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Best electric barbecue UK

Updated: 23 October 2026

You are looking at six amazon.co.uk listings and trying to decide which electric barbecue is actually evidenced. A 5.0 from one rating can sit above a 4.7 from more than a thousand, and a £29.99 plate can sit at the top of a category page. This page names who each listing is for. It is the best electric barbecue UK pass for these files, written in October 2026 from amazon.co.uk prices, star counts and written-review themes. It is not a lab test. The [electric barbecue comparison](/hub/grills-and-barbecues/electric-barbecue) holds the rows. A qualifying purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are looking at six amazon.co.uk listings and trying to decide which electric barbecue is actually evidenced.

Our top picks

Weber Weber Lumin Compact

Best overall

Weber Weber Lumin Compact
6.4/10about £271.81
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Ninja Ninja OG701UK

Rank 2

Ninja Ninja OG701UK
8.6/10about £259.99
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Weber Weber Lumin

Alternative

Weber Weber Lumin
5.8/10about £307.45
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On this page
  1. 1.What best means in this set
  2. 2.Ninja OG701UK
  3. 3.Weber Lumin and Lumin Compact
  4. 4.The £30 electric barbecues

What best means in this set

Best, here, means a large UK-headed review sample, a clear outdoor description, and fewer empty specification cells. There is no lab score. The Guardian’s June 2026 filter called the OG701UK the best electric in a mixed-fuel test and noted the ongoing cost of pellets. BBC Good Food and Ideal Home use their own benches and prices, and neither includes the £30 tables on the Electric Barbecues node. Those tables do not win a value award. Melt and fire reports are why a low price is not scored as value. One rating cannot carry the same sentence as 1,060. Types and sockets are on the electric barbecue buying guide.

Ninja OG701UK

The Ninja OG701UK is the top pick in this set. It is £259.99 with 4.7 from 1,060 amazon.co.uk ratings, and the 50 written reviews are headed United Kingdom. It is a lidded outdoor grill with seven functions, a pellet box, a UK plug and IPX4, at 12 kg. UK reviews often praise less charcoal mess and the pellet flavour, including one cook in a motorhome on a hook-up. They also mention a plug reset, one unit that tripped the house supply, a smoker that ran hot, and tar to clean. The warranty line says one year, while a bullet says two years after registration. Watts are not on the technical table, so do not paste a press wattage into the row. Skip it if you need that figure printed, or if you wanted a plate under £40.
Weber Weber Lumin Compact

Testsieger

Weber Weber Lumin Compact
6.4/10about £271.81
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Weber Lumin and Lumin Compact

The Weber Lumin Compact is £271.81 with 5.0 from one amazon.co.uk rating. That review likes the short heat-up and accepts less charcoal flavour. The listing says outdoor, 2,300 W, over 315°C and 11.8 kg. Smoke, steam, keep-warm and defrost need accessories sold separately, so wood smoke is not in the box the way the Ninja’s pellet starter is. The cooking-area field says 43 cm² while the title says 43 × 32 cm. Those two figures cannot both be the grate. The larger Weber Lumin, model 92010974, is £307.45 with no star rating and no written review. It states 2,200 W, 230 V and up to 315°C, at 16.5 kg. Both dimension lines print a height of 150 cm, shown as printed, not corrected. Buy a Weber if you want cast-iron grates and a stated wattage, and you will judge the seller with almost no amazon.co.uk reviews.

The £30 electric barbecues

The Mihoho is £37.99 with 4.0 from 41 ratings, and it was rank 1 in Electric Barbecues in this file. UK reviews say it died after one use, caught fire from oil on the element, or burnt a worktop. Rank does not make it the pick. The Gobanwei is £39.98 with 3.4 from five ratings. Recommended uses say indoor while the title says indoor and outdoor, and five ratings are too few to treat the stars as a result. The Luqixcey is £29.99. The low price is real. The failure reports are why it is not the best value. If you still buy a table, the how to use an electric barbecue page is the water tray, not a second ranking.

Common questions

Is the Ninja the best electric barbecue in this set?
In this set, yes, on review volume, not on a lab test. It is the wrong answer if you expected a smokeless grill. The pellet box is there to make smoke. Press pieces that also like it used different prices from the £259.99 in this file.
Is the Weber Lumin Compact better for searing?
The heat line is a searing-shaped specification. One amazon.co.uk review cannot prove an edge over the Ninja. Ideal Home’s preference for the Lumin as a more serious grill is their test, not this file’s score.
Can I trust 5.0 from one review?
A 5.0 from one rating means one person marked five stars. It does not mean the Compact is better than a 4.7 from 1,060 ratings. The Lumin has no review line, so a missing average is not a hidden five.
What is wrong with the £29.99 grill?
UK reviews describe melted feet and handles, a burning-plastic smell, and units that failed after a few uses or arrived looking repaired. One review ties flames to oil on a dry element. The price is the lowest in the set. Those reports are why it gets no value award.
Are the two YZ-06 listings different products?
The Gobanwei and the Luqixcey both use YZ-06, at £39.98 and £29.99, with five and 40 ratings. Treat them as related plates with separate files, not as two designs you have verified as distinct. The Gobanwei prints both 2,000 W and 1,800 W.
Why is the Weber dearer on weber.com than on amazon.co.uk?
Weber’s UK page has listed model 92010974 at £579. This amazon.co.uk file shows £307.45 for the Lumin and £271.81 for the Compact. Those are different channels, not a promise the Amazon price will hold. The £307.45 listing has no review line.

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Sources

Public UK sources used for this comparison. Listing prices, stars and review counts are the amazon.co.uk figures for these ASINs. Retrieved 22 October 2026.

  1. Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  2. GOV.UK: Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016, Great Britain (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  3. IEC 60335-2-78:2021, outdoor barbecues (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  4. Ninja OG701UK instructions (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  5. SharkNinja UK: OG701UK tech specs (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  6. Weber UK: Lumin electric barbecue 92010974 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  7. London Fire Brigade: barbecue safety (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  8. Electrical Safety First: regulation 411.3.3 (retrieved 22 October 2026)