Masterbuilt AutoIgnite 545 review in a sentence: A very capable charcoal grill and smoker with some useful onboard tech although it’s big, bulky and takes some cleaning.
You don’t have to look far to find any number of best barbecue options out there, but if you’re serious about it and have lots of mouths to feed, then you’ll want to go large. In the case of the Masterbuilt AutoIgnite 545 Series Digital Charcoal Grill, that means receiving a big and bulky package on a palette, along with a sizeable old sack of charcoal. It’s a bit of a monster this machine, but it also comes with a smart AutoIgnite feature that makes getting up to the correct heat easier and keeping things that way simpler.
