“DNKMOR portable small charcoal with wood handle on the top of the smoker. It is easy to carry and take away, perfect for camping, beach, picnics, or barbecue party at least 3-4 people at a time”
“Made of solid metal and premium chrome wire mesh, which is heat and scratch resistant, ensures that the grill won’t rust and be easy to clean”
“The top of the lid with an chinmey for ventilation, DNKMOR mini charcoal grill also include one theremometer on the grill… Inside of the grill, there is one piece chrome cooking grid and one pc charcoal pan”
“There is a detail instruction in the package, assemble step by step… (Requires basic tools that’s not included in the packaging)”
“Friendly customer service… will reply in 12hours”
A lid, a chimney and a gauge at three kilograms
That combination is what this grill has over the cheaper ones here.
The Minxchen at $21.99 and the Zarkind at $39.90 have no lid at all, so they are braziers: direct heat only.
The grills that do have a lid, a chimney and a thermometer are this one at 6.5 lb (2.9 kg), the Feasto at 26.0 lb (11.8 kg) and the Oklahoma Joe’s at 48.5 lb (22.0 kg).
So at forty-four dollars and three kilograms, this is the cheapest and lightest way onto the indirect-cooking side of this shelf.
How far the smoking claim goes
As far as the controls allow, which is a short cook.
What indirect cooking needs is a lid to trap the heat, an exhaust to draw it through, a gauge to read it and an intake to throttle the fire. This has the first three. It names a chimney in the lid and nothing on the body.
A fire with no adjustable intake is hard to hold low for hours — it burns at whatever rate the air leaking in allows.
It also has a fixed charcoal pan, where three grills on this shelf move the fire: the Royal Gourmet with 3-level fire grates, the Feasto between two layers, the Oklahoma Joe’s with a height-adjustable tray. On a small grill that is the main heat control, because there is no room to build a two-zone fire.
Expect an hour or two of useful smoke. Not an afternoon of ribs.
The wood handle
A detail you use every cook.
A lid handle sits directly above the fire in rising heat, and bare steel on a small lid gets hot enough to need a glove — which means either fetching one or not checking the food.
Wood conducts far more slowly. DNKMOR specifies it. Oklahoma Joe’s uses a rubber grip that “stays cool to the touch”. The Feasto wraps three handles in silicone and calls them anti-scalding. Cuisinart says nothing about handles at all.
The sentence that earns some trust
Requires basic tools that’s not included in the packaging.
The only such admission on this shelf. The Zarkind and Minxchen claim tool-free assembly; the Cuisinarts, Feasto, Royal Gourmet and Oklahoma Joe’s say nothing either way.
In practice “basic tools” on a grill like this means a Phillips screwdriver and pliers or a small wrench for the leg and handle bolts. Twenty minutes.
What is not published
No cooking area, where five grills here publish one — from 196 sq in to 265.5 of actual grilling surface. “At least 3-4 people” is the only guide.
No vent count. No thermometer range.Warranty in the table only. The Amazon.com table lists: 1 Year Manufacturer’s Warranty.
Availability
On sale at about $44 on Amazon.com when we read the listing on October 31, 2026.
Price and availability were read on Amazon.com on October 31, 2026; both move.
Prices quoted in this text are dated readings and can differ from the live price in the buy box.
What we rate, and what we do not
Strengths
A lid, a chimney and a thermometer at 6.5 lb (2.9 kg) — the lightest grill here with all three
A wood top handle rather than bare metal, which is the handle you grab while it is hot
The only listing on this shelf honest enough to say the tools are not in the box
Compromises
Publishes no cooking area, where five grills on this shelf do
A fixed charcoal pan, so the only heat control is the chimney
No vent count and no warranty in the bullets, and the thermometer is named without a range
Specifications
Weight
6.5 lb (2.9 kg)
Dimensions
11 × 21.3 × 10.6 in (279 × 541 × 269 mm)
Lid
Yes, with a chimney for ventilation
Thermometer
Fitted to the grill
Cooking grid
One piece, chrome
Charcoal pan
One piece
Material
Solid metal with premium chrome wire mesh, stated heat and scratch resistant
Handle
Wood, on the top of the smoker
Stated capacity
At least 3 to 4 people at a time
Assembly
Required, with step-by-step instructions — and basic tools that are NOT in the package
Support
A reply within 12 hours is stated
Cooking area
Not published by the maker
Charcoal tray height
Fixed — not adjustable
Vent count
Not published — only the chimney is named
Warranty
1 Year Manufacturer's Warranty, in the Amazon.com table; not in the bullets
Amazon reference
B0BRWSNYSF
EAN
0753165212183
The questions that come in
Can it really smoke?
