sunday en route to China,” which was after the protests.
Responding to a question about his remarks from CBS News in Middleville, Pennsylvania, Walz corrected himself and admitted he had his dates wrong, adding that he needs to be clearer when he speaks.
“So, my clarity, to take away from the message, is something I want to be very clear — August of ’89 into Hong Kong, into China,” said the Minnesota governor, who often talks fast and in shorthand.
Walz also clarified a verbal misstatement from the debate, when he said he was friends with school shooters. The moment was quickly seized upon by Republicans and former President Donald Trump, who posted on Truth Social about it.
Walz, a former teacher and football coach, said that although he misspoke, it is “pretty damn clear” that he has stood with school shooting victims and passed legislation in an effort to curb such violence.
In the same conversation at the debate on Tuesday night, Walz mentioned that his teenage son, Gus, was a witness to a shooting. On the campaign trail, Walz often says that even though he supports the Second Amendment, he doesn’t think that should allow children to be shot dead in the hallways.
Walz’s rally Wednesday in York, Pennsylvania, was filled with supporters who defended him.
“Who can remember where they were 30 years ago?” Joan Nagy, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania asked.
“Anybody can make a mistake,” Les Ford said, adding, “When’s the last time you heard Donald Trump or his running mate correct themselves?”
After rolling into the rally on the Harris-Walz campaign bus to address a crowd of around 2,000, Walz leaned in further on his debate performance.
“Anybody watch the debate last night? Not bad for a football coach, huh?,” he quipped.
“Now, look, there is a reason Mike Pence was not on that stage with me,” he said. Walz added, “I served with Mike Pence in Congress. We disagreed on most issues, but in Congress and as a vice president, I never criticized Mike Pence’s ethics and commitment to this country, Walz said. “And he made the decision for the Constitution. Mike Pence did his duty. He honored his oath, and he chose the Constitution over Donald Trump,” Walz said.
“Senator Vance made it clear he will always make a different choice than Mike Pence made,” Walz said, referring to Pence’s refusal to give in to pressure by Trump to not certify the 2020 presidential election. Vance has said that he wouldn’t have certified the election, as Pence had, which Walz said “should be absolutely disqualifying if you’re asking to be the vice president of the United States.”
During their debate, “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell noted that Vance has said he wouldn’t have certified the last presidential election and would have asked the states to submit alternative electors, and she asked, “Would you again seek to challenge this year’s election results, even if every governor certifies the results?”
Vance did not directly answer, saying only, “What President Trump has said is that there were problems in 2020 and my own belief is we should fight about those issues, debate those issues peacefully in the public square.”
