The BIGHORN steak grill is a small, box-shaped propane grill that, according to the Amazon catalogue, works with infrared and is said to reach 870 °C in 2 minutes. On Amazon it costs approx. €39 (Amazon page on 21.10.2026: €38.99).
Almost everything we know about the appliance comes from this one catalogue entry and the product photo. We did not find an instruction manual, and this exact appliance does not appear on the brand’s website. That shapes every section of this text.
A steak grill from the Amazon catalogue, not from the brand shop
Amazon lists BIG HORN as the brand and Shinerich Industrial Ltd as the manufacturer. Behind the name stands Big Horn Outdoors, also called Big Horn for short, a supplier with its own shop in the USA. The founding story on its website begins in the summer of 2012 at a garden party in Los Angeles, and it started with a pizza oven, not a grill.
In that shop we went through the complete product list, 62 entries. Infrared steak grills are offered there in four versions: 9 inch (SRGG21707), 16 inch (SRGG21708), 16 inch in black (SRGG21708B) and 21.2 inch with two burners (SRGG22502). None of these pages links to the ASIN B0B1HD1X61, there is only a general link to the brand store on Amazon.com. The German catalogue entry, for its part, has no model number. So a bridge between the two worlds is missing.
In our gas grill category the BIGHORN sits next to tabletop grills and grill carts, although it has little in common with either. It has no lid, but a cooking chamber with an open front into which the meat is pushed on a grate. Amazon, by the way, files it under household goods.
Box shape, slide-in, scale: what the catalogue and photo show
The catalogue dimensions are 45.5 cm wide, 33 cm deep and 30 cm high, in inches 17.91 x 12.99 x 11.81. The weight is given in the product features as 12.5 kg, plus a carrying handle and a note on a compact structure.
The photo shows a rectangular body with a stainless steel look. The front is open, and underneath sits a tray with a front handle, on which the grate rests. To the right of the opening is a narrow vertical control strip: at the top the dial, below it a scale with numbers, of which the 5 is at the very top, next to it an arrow pointing up and at the bottom a black lever. A grip recess can be seen in the left side wall, with ventilation slots above and beside it. On top of the housing lies a flat tray whose purpose the catalogue text leaves open.
This control strip and the handles are included in the 45.5 cm width. How wide the cooking chamber itself is cannot therefore be derived from the outer dimensions, and we do not calculate a grilling area from them.
On height adjustment, the catalogue says the grate and tray can be adjusted in 5 layers. The scale in the photo fits that. Ignition is by pulse igniter, a thermometer is built in, and a drip tray is part of the scope of delivery. Where the thermometer sits cannot be made out in the main photo.
Stainless steel appears only in the product title, in the somewhat clumsy phrase “Infrarot Gasgrill mit Edelstahl Propan grill Brenner”. Whether this refers to the housing, the burner or both remains unclear.
In detail: radiant heat, distance and the 870 °C
A common type of infrared gas burner burns the gas on or just below a ceramic or metal mesh plate, which begins to glow as a result. It gives off most of its heat as radiation, not as hot air. That is the reason such appliances reach temperature so quickly: no large cooking chamber and no heavy grate have to be preheated, the glowing surface itself is the heat source. How the burner in the BIGHORN is built, however, we do not know.
Radiation weakens as distance grows. With an appliance of this kind, the height of the grate is therefore the real adjustment lever, more important than the dial: a thin piece close to the heat takes on colour in a short time, a thick piece further down cooks longer before the surface burns. With 5 levels, the BIGHORN offers a coarse grid for this.
In the photo, red light falls on the grate from above. That fits an overhead-heat appliance, as Big Horn describes its own steak grills: heat from above, modelled on the salamanders in restaurant kitchens. For this Amazon appliance the construction principle is not stated in writing anywhere. If it applies, it would have a pleasant consequence: fat drips down into the tray and so away from the burner, instead of running into a flame and flaring up there.
That leaves the 870 °C. The catalogue speaks of “870 °C Blitz-Heizung innerhalb von 2 Minuten durch strahlende Technologie” (870 °C flash heating within 2 minutes through radiant technology), without a measuring point. It can only mean a spot at the burner or in the cooking chamber. The steak itself does not reach such values, its surface stays near 100 °C as long as water evaporates there. Only once it has dried does it climb further, and from about 140 °C the browning reactions that form a crust set in. A lot of radiation shortens exactly this phase. The core gets little in this short time and afterwards needs rest or gentler heat. How to bring time, thickness and core temperature together is covered in our steak grilling guide.
Is it the same grill as Big Horn’s 1500 °F steak grill?
By our comparison no, or at least it cannot be assigned to any brand model. Temperature, number of grate heights, weight and dimensions differ, and no Big Horn product page refers to this ASIN.
The figures in detail: according to Big Horn, the 9-inch model SRGG21707 has 12,000 BTU, 10 grate heights, weighs 21.6 lbs and measures L 9 x W 17 x H 15.4 inches. The 16-inch model SRGG21708 delivers 19,000 BTU and reaches its maximum temperature in 3 to 5 minutes, at a weight of 32 lbs and also 10 grate heights. Both pages state 1500 °F.
