ROIMOE Klappgrill Small

An open folding trough without a lid

The ROIMOE Folding Grill Small is a small charcoal grill to take with you: a rectangular trough on folding legs, a wire grate on top and a carry handle on the long side. On our site it sits in the charcoal grills category among the camping grills. It costs approx. €16 (Amazon page on 20 October 2026: €15.99).

The catalogue title strings together almost every term there is for small grills: tabletop grill, camping grill, picnic grill, folding grill, mini grill. That says little about the device. The product photo reveals more. It shows a black box with straight walls, clearly longer than deep, with a close-meshed, bare grate on top holding meat skewers, vegetable skewers and green leafy vegetables. The legs stand at the two short ends, each a bracket splayed slightly outwards. A second, smaller image shows the grill folded: a flat box with the handle on the top edge and the grate visible on its surface.

We have not handled the grill and have not grilled anything on it. We found no manufacturer website or manual for this model, so everything that follows comes from the Amazon catalogue and the product photo. Where we draw a conclusion from the image or give an evaluation, we say so.

Iron, a chrome-plated grate and twelve air holes

According to the seller, the grill body is made of cold-rolled iron, “heat-resistant and hard to deform”. Cold-rolled means the sheet was rolled to its thickness at room temperature and not while red hot. Such sheet has a smooth, dimensionally accurate surface and can be bent and folded cleanly, which is why it is found in many folding housings. It is not rustproof. ROIMOE does not state anywhere how thick the sheet is, and that is exactly what determines whether a wall above the embers warps over time.

Grilling is done on a chrome-plated wire mesh, “heat-resistant and scratch-resistant” according to the description. In the photo it is a tight net of thin wires in a frame, not a grate of thick bars. Judging by the picture, small pieces such as prawns or courgette cubes do not fall through the mesh. Thick bars, by contrast, store more heat and give the familiar sear marks; a thin net cools faster as soon as cold meat is placed on it. The grate can be pulled out for cleaning.

For air, the seller names twelve ventilation holes “on both sides of the oven”. Whether twelve per side or twelve in total is left open by the sentence. In the photo, individual small holes can be seen on the long side. Sliders or flaps to close them are neither described nor visible, so the openings are always open.

According to the seller, the grill measures 35 × 27 × 20 cm (length, width, height) set up and 35 × 27 × 6.5 cm folded. The footprint stays the same when folding; only the legs disappear. On setup, the text says you only need to “lay down the folding legs” to start grilling; presumably this means unfolding them. No tools are mentioned. The Amazon data sheet lists a weight of 2.866 pounds, which converts to approx. 1.3 kg, without saying whether it was weighed with or without packaging. The description itself only says “With carry handle, light weight”.

In detail: controlling heat without a lid and without sliders

On a closed grill, the air supply regulates the temperature. On an open trough this works differently. The embers draw oxygen from above and through the fixed holes in the wall, and neither can be throttled. The holes therefore have a different job: they let air reach the charcoal from the side so that it glows through in the shallow pan instead of suffocating at the bottom. The seller promises “fast and convenient” grilling as a result.

You are left with two controls.

The first is the amount of charcoal. More embers radiate more heat upwards, while a thin layer gives less and is used up faster. The second is the distribution: if you push the embers to one half, an area forms on the other side of the grate where only radiation from the side arrives. That is where you move sausages that are already done on the outside, or put bread to warm up. On such a short trough, this cooler zone stays small; in our assessment it is enough for a few pieces.

Grills with an adjustable grate would have a third control, the distance between embers and food. For the ROIMOE, height adjustment is not described, and in the photo the grate rests on the top edge of the trough. The distance therefore depends on the height of the box and on how high you pile the charcoal. A charcoal tray or charcoal grate under the embers is also not mentioned in the description. If the charcoal lies directly on the bottom of the trough, it gets hardly any air from below, only from the side. That is an argument for laying it loosely and not packing it too densely.

What follows from this is a short list. Anything flat that cooks in a few minutes suits it well: skewers, sausages, thin pork neck steaks, vegetable slices, halloumi. A thick rump steak quickly gets colour on the outside, but without a lid the heat reaches the centre only slowly. Bone-in chicken legs need half an hour or more at medium heat; on an open mini grill the skin easily burns before the meat at the bone is done. If the charcoal does not catch properly in a small grill, the guide Charcoal will not light properly helps.

How many people can this grill feed?

There is no documented figure for this, because ROIMOE states neither the cooking area nor the number of people. In our assessment the grill is enough for two people eating in turns, not for a group that wants to be fed at the same time.

