American Made Grills Encore 54" Hybrid Freestanding Cart Grill ENC54 + CART-AMG54 - 8 Burners, 176,000 BTUs, Gas, Charcoal and Wood

American Made Grills Encore 54" Hybrid Freestanding Cart Grill

The American Made Grills Encore 54" Hybrid Freestanding Cart Grill (ENC54 + CART-AMG54) is a true multi-fuel grill on a rolling stainless base: it runs on gas, on charcoal or hardwood, or on both at once, with no island to build. Grill head and cart are both built, factory tested, and serviced in the USA, in #304 stainless steel and finished to match, so the pair reads as one piece of outdoor furniture rather than a grill head dropped onto a stand. See how it lines up against the rest of our cart grills.

Power comes from 8 main burners rated at 22,000 BTU each, for 176,000 BTUs total. The burners are formed from 14-gauge #304 stainless steel and protected by 12-gauge #304 burner covers. Heat zone separators hold genuinely distinct temperature zones across the grate, and reversible 9-gauge V-shaped cooking grates flip between a flat searing face and classic V-channel grilling.

The patented 14-gauge hybrid fuel trays are the heart of the system. They sit directly above the gas burners, so you use the burners to light charcoal briquettes, lump charcoal, or wood chunks — then cook over live coals with gas assist, or shut the gas off entirely. A 16-gauge double-lined hood with spring assist, full-width #304 handle, and adjustable hood vents give you the airflow control that solid-fuel cooking actually needs.

The CART-AMG54 base is built for this grill specifically, and it carries something the gas carts do not need: a large storage drawer divided by stainless steel fuel partitions, sized to keep charcoal and hardwood dry and separated by type. Above it sit two accessory drawers on soft-close hardware and a dedicated pullout for the propane tank. A folding side shelf, cutting board, cart handle and towel holder give you the working surface a built-in normally borrows from the island, and ventilation through the sides, rear and base keeps heat from collecting under a running grill — not a comfort feature, but a real safety consideration on propane.

Fifty-four inches is a commercial-scale cooking surface in a residential grill. Eight burners and 1,687 square inches means you can run charcoal across half the grate and still have a full 27-inch gas grill on the other side. On a cart, treat that scale as semi-permanent: it rolls, and the locking casters hold it firmly once positioned, but a 54-inch hybrid head on a full stainless cart is not something you reposition casually. Measure gate widths and delivery paths before it arrives.

The Encore face is the quiet one in the Hybrid lineup — a flat, uninterrupted front panel and full-width handle with no ornamentation. With 1,687 square inches of total cooking surface, interior halogen cooking lights, LED-illuminated knobs, flame thrower ignition, a rotisserie back burner with built-in spit storage, and an easy-clean drip pan with drain system, the Encore 54" is built for real entertaining — and on the cart it is ready to cook the day it lands, with no masonry, no gas line trench and no cutout to plan around. The cart arrives fully assembled. Every unit is built, factory tested and serviced in Long Island, New York, tested to ANSI Z21.58 / CGA 1.6, and backed by the American Made Grills Gold Standard warranty with 100% non-prorated replacement parts.

Key Features

• Built, factory tested and serviced in the USA
• Premium #304 stainless steel construction, grill head and cart
• 8 x 22,000 BTU main burners — 176,000 BTUs total
• Hybrid solid-fuel capability — charcoal, lump, hardwood or gas
• Patented 14-gauge #304 fuel trays
• 16-gauge double-lined hood with spring assist and adjustable vents
• Reversible 9-gauge V-shaped cooking grates
• Heat zone separators for true multi-zone cooking
• 12-gauge #304 burner covers
• Interior halogen cooking lights plus LED lights over each knob
• Flame thrower ignition — no batteries required
• Rotisserie back burner with built-in spit storage
• Easy-clean drip pan with drain system
• 1,687 sq in total cooking surface
• Locking and non-locking caster wheels
• Large cart storage drawer with stainless steel fuel dividers for charcoal and wood
• Two additional soft-close accessory drawers
• Propane tank pullout drawer
• Folding side shelf, cutting board, cart handle and towel holder
• Side, rear and bottom cart ventilation
• Cart arrives fully assembled
• Tested to ANSI Z21.58 / CGA 1.6
• Gold Standard warranty — replacement parts 100% non-prorated

Specifications

Included With Every Encore 54" Cart Grill

• CART-AMG54 freestanding stainless steel cart
• Deluxe vinyl grill head cover
• 100 lb. capacity rotisserie kit
• Stainless steel griddle plate
• Drop-in infrared sear burner
• Grate lifting tools
• Leather glove set
• Fuel kit (wood + charcoal)
• Cleaning care kit