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Best Smokeless Indoor Grills

The best smokeless indoor grills, ranked using the two most substantive independent tests available — Serious Eats' eight-grill smokeless test and Reviewed's nine-grill indoor-grill test — plus dedicated hands-on reviews. No indoor grill is genuinely smokeless; this guide reports what testers actually observed.

This guide aggregates 12 published reviews across 5 products; the thinnest-sourced pick rests on 1. How we rank.

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Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101 is our top pick for smokeless indoor grills — an averaged 4.5/5 across 2 published reviews at about $149.95. Runner-up: Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill (~$95.99).

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#	Product	Rating	Price	Best for
1	Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101Top Score	4.5 2 sources1 derived	$149.95	Small kitchens that need one appliance to cover both grilling and griddling — burgers on Saturday, pancakes on Sunday — and households where a smoke alarm is linked to an alarm system or shared with neighbours. Under eight pounds, so it genuinely goes back in the cupboard.	$149.95 · Check Price on Amazon
2	Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill	4.4 3 sourcesall derived	$95.99	Cooks who want the closest thing to an outdoor grill's open surface indoors, and who will take longer cook times in exchange for better sear marks and less smoke. Its lack of sides makes it the pick for skewers, bone-in cuts and anything too long for a lidded grill.	$95.99 · Check Price on Amazon
3	Hamilton Beach Searing Grill with Lid Window 25361	4.4 2 sourcesall derived	$76.77	Cooks who want outdoor-style grill marks indoors for the least money, and who would rather turn a dial than read a menu. The removable lid makes it the better pick than an open-topped grill in an apartment where smoke and cooking odours travel.	$76.77 · Check Price on Amazon
4	Breville BGR820XL The Smart Grill	4.2 1 sourceall derived	$349.95	Cooks who want one permanent countertop machine to cover grilling, griddling and pressed sandwiches, and who will use all three often enough to justify the price and the 19 pounds. Also the pick for anyone who wants a genuinely large indoor cooking surface rather than a two-burger footprint.	$349.95 · Check Price on Amazon
5	Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill AG301	4.1 4 sources2 derived	$219.99	Households that want one machine to grill and air fry and have permanent counter space for it. The air-frying is the stronger half of the appliance, so it makes most sense for people who will use both functions — if you only want grill marks, a dedicated grill does that better and faster.	$219.99 · Check Price on Amazon

Derived means the reviewer published no score, so one was inferred from their written verdict. Everything else is a number the publisher printed. How we rank.

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1Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101Top Score

4.5

2 sources1 derived

$149.95Best for: Small kitchens that need one appliance to cover both grilling and griddling — burgers on Saturday, pancakes on Sunday — and households where a smoke alarm is linked to an alarm system or shared with neighbours. Under eight pounds, so it genuinely goes back in the cupboard.

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2Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill

4.4

3 sourcesall derived

$95.99Best for: Cooks who want the closest thing to an outdoor grill's open surface indoors, and who will take longer cook times in exchange for better sear marks and less smoke. Its lack of sides makes it the pick for skewers, bone-in cuts and anything too long for a lidded grill.

$95.99 · Check Price on Amazon

3Hamilton Beach Searing Grill with Lid Window 25361

4.4

2 sourcesall derived

$76.77Best for: Cooks who want outdoor-style grill marks indoors for the least money, and who would rather turn a dial than read a menu. The removable lid makes it the better pick than an open-topped grill in an apartment where smoke and cooking odours travel.

$76.77 · Check Price on Amazon

4Breville BGR820XL The Smart Grill

4.2

1 sourceall derived

$349.95Best for: Cooks who want one permanent countertop machine to cover grilling, griddling and pressed sandwiches, and who will use all three often enough to justify the price and the 19 pounds. Also the pick for anyone who wants a genuinely large indoor cooking surface rather than a two-burger footprint.

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5Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill AG301

4.1

4 sources2 derived

$219.99Best for: Households that want one machine to grill and air fry and have permanent counter space for it. The air-frying is the stronger half of the appliance, so it makes most sense for people who will use both functions — if you only want grill marks, a dedicated grill does that better and faster.

$219.99 · Check Price on Amazon

Derived means the reviewer published no score, so one was inferred from their written verdict. Everything else is a number the publisher printed. How we rank.

