--- title: "2018 DCS Alfresco Grill Review: Don't Chase BTU's" description: Senor Smoke from Curto's Appliances & Grills breaks down the BTU nonsense and explains why you should not chase these numbers when purchasing a new grill. image: https://blog.rofgrills.com/hubfs/bh136Rn_DCS.jpg --- - [CONTACT](https://rofgrills.com/contact/) - [(914) 215-1436](tel:9142151436) - - - - Open Close ![ROF-logo-new](https://blog.rofgrills.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ROF-logo-new.png?width=120&height=110&name=ROF-logo-new.png "ROF-logo-new") - [HOME](https://www.rofgrills.com/) - [ABOUT US](https://www.rofgrills.com/about/) - [OUR WORK](https://www.rofgrills.com/our-work/) - [BBQ Supplies](https://www.rofgrills.com/bbq-products/) - [Outdoor Kitchens 101](https://www.rofgrills.com/outdoor-kitchens-101/) - [Blog](https://blog.rofgrills.com/) - Visit Our Showroom - 1968 Central Park Ave. Yonkers, NY 10710 - [(914) 215-1436](tel:9142151436) - [questions@rofgrills.com](mailto:%20questions@rofgrills.com) - MON – TH : 9am – 6pm FRI – SAT : 9am – 5pm SUN :          12pm – 4pm ![ROF-logo-new](https://blog.rofgrills.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ROF-logo-new.png?width=120&height=110&name=ROF-logo-new.png "ROF-logo-new") Open Close - [HOME](https://www.rofgrills.com/) - [ABOUT US](https://www.rofgrills.com/about/) - [OUR WORK](https://www.rofgrills.com/our-work/) - [BBQ Supplies](https://www.rofgrills.com/bbq-products/) - [Outdoor Kitchens 101](https://www.rofgrills.com/outdoor-kitchens-101/) - [Blog](https://blog.rofgrills.com/) - Visit Our Showroom - 1968 Central Park Ave. Yonkers, NY 10710 - [(914) 215-1436](tel:9142151436) - [questions@rofgrills.com](mailto:%20questions@rofgrills.com) - MON – TH : 9am – 6pm FRI – SAT : 9am – 5pm SUN :          12pm – 4pm - - - - Open Close # [2018 DCS Alfresco Grill Review: Don't Chase BTU's](https://blog.rofgrills.com/2018-dcs-alfresco-grill-review-dont-chase-btus) Written by [Senor Smoke](https://blog.rofgrills.com/author/senor-smoke) on 03.04.18 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Senor Smoke from Curto's Appliances & Grills breaks down the heat on the DCS and Alfresco grills. [![Free Nationwide DCS Shipping in our 70th Anniversary Sale!](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4211358/8495983e-706d-40be-9540-c1fe68ab3bbc.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4211358/8495983e-706d-40be-9540-c1fe68ab3bbc) About 10 years ago, the appliance industry decided to follow the car business by throwing lots of numbers at shoppers. CFMs. BTUs. RPMs. Wash cycle times. Decibels. Sones. The list goes on and on and it's particulalry relevant in the grill business. I assume that the grill manufacturers believe that the purchase of a grill is typically handled by a male, so they started to tout BTU's burner output as if they were pitching a muscle car's ability to go 0-60 in a short period of time.  I'm here to tell you not to fall for that nonsense.  I have two grills in my burn pit right now, a [DCS](https://www.curtos.com/), rated at 25,000 btu's per burner, and an [Alfresco](https://www.curtos.com/en/cp-1667-Alfresco) rated at 28,500 btus. When you light them up, there is no comparison in terms of who is giving off more heat. The DCS, going back to the muscle car analaogy, is quite simply the [Ford Torino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Torino) of the grill world! The below video will take a more in depth look at the heat output of the DCS BH136RN grill versus the Alfresco ALXE series of grills. 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