The BELONID charcoal grill is a grill trolley. The product photo shows a box-shaped bowl with a hinged lid on four steel legs, a side table on the right and a shelf below. In our charcoal grills category it therefore sits alongside a handful of similarly built trolleys in the same price range, and below we set it against three of them.
The sourcing is unusual. We looked for a website for the brand: belonid.com is offered for sale as a domain, belonid.de and www.belonid.com were not reachable, and a web search turned up no hit for either the brand or the model. In the Amazon catalogue the manufacturer field is empty, and the product is listed there under “Home and Household, DIY”. Everything stated here about the grill therefore comes from the Amazon listing (retrieved on 5 October 2026) and from the product photo. Where we go beyond those two sources, we say so.
Grate, bowl, frame: what the catalogue states
You grill on an enamelled main grate of 56 x 42.5 cm, which you can lift out for cleaning. Above it sits a chrome-plated warming rack measuring 53.5 x 24.5 cm. In the photo it lies raised above the rear half of the main grate and extends into the space under the open lid.
The lid and the charcoal container are powder-coated. The seller calls the frame a four-legged steel frame that is meant to stand on lawn and terrace. Under the bowl sits a removable ash container, and the handles are described in the catalogue as “heat-resistant”.
For moving it, the grill has two plastic wheels. In the photo they sit on the two legs under the side table, while the legs on the other side stand on the ground without wheels. You fold the side table out. Four hooks hang beneath it for grill tools or kitchen paper, and a bottle opener is also built in. The listing gives the storage space as 61 x 37 cm, intended for charcoal and spices. In the picture it is an open slatted shelf between the legs, not a closed cupboard: a bag of charcoal on it gets all the rain unless a cover is over the grill.
The external dimensions are given in the catalogue as 113 x 55 x 104 cm. That is an overall measurement which, judging by the photo, includes the side table projecting to the side; for the spot where it will stand, you should therefore allow for the full width. The seller gives the working height as 82 cm. The colour is black, and the delivery includes a waterproof protective cover, which the photo shows next to the grill.
In detail: why the crank sits on the charcoal pan
Over charcoal, you control the heat at the food first through distance. The radiant heat of the embers falls off quickly with distance, so a hand’s breadth more air turns fierce searing into gentler cooking. On the BELONID, a crank raises and lowers the charcoal pan, stepless according to the listing. The grate stays where it is.
The Strattore Holzkohlegrill XL solves the same task the other way round. There, according to the Amazon text, the externally mounted crank adjusts the grill grate. That sounds like a detail, but it has consequences for working at the grill. If the embers move, the food stays at the same height relative to the lid and the warming rack, and you always reach with the tongs to the same spot. If the grate moves, the distance above moves with it: a raised grate gets closer to the lid, and under a closed lid things get tight for a thick roast. Our assessment is therefore that, on a grill with a fixed warming rack, the adjustable pan is the more coherent solution.
The principle has a limit. The pan moves as a whole, so you bring all the embers nearer or further, but you cannot have hot on the left and mild on the right. You only get two zones the way you do on any other charcoal grill, by piling the charcoal on one side of the pan and leaving the other free. How that works and what the cool side is for is covered in our guide to direct and indirect heat.
That leaves the air. The seller writes of a “four-way vent control”. Charcoal burns as hot as the oxygen it gets: more air from below fans the embers, less damps them, and an opening in the lid draws off the hot air and so pulls in fresh air. On the right side of the lid, the photo shows a round disc with openings that looks like such a rotary damper; the other three are hidden in this view. We would think of the two tools separately. The crank sets the basic heat, and with the dampers you adjust with the lid closed.
Six cooking methods according to the seller’s text
The listing names six cooking methods: grilling, smoking, braising, roasting, baking and keeping warm. This does not mean dedicated equipment for each method. The catalogue mentions neither a smoker insert nor a pizza stone; the list describes what a charcoal grill with a lid can do in principle.
The warming rack takes care of keeping warm. Braising and baking run with the lid closed over indirect heat, that is with the food beside the embers instead of over them, for bread or cake usually in an ovenproof dish.
In a grill trolley of this type, smoking means hot smoking: wood chips on the embers, lid closed, keeping the temperature low via the vents. Cold smoking, where the smoked food barely warms up, is not possible with glowing charcoal directly below the cooking space. For anything apart from grilling and keeping warm, the lid has to close tightly and the air supply has to be finely throttled, and neither can be read from catalogue data.
What do you get for approx. €110?
A fully equipped grill trolley with crank, warming rack, lid thermometer and protective cover, but without manufacturer documentation. You pay for features, not documentation: if you later need a manual, a spare part or some information, there is no manufacturer you can turn to.
On the Amazon page the grill stood at €109.99 on 20 October 2026. On top come charcoal or briquettes and firelighters, for which we put no figures here because consumption depends on how you grill.
The included cover is a real item in our comparison. For the ACTIVA Angular Guss, the Amazon title also mentions a cover hood, but it is missing from the component list of the same listing, and anyone who wants to be sure there should ask. For the BELONID, cover and photo agree in the listing.
