Broilmaster P3SX

The decision

One gas grill. More ways to build dinner.

The Broilmaster P3SX is worth a closer look if you want direct grilling, gentler roasting and a small griddle surface in a cast-aluminum gas grill. Its Smoker Shutter sits between the fire and the food: open for direct cooking, closed to shield the food from direct heat. The supplied griddle replaces one cooking-grid section when you want a flat surface.

That is a useful change in the way you can cook, particularly if your dinners range from grilled chops to a whole roast or a griddle breakfast. The appeal is hands-on versatility with familiar gas controls. If you mainly grill quick meals on an open grate, the extra cooking arrangements may add less to your routine.

Choose propane or natural gas to match the installation. The Hearth Outpost product is the grill head; a cart or post and the shelves shown in complete setups are separate choices.

The Smoker Shutter

Open for direct heat. Close for the roast.

Think of the shutter as a movable heat shield. With the shutters open, the grill works as a conventional direct-heat gas grill. Closing them creates an indirect cooking arrangement for whole chickens, roasts and other food that benefits from protection from direct heat. You are still cooking with gas, rather than converting the grill to a charcoal or pellet appliance.

The operating detail that matters: with the Smoker Shutter installed, only the middle and high cooking-grid levels can be used. The lowest position requires removing the shutter. So “multi-level grids” and “Smoker Shutter” are not two features to consider independently; choose the arrangement around the meal.

The instructions also explain that drippings on the hot closed shutters generate smoke. Leave the shutters closed until most of those juices have dried before reopening, so drippings do not suddenly fall onto the flame. The benefit is a different heat arrangement; it is not a promise of charcoal flavor or an automatic smoking program.

Plan the meal

Choose the surface before you turn the knobs.

For a weekend roast, the shutter is the feature to understand first. For breakfast or smaller foods, think about the griddle. For a quick dinner cooked directly on the grate, the adjustable grids and burner controls matter more. This is how we would judge whether the complete P3SX equipment package earns its place in your backyard.

More than an open grate

A griddle and an upper rack come with it.

The griddle is a supplied stainless-steel cooking surface, not a separate full-width appliance. Replacing one grid section gives you a solid surface alongside the remaining grate. Think of eggs on the griddle with the remaining grate available for the rest of breakfast, or smaller vegetables that are awkward to manage over open bars. You gain a different surface within this grill, rather than extra full-width capacity.

The stainless-steel Retract-A-Rack gives you upper-level space and can fold out of the way for access to the main cooking area. Broilmaster lists 695 square inches of total cooking area for the P3SX. Treat that as a combined figure, rather than assuming all 695 square inches are one flat lower grate.

The cast-aluminum head houses a 40,000-BTU stainless-steel Bow Tie burner with separate left and right controls. The two knobs control left and right heat through that Bow Tie burner. They are not two separate main burner assemblies. Flare Buster ceramic flavor enhancers, an adjustable lid stop and the stainless control panel round out the supplied head.

The Hearth Outpost view

Choose it for meals that use the extra equipment.

We like the P3SX for someone who enjoys working with the cooking setup: a roast under indirect heat one evening, food on the griddle the next and direct grilling when that suits dinner. The included shutter and griddle make those uses part of the starting package.

We would keep the purchase simpler if those arrangements are unlikely to leave the box. The P3SX is a hands-on gas grill, so the shutter does not replace managing burner settings, checking the food or learning where each cooking surface works best. Think through a few meals you actually make before choosing it solely for the long feature list.

Complete the setup

The head is the start of the package.

A Broilmaster stainless patio post creates a different footprint and installation from a Broilmaster stainless cart/base. A patio post provides a fixed mounting arrangement; a cart gives you a different base and a way to reposition the grill when it is cool and disconnected as instructed. Choose the mounting before finalizing the complete price and location. A post shown in a photograph is not included in the head-only card below.

The compatible Broilmaster rotisserie kit is optional. The Smoker Shutter gives you an indirect heat arrangement without turning the food; an actual rotisserie is a separate choice if you want food rotating on a spit.

Have the qualified installer check the exact head, mounting, fuel supply and outdoor clearances together. The grill manual specifies at least 16 inches to combustible material at the sides and 18 inches at the back. Do not locate it under combustible overhead construction. Built-in surrounds and other mounting arrangements have additional instructions; do not choose an enclosure opening from the cooking-area figure or from a different Broilmaster series.

Shop P3SX

Continue with the exact configuration.

Start with the correct fuel configuration, then add the mounting and accessories for your location.

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Broilmaster

Broilmaster P3SX — propane grill head

$1,969.00

Propane grill head only. The mounting and shelves shown are separate. Natural gas is also offered; cover and optional rotisserie are additional.

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Ownership and documents

Lifetime protection on the core cooking components.

Broilmaster’s limited lifetime parts warranty against rust-through covers the aluminum grill housing, stainless cooking grids, stainless griddle and Bow Tie burner, subject to the complete terms. Those are substantial positives on the parts that define the P3SX cooking platform.

Bow Tie burner

Lifetime

Shutter and Flare Busters

5 years

Valves and ignition parts

1 year

The lifetime term provides one-time replacement of a covered component under the manual’s terms. Paint is excluded from housing coverage, and other components have their own periods. The warranty applies to the original purchaser and requires proper installation, operation and maintenance. Service labor, diagnostic travel, freight and removal/reinstallation costs are excluded.

• Read the P3SX grill manual and complete warranty
• Open the Smoker Shutter installation and use instructions
• Explore the Broilmaster cooking and mounting brochure
• Read the Broilmaster warranty overview

Before ordering

Build the package around your backyard.

• Decide how often you will use the shutter and griddle.
• Select propane or natural gas for the actual site.
• Choose the separate cart or post, shelves and cover.
• Confirm mounting, fuel connection and clearances with the installer.

Let’s put your Broilmaster setup together.

Tell us what you like to cook and where the grill will stand. We can help you choose the P3SX fuel configuration, mounting and useful extras without mistaking a head-only price for the whole setup.

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What the P3SX package really includes.