Reviews aggregated from

SeriouseatsReviewedRealhomesGirlscangrillGrillseekerThespruceeats

The full ranking

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Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101

#1 · Top Score

Best for: Small kitchens that need one appliance to cover both grilling and griddling — burgers on Saturday, pancakes on Sunday — and households where a smoke alarm is linked to an alarm system or shared with neighbours. Under eight pounds, so it genuinely goes back in the cupboard.

Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101

4.5

2 sources1 derived$149.95

The Sizzle is Ninja's dedicated indoor grill rather than a multi-cooker with a grill mode, and that focus shows. Real Homes cooked kielbasa, burgers, crepes, pancakes and eggs on it and reported not seeing smoke once, scoring it 4.5 out of 5; Girls Can Grill got grill marks she compared directly to an outdoor grill. Ninja achieves the low smoke through recommended per-food temperatures rather than hardware, which works but means following the chart. The seven-minute preheat has no alert.

Strengths

— Real Homes' tester observed no smoke at any point across kielbasa, tomatoes, cheeseburgers, crepes, pancakes and eggs, and rated it 4.5 out of 5
— Interchangeable grill and griddle plates mean one appliance covers steak and pancakes without buying two

Watch-outs

— Seven-minute preheat with no completion signal — Ninja's own quick start guide says "For best results preheat for 7 minutes," and both reviewers had to time it themselves
— No storage provision for whichever plate you are not using

▾Why it's ranked here

Strengths

— Real Homes' tester observed no smoke at any point across kielbasa, tomatoes, cheeseburgers, crepes, pancakes and eggs, and rated it 4.5 out of 5
— Interchangeable grill and griddle plates mean one appliance covers steak and pancakes without buying two

Watch-outs

— Seven-minute preheat with no completion signal — Ninja's own quick start guide says "For best results preheat for 7 minutes," and both reviewers had to time it themselves
— No storage provision for whichever plate you are not using

$149.95 · Check Price on Amazon Full review →vs. Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill →

Best for: Cooks who want the closest thing to an outdoor grill's open surface indoors, and who will take longer cook times in exchange for better sear marks and less smoke. Its lack of sides makes it the pick for skewers, bone-in cuts and anything too long for a lidded grill.

Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill

4.4

3 sourcesall derived$95.99

The Zojirushi EB-CC15 won two separate indoor-grill tests by being the least clever machine in each. Serious Eats put it first out of eight smokeless grills, finding that its perforated grate and open base did more to cut smoke than any of the smoke-reduction technology on rival units. Grillseeker's thermometer recorded the grate above 520°F, more than 100 degrees past Zojirushi's own rating, with sear marks they compared to a stoked charcoal grill. It is slower than a contact grill and the plate cannot go in the dishwasher.

Strengths

— Serious Eats' top pick out of eight smokeless grills tested, and Reviewed's best open-facing grill out of nine — the only unit here that won two independent tests
— Grillseeker measured the grate at 400°F in five minutes flat and above 520°F between eight and ten minutes, well past Zojirushi's own 410°F rating

Watch-outs

— The grill plate is not dishwasher safe and cannot be submerged, because the heating element is embedded in it — only the base and drip tray go in the machine
— Slow: Reviewed took 10 minutes to cook six burgers and 20 minutes for salmon, "more than twice the time most of the closed grills needed"

▾Why it's ranked here

Strengths

— Serious Eats' top pick out of eight smokeless grills tested, and Reviewed's best open-facing grill out of nine — the only unit here that won two independent tests
— Grillseeker measured the grate at 400°F in five minutes flat and above 520°F between eight and ten minutes, well past Zojirushi's own 410°F rating

Watch-outs

— The grill plate is not dishwasher safe and cannot be submerged, because the heating element is embedded in it — only the base and drip tray go in the machine
— Slow: Reviewed took 10 minutes to cook six burgers and 20 minutes for salmon, "more than twice the time most of the closed grills needed"

$95.99 · Check Price on Amazon Full review →vs. Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101 →

Best for: Cooks who want outdoor-style grill marks indoors for the least money, and who would rather turn a dial than read a menu. The removable lid makes it the better pick than an open-topped grill in an apartment where smoke and cooking odours travel.

Hamilton Beach Searing Grill with Lid Window 25361

4.4

2 sourcesall derived$76.77

Two independent test kitchens reached the same conclusion about this grill from opposite directions. Serious Eats made it her budget pick after testing eight smokeless grills, praising a dial that was hot when it needed to be and stayed that way. Reviewed, testing nine indoor grills, called it their first choice for anyone set on an open grill and got deep grill marks on burgers, chicken and fish. Both flagged the same flaw: the underside of the plate is uncoated and traps food.