What the seller does not state
The gaps are gathered here so that you can see what cannot be clarified before buying:
- the weight
- a grilling area in cm² and a number of people
- which fuel is intended and how much fits in the pan
- the crank’s travel and whether there are notches
- where the four vent controls sit
- measuring range and accuracy of the lid thermometer
- maximum temperature and heat-up time
- the sheet thickness of the lid, charcoal container and frame
- the material of the handles, side table and protective cover
- dimensions and load capacity of the side table, load capacity of the hooks
- whether the external dimensions were measured with the side table folded out and whether the working height refers to the grate or the table
- assembly time and tools
- warranty, spare parts, company address and origin
- an instruction manual with safety, set-up and care instructions
We miss the crank travel most. The crank is the component you buy this grill for, and how far it moves the embers away from the grate determines how gentle direct cooking over the lowered pan can be at all.
Safety and care: general rules instead of a manual
Because we did not find a manual, nothing in this section is a manufacturer’s instruction. What follows applies to charcoal grills in general.
Glowing charcoal gives off carbon monoxide, a gas you can neither smell nor see. A charcoal grill therefore belongs outdoors, not in a garage, tent, garden shed or under a closed canopy. To light it, you use neither methylated spirit nor petrol, but firelighters conforming to DIN EN 1860-3 (the standard that applies in Germany and the EU). The grill stands on firm, level ground, with a gap to hedges, house walls and parasols, and you do not move it while it is hot.
To let it burn out, you close the lid and vents, and the embers suffocate. Ash stays hot for a long time, even when it looks grey. It goes into the bin only once completely cold, ideally via a metal bucket. You also put the protective cover on only over a cold grill.
On care, the listing says only that the grates and ash container are removable and “easy to clean”. Two general points follow from the materials. Enamel is a fused glass layer that can chip off if knocked, and at an exposed spot the steel underneath rusts. And ash that draws moisture becomes alkaline and attacks sheet metal; so you empty the ash container after every grilling session once it is cold, instead of leaving it until next time.
What else comes into question?
| Model | The difference | Price | Our score | Choose this one if |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELONID charcoal grill (this one) | Crank on the charcoal pan, protective cover included, no manual to be found | approx. €110 | 7.9 | you want features and can do without manufacturer documentation |
| Strattore Holzkohlegrill XL | Crank raises the grate instead of the embers, shelf load capacity up to 10 kg according to Amazon | approx. €100 | 7.7 | you would rather crank the grate than the embers |
| Tepro Toronto Click | Manufacturer manual with weight, fuel capacity and assembly steps | approx. €139 | 8.2 | you want a reachable manufacturer and a manual |
| ACTIVA Holzkohlegrill Angular Guss | Cast iron grill grate, manual with safety instructions | approx. €134.99 | 8.1 | you want to grill on cast iron |
The prices are guide values from our price boxes and change. The score is our editorial assessment based on data sheets and documents; we did not measure anything on any of the four grills.
When the BELONID, when another?
On price, little separates the two: the Strattore stands at approx. €110 in our price box, and the BELONID on the Amazon page is also at approx. €110. With the Strattore you accept the crank on the grate instead of the embers, with the consequences for the distance to the lid described above in the detail section. The Amazon details for the Strattore also mention no warming rack. If you often grill for several people and want to set finished food aside, you find that on the BELONID.
On the question of documentation, the calculation tips over. The Tepro Toronto Click costs approx. €139, the BELONID approx. €110, and in its manual tepro cites the standard DIN EN 1860-1 (which applies in Germany and the EU) as well as a company address in Rödermark. The ACTIVA Angular Guss costs approx. €134.99. In its own shop, ACTIVA states a two year manufacturer warranty and provides a 16 page assembly and operating manual with a service hotline. If the extra cost is worth it to you, we would take one of these two, unless the included cover weighs more with you than a manual and a point of contact.
The grate material is the third point. A cast iron grate stores more heat than an enamelled steel grate and leaves stronger sear marks, but it wants seasoning and keeping dry after grilling, otherwise it rusts. Enamel is less demanding as long as the layer stays intact. If you do not mind the upkeep and mostly grill steaks, look at the ACTIVA.
Finally, time. Each of these four trolleys is a charcoal grill, and charcoal needs a run-up until it is glowing through. If you want to grill spontaneously and quickly on weekdays, none of the four serves you well, and you should consider a gas or electric grill.
Who is it suited to?
People with a garden or terrace who want a fully equipped grill trolley and are prepared to buy without a manufacturer behind it. The listing names garden, balcony, terrace and camping as places of use, and steaks, sausages, chicken, pork chops, cheese and vegetables as food to grill. For camping we would hesitate: a trolley a good metre wide on two wheels is built for the terrace, not for the boot of a car.
The BELONID is the wrong choice for anyone who wants to use a grill for many years and expects to buy replacement grates, thermometer or crank. Without a manufacturer, there is no spare parts route that could be checked today. Equally, it does not suit you if a manual matters to you, because children are standing at the grill or you want the safety instructions in black and white. Both groups are better served by the Tepro or the ACTIVA.
If you do not yet know whether it should be charcoal at all, start with the Grill Finder.
