Fancy a perfectly pressed panini, complete with griddle lines, at the touch of a button? Mmm, melty cheese… How about a delicious juicy burger, cooked just the way you like it, or a seared steak? Sage’s The BBQ & Press Grill gives you all of these at the touch of a button, and that’s just the start of its powers. With two reversible flat/griddle plates, each with an independent temperature control, two modes – panini press and open barbecue – and three one-touch presets, this versatile machine puts precision grilling at your fingertips.

Safety: Pizzas require incredibly high temperatures to cook so we looked for excellent insulation and safety features to make using the pizza oven easy to use. Sage are expert at designing kitchen appliances with cleverly integrated functions to take the stress out of cooking. Their range of smart appliances, which includes kettles, toasters, and blenders, through to their ice cream maker and microwaves, has been exactingly considered to give you perfect results every time, all at the push of a button. Whether it’s prepping, boiling, whisking, whipping, grilling, cooking and baking, thanks to Sage, cooking has never been so easy. Although most manufacturers say you can cook using little or no oil, if you cook with no oil, you will almost certainly be removing dried on food from the plates. Even when using a small amount of oil (you can either add it to the grill plate or directly to the food), you will still need to remove some food residue. All the grills we tested are easy to clean using soapy water and a cloth. Some of the more expensive models have detachable grill plates and accessories that you can soak in the sink or dishwasher. Offering various height and angle adjustments, the Sage Smart Grill Pro can accommodate a number of different foodstuffs. In addition, it opens out a full 180 degrees for use as an electric barbecue. Of the two grill plates, one is flat and the other ridged, and the position of both – bottom or top – is interchangeable.The no-squish adjustable height of the hinge ensures there’s just the right amount of weight on your food, so you always get perfect paninis and toasties that are nice and crisp on the outside yet still fluffy and soft inside – no contents spilling out of the sides or squashed-flat sarnies. You can grill croissants without flattening them, or keep quesadillas unscathed as they heat. Hinged press/grill – with no-squish adjustable height settings; 3 one-touch presets for Panini, Burger and Steak; independent heating dials for top and bottom plates, and brushed stainless steel finish.

If you’re a foodie, we’d recommend the Cobb Premier barbecue – and if you’re a foodie for whom money is no object then the Big Green Egg MiniMax is an even better option. And if you’re simply after a good, techie barbecue then you should consider the fan-assisted Lotus Grill. Verdict The electronic temperature control allows you to be charged, allowing you to adjust the heat of the high-quality ceramic plates separately to make sure that whatever you are cooking can be cooked evenly and to your liking. You can also adjust the angle of the plates allowing you to make sure that you have a perfectly flat, even covering of your decided food. Specifications

That said, once we’d figured out which modes worked best for our preference, the results tasted great and were very consistent. Storage: consider the space you have available. The smallest pizza ovens we've tested are the BBQ-top models, which thanks to their small, boxy size, can easily be stored in a garage, shed or even inside somewhere. A number of the models on this list have easy foldaway legs, meaning they too will take up very little room when not in use. Some of the larger models we've tested will need to be kept outside in all weathers, in this case, a cover is an absolute must. The Sage is fairly sizeable: like a George Foreman grill or a Panini press, but significantly bigger. So we imagine most folk’s first thoughts will concern where to store it.