BBQ brands in Australia: who makes what, and what it costs

Australian BBQ shopping has a short list of brands, and most of them belong to one of three retailers. Knowing who makes what saves a lot of comparing.

Questions to ask before choosing a BBQ brand in Australia

• Will parts still be sold in ten years? Weber and BeefEater have the deepest parts networks here. Look for cast-iron or thick stainless burners and enamelled or stainless bodies.
• Where is the brand sold? Jumbuck and Matador are Bunnings house brands, sold nowhere else. Ziegler & Brown is Barbeques Galore’s label. Weber sells through BCF, Barbeques Galore, its own dealers and Amazon Australia.
• Is the Weber badge worth paying for? For a small gas BBQ, usually yes: the Q range holds its value and parts are everywhere. For a big four or six burner, Genesis pricing is hard to justify against a BeefEater or Matador.
• Jumbuck or Matador? Jumbuck is the entry line, $128 to $893, with pressed plates and short warranties. Matador is the step up, $249 to $998, with cabinets and heavier plates.
• Do you live near the sea or a pool? Cover and location matter more than the badge. Weber’s warranty lapses for rust caused by salt air or pool chemicals (Weber manual); check any other brand’s warranty for the same wording.
• Is it certified for Australian gas? Every gas BBQ sold here must be certified; overseas marks such as CSA or CE aren’t enough (Energy Safe Victoria).

The Bunnings brands

Jumbuck and Matador are Bunnings’ own labels and are not sold anywhere else. Jumbuck is the entry line: a portable two-burner for $128, a hooded four-burner for $229, a six-burner kitchen for $893, plus a $198 offset smoker and the $109 charcoal drum. Expect pressed plates, tube burners and a few good seasons if you keep it covered. Matador is the step up at $249 to $998: cabinets, heavier plates, a real kamado and a vertical smoker. Bunnings also imports Char-Griller, Kamado Joe, Pit Boss and Oklahoma Joe’s from the United States, which is why the charcoal, kamado, pellet and dual fuel categories are so much better at Bunnings than they were five years ago.

The Barbeques Galore brand

Ziegler & Brown is Barbeques Galore’s own label: compact Turbo grills and larger Grand Turbo units aimed squarely at the Weber Q buyer. Barbeques Galore also carries Weber, BeefEater and Napoleon. We have not captured Ziegler & Brown or Napoleon BBQ prices yet; treat them as Weber-money brands.

The independent Australians

BeefEater has been an Australian BBQ brand since the 1980s and is the local name for a big gas BBQ with cast-iron burners (BeefEater v Weber). The Clubman four-burner is $798 at The Good Guys (14 Nov 2026) and also on Amazon. Its warranty is 12 months plus four years on the burner box, so buy it for the cast iron rather than the warranty. Everdure, sold as Everdure by Heston Blumenthal, is the design brand: the Cube portable charcoal BBQs and the Force gas range, all on Amazon and in specialist stores.

The Americans

Weber is the brand everyone knows. Here it sells through BCF, Barbeques Galore, its own dealers and Amazon: the Q range from $389 for a Baby Q to $909 to $919 for a Family Q+, the $399 kettle, the Smokey Mountain smoker at $599, and the Smoque pellet grill at $1,399. Traeger is the premium pellet brand, on Amazon when we checked, with an Australian dealer network. Pit Boss is the value pellet brand, $599 to $1,140 at Bunnings. Char-Griller covers kamados from $249, offset smokers at $649 and the dual fuel BBQs from $699. Kamado Joe makes the ceramic kamado reference, $699 to $2,015 at Bunnings. Coleman, the camping brand, has an Australian BBQ range at Bunnings and Amazon, from the Revolution four-burner to a five-burner built-in.

The camping brands

BCF’s shelves are where Weber’s portables meet the camping specialists: Wanderer (the $99.99 suitcase BBQ), Dometic (the Safari Chef, out of stock at BCF when we checked on 9 November 2026) and the gas stove brands Coleman, Companion and Gasmate. If it has to fit in a car boot, start at BCF and read our portable BBQ guide.

