Kalamazoo Echo vs. Lynx: The Versus Episode That Started With a Fight

This one started with Retail Council feedback that Jon didn't agree with. So instead of just saying so, he and Anthony built an episode around it. The matchup: Kalamazoo Echo vs. Lynx gas grill. Lynx has a legitimate floor reputation — salespeople are comfortable with it, customers know the brand, and there are real reasons it holds the default position in the high-end outdoor grill conversation. But the Kalamazoo Echo is a different kind of product, and the standard way of comparing grills — BTUs, spec sheet versus spec sheet — doesn't just fall short here. It actively misleads. Jon and Anthony get into construction, cleaning, and everything that happens between cooks (because every grill cooks — it's the rust, the degradation, the 20-minute post-cook maintenance that actually separates them). They cover what to ask a customer who's already been through a few grills. They get into why the spec sheet comparison skews in the wrong direction. And they cover the fully optioned Echo, which goes somewhere in price that Jon describes as a place where essentially no one lives. Then Jon picks a winner. New episodes every weekday. Rate and subscribe wherever you listen.