The dimensions from the catalogue are outer dimensions. They include the walls of the trough and the handle that sticks out on the long side. The grate itself is therefore smaller. We do not calculate how much smaller, because deriving a cooking area from overall dimensions almost always gives a figure that is too large.

For comparison, a grill with a manufacturer figure helps: Weber gives a grate size of 42 × 26 cm for the Go-Anywhere, and that is the area on which food actually lies. The ROIMOE is already shorter on the outside. In its product photo about half a dozen meat skewers lie side by side, with vegetables at both ends, and the grate is full with that. It is an advertising image, but it roughly shows what fits on at once.

Safety and care when there is no manual

On care, the description has exactly one sentence: the grill is “easy to clean because the grate can be pulled out”. Whether the grate may go in the dishwasher, what the trough should be cleaned with and whether water may touch the iron remains open. We do not reproduce a manufacturer recommendation here, because none exists.

What follows are general rules for any charcoal grill, from us and not from ROIMOE. It belongs outdoors. Smouldering charcoal produces carbon monoxide, which you can neither smell nor see; so never use it in a tent, awning, camper van or garage, not even to cool down. Light it with firelighters or a chimney starter, never with methylated spirits or petrol.

With this grill, the surface matters too. With its short legs the embers sit close to the ground, and the bottom of the trough gets hot. In our assessment it has no place on a plastic table, a wooden bench, dry grass or a picnic blanket. On paving slabs or a fireproof grill mat it stands correctly. Sand is unproblematic as a surface as long as the grill does not sink in and tip; the folding legs are narrow brackets and not wide feet.

Tip out ash and charcoal remains only when everything is cold, and into a metal bucket. Many bathing spots and parks have their own grilling rules or bans, and these apply before any list of places of use from a product description. What else you should plan for when grilling on the move is covered in our camping grill buying guide.

What ROIMOE does not state

The Amazon description and data sheet are missing: cooking area and grate size, a number of people, the thickness of the iron sheet, the type of black surface (paint, powder coating or heat-resistant paint), whether the weight is net, the recommended amount of charcoal, maximum temperature, heat-up time and burn time, whether there is a charcoal tray or ash catcher, items in the box beyond the grill, warranty terms, spare parts such as a single grate, dishwasher suitability and safety instructions of any kind, from distances to flammable materials to extinguishing the embers. It also remains unclear what the title means by “removable BBQ grills”, since the only part that can be removed according to the description is the grate. We found nothing about the company, its location or since when this model has been sold.

Three folding grills that come into question alongside

The prices come from our price boxes and change constantly. The rating is our editorial assessment from the data comparison; no measured values are behind it.

When the ROIMOE, when another

The first question is the material. The Dripex costs approx. €20, the ROIMOE approx. €16, and according to the seller the Dripex is made of stainless steel and comes with a bag. In return, going by the two sellers’ figures, it weighs about three times as much. If you carry the grill from the car park to the lake and it then sits damp in the cellar, we would choose the stainless steel at these prices. If you carry it in a rucksack or on a bicycle, the weight speaks for the ROIMOE.

Second, the grilling time. If you stand at the grill for two hours and want to add charcoal in between, with the ROIMOE you take the food off every time. The Charmline has a liftable grill net for this. It costs approx. €40, the ROIMOE approx. €16.

Third, the lid. For sausages and skewers you do not need one. But if you also want to cook thicker cuts or bone-in chicken indirectly now and then, you need a grill with a lid like the Weber Go-Anywhere. It costs approx. €95, the ROIMOE approx. €16. If you only go to the beach two or three times in summer, in our assessment you would be paying with the Weber for something you rarely use. If you grill on the move every weekend, the extra money gets you a grill with documented manufacturer data.

And if you do not know at all whether it should be a folding grill: the Grill Finder asks about space, number of people and budget and then suggests types of grill.

Who is it suitable for?

In our assessment the ROIMOE suits people who grill rarely and spontaneously, for two, with sausages, skewers and vegetables, and who want to slide the grill flat into the boot or under the bed. If you buy it for an afternoon at a gravel pit lake and are not sure you will need it again next summer, you risk little money.

It is the wrong choice for families of four or more who want to eat together, and for anyone who grills thick steaks or bone-in poultry. It is equally wrong for buyers who want to read safety and care instructions from the manufacturer itself: for this model there are none. For a broader overview of larger charcoal grills, see our ranking Charcoal grills.