Strengths

— Serious Eats' budget pick out of eight smokeless grills tested, and Reviewed's first choice among open grills after testing nine
— Grate perforation is the mechanism Serious Eats found actually reduces smoke, and this grill has holes between the ridges so fat leaves the element quickly

Watch-outs

— The underside of the grill plate is not coated in the same nonstick finish as the top, so food and oil stick there — a real nuisance if you hand wash
— Serious Eats found the lid clunky to operate

▾Why it's ranked here

Strengths

— Serious Eats' budget pick out of eight smokeless grills tested, and Reviewed's first choice among open grills after testing nine
— Grate perforation is the mechanism Serious Eats found actually reduces smoke, and this grill has holes between the ridges so fat leaves the element quickly

Watch-outs

— The underside of the grill plate is not coated in the same nonstick finish as the top, so food and oil stick there — a real nuisance if you hand wash
— Serious Eats found the lid clunky to operate

$76.77 · Check Price on Amazon Full review →vs. Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101 →

Best for: Cooks who want one permanent countertop machine to cover grilling, griddling and pressed sandwiches, and who will use all three often enough to justify the price and the 19 pounds. Also the pick for anyone who wants a genuinely large indoor cooking surface rather than a two-burger footprint.

Breville BGR820XL The Smart Grill

4.2

1 sourceall derived$349.95

Serious Eats named the Smart Grill her splurge pick after testing eight smokeless grills, and the reason is that it is two appliances. It opens flat into a 260 square inch grill and closes into a panini press, and she rated it equally good at kebabs and at sandwiches. Its 1800W elements sit inside the plates, and sensors catch the temperature drop when a cold steak lands. It is also 19 pounds, needs a second plate bought separately to grill both faces, and costs several times what the winners cost.

Strengths

— The only grill in Serious Eats' eight-model test that works as both an open grill and a contact panini press, and she found it equally good at both
— 1800W elements are embedded inside the plates rather than mounted underneath them, so heat reaches the food more directly

Watch-outs

— By a wide margin the most expensive grill on this page; Serious Eats called it "pretty expensive for an indoor grill"
— At 19.44 pounds it is more than twice the weight of the Zojirushi or Hamilton Beach, and Serious Eats found it "fairly heavy to pull in and out of the cabinet on a regular basis"

▾Why it's ranked here

Strengths

— The only grill in Serious Eats' eight-model test that works as both an open grill and a contact panini press, and she found it equally good at both
— 1800W elements are embedded inside the plates rather than mounted underneath them, so heat reaches the food more directly

Watch-outs

— By a wide margin the most expensive grill on this page; Serious Eats called it "pretty expensive for an indoor grill"
— At 19.44 pounds it is more than twice the weight of the Zojirushi or Hamilton Beach, and Serious Eats found it "fairly heavy to pull in and out of the cabinet on a regular basis"

$349.95 · Check Price on Amazon Full review →vs. Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101 →

Best for: Households that want one machine to grill and air fry and have permanent counter space for it. The air-frying is the stronger half of the appliance, so it makes most sense for people who will use both functions — if you only want grill marks, a dedicated grill does that better and faster.

Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill AG301

4.1

4 sources2 derived$219.99

The AG301 grills by blowing 500°F air down onto a hot grate rather than by heating it from below, and reviewers split on whether that counts. Reviewed tested burgers, chicken, salmon and strip steak and was "very impressed," reporting it "entirely smokeless throughout." Real Homes scored it 4 out of 5 and found very little smoke or cooking smell. Serious Eats, testing eight smokeless grills, concluded it behaved more like an air fryer than a grill and did not produce good grill marks. All three agree it is bulky and slow to preheat.