It has the right parts for a short smoke and not for a long one. What it brings is a lid, a chimney in that lid and a thermometer on the body — which is the minimum set for indirect cooking: close the lid, let the chimney draw, and read the gauge. At 6.5 lb (2.9 kg) it is the lightest grill on this shelf to offer all three; the Feasto and Oklahoma Joe’s do too, at 11.8 and 22 kg (48.5 lb). What it lacks is a height-adjustable charcoal pan, which three grills here have, and any published vent on the body — so the only control is the chimney at the top. A fire with no adjustable intake is hard to hold low for hours. Expect a usable hour or two of smoke, not an afternoon of ribs.
What tools do I need?
The listing does not say which, only that you will need them and that they are not included: "Requires basic tools that’s not included in the packaging." That is the only such admission on this shelf, and it is worth crediting — the Zarkind and Minxchen claim tool-free assembly, the Cuisinarts, Feasto, Royal Gourmet and Oklahoma Joe’s say nothing either way. For a grill of this type "basic tools" almost always means a Phillips screwdriver and an adjustable wrench or pliers for the leg and handle bolts. Budget twenty minutes. The listing does promise step-by-step instructions in the package and support within twelve hours, which is more than most here offer.
Why does a wood handle matter?
Because it is the handle you reach for while the grill is hot. A charcoal grill’s lid handle sits directly above the fire in rising heat, and a bare metal handle on a small lid gets hot enough to need a glove — which means you either fetch one or you do not check the food. DNKMOR specifies "wood handle on the top of the smoker", which conducts heat far more slowly than steel. Three other grills on this shelf address the same thing in different ways: Cuisinart has no stated handle treatment, Oklahoma Joe’s has a "lid handle with rubber grip stays cool to the touch", and the Feasto wraps three handles in silicone, calling them anti-scalding. On a small grill it is a detail you use at every cook.
Our score
8.1/ 10
Forty-four dollars for a lidded tabletop smoker with a chimney and a thermometer at under three kilograms — and the only listing here that admits it needs tools you do not get in the box.
This one against the other cookware and knives
Close prices, same category: comparable cookware and knives. We keep only the specifications all of them publish, because a column with gaps compares nothing.
Model
Price
Thermometer
Cooking area
Warranty
DNKMOR A-09
$44
Fitted to the grill
Not published by the maker
1 Year Manufacturer's Warranty, in the Amazon.com table; not in the bullets
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for cookware and kitchen knives and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
218 sq in tabletop charcoal grill in heavy-duty steel with thick cast iron grates, a height-adjustable charcoal tray, a professional temperature gauge with glow-in-the-dark accents, a rubber-gripped lid handle, a full-size removable ash pan and a 2-year warranty
The only grill here with a warranty — two years on all parts — plus cast iron grates and a glowing gauge.
Best for: A grill that travels by car and is kept for years — the only one here with a warranty behind it
14 in portable charcoal kettle with a 196 sq in chrome-plated grate, dual adjustable vents, three lid locks for transport, an enamel-coated firebox and an ash base, at a stated 4 lb
The 14-inch Cuisinart kettle under a second reference — same price, same specification, a different catalog weight.
Best for: The same job as its twin — buy whichever of the two references is cheaper on the day
354 sq in tabletop charcoal grill comprising 265.5 sq in of grilling and 88 sq in of warming area, with cast iron grates, a two-level charcoal tray, a mechanical thermometer, a damper and chimney, heavy-gauge powder-coated steel and three silicone-wrapped handles
The only grill here to separate grilling from warming area: 265.5 square inches of fire and 88 above it.
Best for: The largest real cooking surface on this shelf, with a gauge and a warming tier