Converted, that is approx. 816 °C, 21.6 lbs is approx. 9.8 kg, 32 lbs approx. 14.5 kg, and the 15.4 inch height of the small model approx. 39.1 cm. The BTU figures (BTU per hour) correspond to approx. 3.5 kW and approx. 5.6 kW. We did this calculation ourselves.
So the Amazon catalogue describes an appliance that is supposed to be hotter and faster than the brand’s models: 870 °C in 2 minutes against 1500 °F in 3 to 5 minutes. In addition there are 5 instead of 10 grate heights and 30 cm height instead of 39.1 cm for the 9-inch model. Why the figures are so far apart we cannot clarify. What counts for you as a buyer is the consequence: you must not transfer output figures, accessories and warranty of the brand models to the Amazon appliance. The output in kW cannot be derived either, it is missing for this appliance.
What else is worth considering?
| Model | The difference | Price | Our rating | Choose this one if |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGHORN infrared steak grill (this one) | Propane infrared, 870 °C according to the catalogue, no output figure | approx. €39 | 7.8 | you specifically want to sear steaks and will clarify the gas connection and setup yourself |
| Evergrill butane gas camping grill 2300 watt | Butane cartridge, 2.3 kW, 3.68 kg | approx. €60 | 7.6 | you want a light appliance to carry and do not want to take a propane bottle along |
| Campingaz Party Grill 400 R | Output, consumption and pressure regulator stated by the manufacturer | approx. €89.76 | 8.2 | a documented gas connection matters more to you than the highest temperature |
| Weber Q 1200N | Lid grill with 1290 cm² grilling area | approx. €249 | 8.3 | you regularly grill for several people |
The prices are guide values from our price boxes and change constantly. The rating is our editorial assessment based on the data comparison, we have neither measured nor grilled anything.
When the BIGHORN fits and when another one does
The first question is the purpose. The BIGHORN is designed for surface heat for meat. If you want to put sausages, vegetables and steaks for a family side by side on one grate, a lid grill such as the Weber Q 1200N is the more suitable appliance, but according to the price box it costs approx. €249 (the BIGHORN: approx. €39). We would see the BIGHORN rather as a second appliance that handles the crust alongside an existing grill.
Then the gas supply. In practice, propane means a bottle, and that costs extra, as does a regulator if none is included. At €39 for the appliance, the equipment around it can easily cost more than the grill itself. If you want to know exactly what you have to connect, the Campingaz Party Grill 400 R has the advantage: Campingaz states 2,000 W, 145 g/h and a 50 mbar regulator. According to the price box it costs approx. €90 (the BIGHORN: approx. €39).
Third, carrying. 12.5 kg with a handle can be taken from the car to the picnic table. The Evergrill with a butane cartridge weighs 3.68 kg, has 2.3 kW and a grilling area of 34 x 25.5 cm and, according to the price box, costs approx. €60 (the BIGHORN: approx. €39). If you walk to the campsite, you are better served by it in our assessment.
And the thickness of your meat. If you mostly grill thick cuts, check before buying whether the lowest level leaves enough distance, because centimetre figures for the 5 levels are missing. With thin pieces this hardly matters.
If you are still torn between designs after these points, the Grill Finder runs through the variants with your own inputs.
Gas and setup when there are no instructions
With a gas appliance, the instructions contain what protects you from harm: distances, pressure, hose, leak testing, extinguishing a grease fire. For the BIGHORN we found no manual, neither on the brand site nor in the catalogue. We therefore cannot reproduce any manufacturer wording, and we do not attribute any to the manufacturer.
What we can pass on are general rules for propane appliances, expressly as such. As a basic rule, a gas grill with an open flame belongs outdoors, because carbon monoxide can form during combustion. Every new connection between bottle, regulator and grill is sprayed with leak-detection spray or soapy water before lighting, bubbles show a leak, and testing with an open flame is taboo. The bottle valve is open only while the grill is running. An infrared burner with a glowing surface at table height also does not belong near children.
Our advice before ordering: ask the seller for German-language instructions and for the contents of the box. If you have the instructions in front of you, their wording applies, even where it differs from these general rules. How to choose and store bottle and regulator is explained in our guide to the gas bottle for the grill.
What remains open
For a gas appliance the list is long, and we give it here in full so that you know what to ask about. Open are: output in kW, watts or BTU, number and material of the burners, the grilling area, the construction principle in written form, the material of housing, grate and trays in detail, the entire gas connection (pressure regulator, hose, thread, operating pressure, bottle or cartridge), the gas consumption in grams per hour, measuring range and accuracy of the thermometer, the battery of the pulse igniter, a flame failure device, balcony suitability and minimum distances, dishwasher suitability, warranty, country of origin, market year, spare parts and the complete scope of delivery. Documented in the scope of delivery is only the drip tray.
Two corrections compared with the earlier version of this page: the catalogue speaks of a pulse igniter, not of piezo ignition, and no source documents a standard adapter for the gas connection.
Who is it suitable for?
As places of use, the catalogue names parties, camping and cooking in the park, and it expressly describes the appliance as an outdoor propane grill. That makes the BIGHORN something for people who have a spot outdoors, already own a propane bottle with a matching connection or are willing to clarify that before buying, and who mainly want to sear steaks hot.
It is the wrong choice for anyone who wants to unpack and get going without further questions. If you grill on a covered rented balcony or want to know every component with a data sheet, you will find too little documentation here.