Strengths

— Three separate testers reported essentially no smoke — Reviewed called it "entirely smokeless throughout" its grilling tests
— 1760 watts driving a 10-by-10-inch ceramic-coated grate, with LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH and MAX settings running 400°F, 450°F, 500°F and up to 510°F

Watch-outs

— Serious Eats disagrees with the other testers outright, finding that on the grill setting "it just didn't provide good grill marks"
— The grate leaves curved grill marks rather than straight lines, and because the lid does not press down it only marks one side at a time

▾Why it's ranked here

Strengths

— Three separate testers reported essentially no smoke — Reviewed called it "entirely smokeless throughout" its grilling tests
— 1760 watts driving a 10-by-10-inch ceramic-coated grate, with LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH and MAX settings running 400°F, 450°F, 500°F and up to 510°F

Watch-outs

— Serious Eats disagrees with the other testers outright, finding that on the grill setting "it just didn't provide good grill marks"
— The grate leaves curved grill marks rather than straight lines, and because the lid does not press down it only marks one side at a time

$219.99 · Check Price on Amazon Full review →vs. Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101 →

Reviews aggregated from

SeriouseatsReviewedRealhomesGirlscangrillGrillseekerThespruceeats

Spec comparison

5 products

Spec	Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101	Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill	Hamilton Beach Searing Grill with Lid Window 25361	Breville BGR820XL The Smart Grill	Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill AG301
Grill Type	Smokeless indoor grill and griddle, interchangeable plates	Open electric indoor grill, no lid	Open electric searing grill with removable lid	Contact grill and open flat grill / griddle	5-in-1 indoor grill, air fryer, roaster, baker and dehydrator
Power	1450W peak	1300W	1500W	1800W, elements embedded in the plates	1760W
Plate Type	14-inch interchangeable nonstick grill plate and flat griddle plate	Titanium and ceramic enhanced dual-layer nonstick, coated both faces	Ceramic nonstick, removable	Removable, PFOA-free nonstick cast aluminium; one grill plate and one griddle plate included	—
Smoke Reduction	Chef-set per-food temperature guidance; perforated mesh lid	Perforated grate over a drip pan on an open, high-airflow base	Perforated grate over drip tray; lid contains smoke	Adjustable plate tilt drains grease off the hot surface	Cyclonic Grilling Technology — 500°F circulating air with a lid-mounted splatter shield
Dishwasher Safe	Mesh lid; plates hand wash recommended	Plastic base and drip tray only; grill plate must be hand washed	Grilling plate, drip tray and lid	Plates and drip tray	Grate, pot, basket and splatter shield
Weight	Under 8 lb	7.7 lb	8 lb	19.44 lb	—
Warranty	1-year limited	1 year	1 year limited	1 year	1 year limited
Model	GR101	EB-CC15	25361 (retail SKU 25361MN)	BGR820XL	AG301
Voltage	120V	120V	120V	110–120V	120V
Temperature Range	—	176–410°F rated (Grillseeker measured over 520°F on the grate)	200–450°F	—	—
Dimensions	—	18.1 W × 12.2 D × 3.2 H in	16.73 W × 12.4 D × 6.81 H in	14 × 16.7 × 5 in	—
Cooking Surface	—	—	118 sq in, serves up to 6	260 sq in when opened flat	—

Spec	Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101	Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill
Grill Type	Smokeless indoor grill and griddle, interchangeable plates	Open electric indoor grill, no lid
Power	1450W peak	1300W
Plate Type	14-inch interchangeable nonstick grill plate and flat griddle plate	Titanium and ceramic enhanced dual-layer nonstick, coated both faces
Smoke Reduction	Chef-set per-food temperature guidance; perforated mesh lid	Perforated grate over a drip pan on an open, high-airflow base
Dishwasher Safe	Mesh lid; plates hand wash recommended	Plastic base and drip tray only; grill plate must be hand washed
Weight	Under 8 lb	7.7 lb
Warranty	1-year limited	1 year
Model	GR101	EB-CC15
Voltage	120V	120V
Temperature Range	—	176–410°F rated (Grillseeker measured over 520°F on the grate)
Dimensions	—	18.1 W × 12.2 D × 3.2 H in
Cooking Surface	—	—

Frequently asked questions

What's the top-rated smokeless indoor grill right now?

Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101 holds the top score for smokeless indoor grills — 4.5/5 averaged from 2 published reviews. The Sizzle is Ninja's dedicated indoor grill rather than a multi-cooker with a grill mode, and that focus shows. Real Homes cooked kielbasa, burgers, crepes, pancakes and eggs on it and reported not seeing smoke once, scoring it 4.5 out of 5; Girls Can Grill got grill marks she compared directly to an outdoor grill. Ninja achieves the low smoke through recommended per-food temperatures rather than hardware, which works but means following the chart. The seven-minute preheat has no alert.

How current is this ranking?

This guide was last re-checked in August 2026. Prices, links, and source ratings are re-verified on a rolling basis, and the ranking updates when the underlying scores change.

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