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Arteflame
The Arteflame beckons with its welcoming design, inviting all to partake in the joy of grilling. With its open layout, everyone can join in, delighting in the sizzle, flames, and savory scents. It fosters a communal atmosphere, making grilling a shared pleasure.
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Arteflame
Every Arteflame is crafted to be the focal point of any backyard. Whether in use or not, they stand as singular centerpieces, elevating the overall aesthetic with their individuality, becoming the highlight of outdoor gatherings and leisure moments.
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Big Green Egg
The Big Green Egg is a closed ceramic cooker: the lid stays shut for most cooking, so the cook works at the grill rather than around it. The Arteflame is open on top, so guests can gather around the cooktop while the food cooks.
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Arteflame
Arteflame grills have an airflow system that directs air straight to the combustion chamber, heating it intensely and minimizing smoke. Searing steaks at over 1,000°F becomes effortless, providing a steakhouse-grade grilling adventure from the comfort of home.
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Arteflame
Experience steakhouse-quality steaks in your backyard with Arteflame, reaching 1,000°F+ for searing. Why the extreme heat? It browns the outside fast, so rare and medium-rare steaks get a deep crust without overcooking inside.
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Big Green Egg
The Big Green Egg cooks in a single closed chamber, so everything on the grid shares roughly the same temperature unless you set up two zones (Big Green Egg sells its EGGspander system for this). Searing at high heat and gently cooking vegetables usually happen one after the other rather than side by side. The Arteflame's cooktop gives you several temperature zones at once.
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Arteflame
The grill grate's exceptional heat of over 1,000°F is just the beginning. The cooktop runs from about 450–550°F near the grate to 250–350°F at the edges, so there is a zone for every food. Its solid cooktop keeps fat out of the fire, so flare-ups are rare.
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Arteflame
Arteflame's Food Saver anchors to the cooktop's center, preventing food spillage while using the grill grate riser. It retains warmth, enriches wood essence, and adds ease of use.
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Big Green Egg
The Big Green Egg's cooking grid sits above the fire inside the dome. On the Arteflame, the center grate sits closer to the fire for direct searing, while the surrounding cooktop handles the rest of the meal at the same time.
ARTEFLAME XXL 40" GRILLS
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Arteflame
Crafted from a solitary piece of Corten steel, the Arteflame fire bowl boasts a seamless, weld-free design, shaped through spinning for an exclusive organic form. Its removable fire base ensures effortless cleaning, while an inner ring adds durability and facilitates safe handling, even when hot.
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Arteflame
Arteflame's 30-inch grill, the ONE30 ($1,495), has a solid carbon steel cooktop with a center grill grate, and comes with side warming tables and a stainless steel lid.
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Big Green Egg
Crafted from ceramic, the Big Green Egg is known for its durability. Its 2XL model, measuring 29 inches, offers 672 square inches of cooking space. That is a little less than the 30-inch Arteflame ONE30 (about 700 square inches) and about half of the 40-inch models (about 1,250 square inches, including the center grate). If you often cook for larger crowds, that difference in cooking area is worth weighing.
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Arteflame
Arteflame's rotisserie effortlessly attaches to the accessory ring. Its wireless motor accommodates 25lbs, ideal for meats and fish, elevating Arteflame's adaptability and expanding culinary possibilities, enriching the outdoor cooking adventure.
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Arteflame
The pizza oven seamlessly integrates with the cooktop, facilitating effortless pizza insertion and retrieval. Its open-front design lets you watch every bake. Heated directly by the wood fire, it recreates the pizzeria experience for a crisp crust.
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Big Green Egg
The Big Green Egg cooks under a closed dome, where the grid runs at roughly one temperature unless you set up two zones. The Arteflame features a unique design that includes a central grate that reaches higher temperatures ideal for searing. Additionally, its surrounding cooktop supports multiple temperatures simultaneously. This capability allows for more flexible and efficient grilling, so you can prepare multiple dishes at once.
Big Green Egg Alternative FAQ
Is Arteflame a good alternative to Big Green Egg?
Yes, for a different style of cooking — Big Green Egg is a ceramic kamado built around indirect heat and smoking, while Arteflame is an open-flame, wood-fired grill with a 1,000°F center grate for direct steakhouse-style searing. If you want a full-diameter cooking surface built to feed a crowd, Arteflame is the closer match; if low-and-slow smoking is the priority, the Big Green Egg's ceramic design is built for that.
How much does an Arteflame cost compared to a Big Green Egg?
The largest Big Green Egg, the 2XL, lists at $2,799.99, with six smaller sizes below it. Arteflame's grills start at $895 (ONE20), and every one includes a full-diameter cooktop with a built-in center grill grate. The 40″ models, from $2,495, have almost twice the cooking area of the Big Green Egg 2XL.
Can you sear steaks on a Big Green Egg?
Yes, at high heat, but the ceramic kamado's dome traps and circulates heat around the food rather than exposing it to direct open flame. Arteflame's removable center grill grate sits directly over the fire and reaches 1,000°F+, built specifically for direct-flame steakhouse searing.
Do Big Green Egg accessories fit an Arteflame grill?
No — Big Green Egg's EGGspander and other ceramic-kamado accessories are shaped for its dome and aren't compatible with Arteflame. Every Arteflame has its own accessory ring built in, supporting the Rotisserie, Pizza Oven, Grill Grate Riser, and Food Saver.
Where is a Big Green Egg made, and where is Arteflame made?
Arteflame grills are designed and manufactured in the USA, in Phoenix, Arizona.
