Blackstone’s Latest Backyard Cooking Innovation Is Pure Genius (also Madness)

I can’t believe nobody has come up with this before, especially considering how well burgers and fries go together.

Blackstone Iron Forged Griddle Airfryer Combo closeup

Published June 19, 2025

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Updated June 19, 2025

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Just recently, some famous chefs settled the backyard burger debate once and for all: griddles are the superior way to cook your patties. That bodes well for Blackstone, the leading brand in outdoor griddles (also known as flat-top grills).

And what goes best with a burger? Well, if any of the myriad multi-million (or multi-billion) dollar fast food chains are any indication, it’s fries. Sadly, it’s a lot harder to make that combo work in the comfort of your backyard.

Or it was, until Blackstone launched the Iron Forged Griddle Airfryer Combo. To some, it’ll seem like genius. To others, blasphemy. But there’s no denying this could change the outdoor cooking game forever.

Blackstone Iron Forged Griddle Airfryer Combo in backyard — By making use of otherwise unused space, this griddle air fryer combo kicks the backyard cooking game up a notch.

Combo meal

It’s important to note that, first and foremost, this is still a Blackstone griddle. The brand would be foolish to compromise its greatest strength for what amounts to a novel, potentially gauche add-on.

As such, this flat-top boasts a large 36-inch cooking area heated by four individual burners. Furthermore, all four burners are individually controlled with their own temperature dials (with built-in igniters).

Blackstone Iron Forged Griddle Airfryer Combo dial closeup — All four burners have their own dial control and push-button ignition, so you can use as much (or as little) griddle surface area as you need.

This way, you can use as much or as little of that flat-top cooking area as you need. You can also create precision cooking areas to grill foods at different temperatures more effectively.

To mate with that griddle surface, the device also sports dual trays on the side (one of which telescopes) for all your storage and resting needs. Better still, they’re equipped with tool hooks and modular rails, so you’ll never be caught wondering where your spatula is.

Blackstone Iron Forged Griddle Airfryer Combo telescoping tray — The griddle has a telescoping tray (with tool hooks) on the side for more cooking and storage space.

Order up

Users will find the new additions — dual 4-quart air fryer drawers — below the griddle surface and its control panel. The size of each drawer is about the middle ground between countertop air fryers, which run as small as 1.6 quarts, and more industrial- or family-sized ones, in the 10-quart range.

That’s more than enough cooking space to make an appropriate amount of French fries for a whole family’s worth of burgers … and then some. But if you think you’ll need even more room, Blackstone has that covered, too.

This griddle isn’t exclusively useful for burgers and fries. You can make a myriad of different meals using this griddle-and-fryer combo.

There’s a third basket beside the dual air fryers, also 4.0 quarts, that’s a warming drawer. That means you can crisp up some fries and keep them nice and hot, making space to fry even more while you wait for the burgers to finish.

But here’s the real kicker: this griddle isn’t exclusively useful for burgers and fries. You can make a myriad of different meals using this griddle-and-fryer combo, including steaks and fried onions, fried pork tenderloin with grilled veggies, flat-top pancakes and fried bacon … the list just goes on and on.

Editor’s note: The air fryers, controlled with a single temperature dial (with electronic ignition), appear to utilize the same propane as the rest of the griddle, although the brand does not specify how they function.

Blackstone Iron Forged Griddle Airfryer Combo air fryer tray closeup — This griddle has two integrated 4-quart air fryer baskets alongside one warming drawer.

Pricing and availability

The Blackstone Iron Forged Griddle Airfryer Combo is now available from the brand’s site for $999, which is surprisingly affordable, considering some of the brand’s other dedicated griddles (albeit high-end ones) cost twice that.