The price ladder

Budget	Brands	What you get
Under $400	Jumbuck, Wanderer, Char-Griller Akorn Jr, Weber Baby Q	Portables and basic hooded four-burners. Painted or pressed steel; cover it.
$400 to $900	Matador, Weber Q and Family Q, BeefEater Clubman, Pit Boss, Everdure Force, Char-Griller Double Play	The sweet spot. Cabinets, cast iron, real warranties, entry pellet grills.
$900 to $1,600	Weber Slate and Smoque, Kamado Joe Classic, Traeger Pro, Coleman Revolution	Specialist cookers: kamados, pellet grills with apps, combos, griddles.
Over $1,600	Traeger Ironwood, Kamado Joe Big Joe, Oklahoma Joe’s Canyon, Coleman Pro built-in, Weber Genesis and Summit	Outdoor kitchens and the top of each range.

Every brand we compared, and where it’s stocked

Brand	Where it’s sold	Price range we found	Look at first
Weber	BCF, Barbeques Galore, Weber’s own store, Amazon Australia	$389 (Baby Q) to $1,399 (Smoque), more for Genesis and Summit	Family Q+ Premium (Q3200N+), $919 at Weber Australia
BeefEater	Barbeques Galore, The Good Guys, Amazon Australia	$997 for the 1200 four-burner (The Good Guys, 13 Nov)	Clubman 4, $798 at The Good Guys (14 Nov 2026) or on Amazon Australia
Everdure	Amazon Australia, specialist stores	The $400 to $900 band (Force)	Force 2-burner, on Amazon Australia
Traeger	Amazon Australia, Traeger dealers	Pro range in the $900 to $1,600 band	Pro 575, on Amazon Australia
Jumbuck	Bunnings only	$109 to $893	Hooded four-burner, $229
Matador	Bunnings only	$249 to $998	Spark 4, $669
Ziegler & Brown	Barbeques Galore	Not captured yet	Turbo
Napoleon	Barbeques Galore	Not captured yet	None yet
Pit Boss	Bunnings	$599 to $1,140	See the pellet guide
Char-Griller	Bunnings, Amazon Australia	From $249 (Akorn Jr at Bunnings, 9 Nov)	Akorn Jr kamado
Kamado Joe	Bunnings, Amazon Australia	$699 to $2,015	See the kamado guide
Oklahoma Joe’s	Bunnings	$1,699 for the Canyon Combo (9 Nov)	Canyon Combo
Coleman	Bunnings, Amazon Australia, BCF (camping)	Revolution four-burner up to a five-burner built-in	Not a pick (see below)
Wanderer	BCF	$99.99 suitcase BBQ	Suitcase charcoal BBQ
Dometic	BCF	Safari Chef	Safari Chef 30

Prices are what we found at those retailers on the dates shown on each product card.

The competition

These brands are in the table but aren’t picks, and why:

• Jumbuck: the cheapest way into a hooded four-burner, but pressed plates, tube burners and short warranties, and it’s sold only at Bunnings, which we no longer link.
• Matador: the best value of the Bunnings brands (the $669 Spark 4 has a five-year warranty and a current gas certificate), but it’s sold only at Bunnings.
• Ziegler & Brown and Napoleon: we haven’t read their BBQ prices yet, so we can’t show a price beside the others.
• Pit Boss: the value pellet brand, and our pellet guide’s picks, but sold at Bunnings; for a pellet brand with a shop we link, Traeger is the pick here.
• Char-Griller and Kamado Joe: the kamado brands; we compare them model by model in the kamado guide rather than pick one here.
• Oklahoma Joe’s: the Canyon Combo is a strong smoker-and-grill, compared in the dual fuel guide, but sold only at Bunnings.
• Coleman: no certificate on the national database (GTRC) names the Revolution four-burner. An importer’s certificate (AGA 9138 G) lists Coleman models by factory code, and its gas rates match the Revolution dual fuel and the Pro built-in, which is why those two can be picks elsewhere; one profile matches the four-burner too, but without its name we can’t confirm it, so it isn’t a pick.
• Wanderer and Dometic: camping brands sold at BCF; see the portable guide.