Gas Barbecues Freestyle 2026 – Napoleon

Freestyle 2026 gas barbecues, Napoleon’s range that makes it easy from minute one and lets you play chef whenever you feel like it, 365 or 425, side burner or SIZZLE ZONE™ and get cooking.

Freestyle 2026 gas barbecues, which size to choose, 365 or 425

If you’re looking for a gas barbecue that’s fast on weekdays and powerful when you’re making Sunday plans, these Freestyle 2026 gas barbecues make it easy. Choose your size depending on space and diners.

Then you decide on the life-changing extra: side burner for stovetop-style cooking or SIZZLE ZONE™ to top it off with steakhouse searing.

Freestyle 2026 gas barbecues, the Napoleon range that makes it easy from minute one and lets you play chef whenever you feel like it, 365 or 425, side burner or SIZZLE ZONE™ and get cooking.

It’s the typical range that starts as your quick Tuesday plan and ends up becoming your official outdoor kitchen: choose 365 or 425 depending on space and hunger, decide whether you prefer the side burner for cooker top cooking or the infrared SIZZLE ZONE™ for steakhouse style finishing, and if you’re into the fancy stuff, the Phantom finish brings the black suit to the party. The idea is simple, Freestyle doesn’t force you to cook one way, it lets you choose the style… and change it when you feel like it.

🔩 The feeling of “serious equipment” from the moment you lift the lid.

Some barbecues feel like a big toy and barbecues that feel like a tool. Freestyle falls into the second category, and that’s evident in one thing you can understand without reading the data sheets – you cook more quietly. Why? Because when a barbecue is stable and distributes heat well, you’re not chasing the fire with your food as if it were a video game. You’re cooking, full stop. You put the meat in, adjust, close the lid, and the machine does its job.

And this is especially important when you go from “fast direct” to “closed lid mode”. That’s where many barbecues lose the plot: they go up and down in temperature, they force you to open every two minutes, and they change the result without warning. Freestyle, on the other hand, is designed to make the experience more predictable. You’re in charge, the barbecue responds. And that feeling is engaging, because cooking this way not only tastes better, it’s also more fun.

🔥 Power with purpose, not bragging rights

Power isn’t here to put big numbers on a chip, it’s here so you can do three things that really matter – preheat fast, maintain stability and finish off with joy. In the real world, this means you arrive, turn on, preheat, and within minutes, you’re cooking in earnest. No “wait… wait… wait… now it’s done… oh, it’s cooled down”.

With the 365, the focus is on agility. It takes up less space, it’s quick to master, and it’s perfect if you cook often and don’t want to set up a logistical operation every time you feel like dining out. With the 425 you gain “margin”, more surface area to work with, more space for cooking by zones, and more facility to do several things at the same time without having to move food around as if it were chips. That leap in surface area is the typical “I didn’t know I needed it until I had it”.

And then there’s the PRO version with infrared, which plays another league at the end of the plate. Because cooking well is not just about the process, it’s about the last minute, that moment when the exterior browns, caramelises, and the dish goes from “yummy” to “oh my gosh”. That’s where well-placed power is worth its weight in gold.

🌡️ The trick that changes everything, closed lid and oven mode outside.

If your goal is “oven-style cooking”, Freestyle makes it easy for you because the lid here is not decoration, it is the heart of the system. With the lid closed, the barbecue becomes an outdoor oven. And that opens up a world that many people don’t take advantage of, roasts that are evenly cooked, large pieces that are done without burning on the outside, vegetable trays that are cooked to perfection, breads that are toasted without drama, gratins, whole fish, even recipes that you would bake at home… but with that outdoor touch that tastes great.

The key is to learn just one thing: indirect cooking. That is, the food doesn’t have a flame right underneath it. Leave one side on and the other side as a cooking zone, close the lid and you’re left with a stable heat chamber. The result? Fewer scares, less drying out, less “it’s overcooked on one side and raw on the other”. And because you’re not opening the lid every two minutes, everything stays more constant. This, for beginners, is the shortcut to better cooking. And for experts, it’s the perfect terrain to play with technique without fighting with the equipment.

🎛️ Easy control to start, fine control to obsess over.

Freestyle has a very commercial virtue, it doesn’t intimidate. You can be a beginner and feel you have it under control quickly, because everything is designed to make ignition and heat setting clear. But if you’re the kind of person who gets itchy about the exact point, it also gives you game, working by zones, cooking by temperatures, repeating results, and turning your barbecue from “something I turn on” to “something I cook with”.

This is where recipes with personality come in, roast chicken with crispy skin that comes out the same every time, ribs that are slow and juicy, vegetables on a tray that stay in the oven, and the classic that anyone who tries it will fall in love with, cooking the meat indirectly with a lid to nail the internal point and then finishing it off with a strong crust. That transition from “I cook” to “I cook well” is what makes people repeat and recommend.

🥩 Two side roads, full kitchen or steakhouse end.

On these Freestyle 2026 gas barbecues, the fun is in choosing your style, full kitchen with side burner or steakhouse end with SIZZLE ZONE™.

If you choose a sideburner, you’re saying, “I want to cook outside like I’m inside,” because while the main grill grills, bakes or works in indirect, the sideburner lets you do the cooking part.

A proper sauce, a reduction, a hot side dish, a pan of mushrooms or a potato casserole, and suddenly your barbecue stops being “a grill” and becomes a full station, with no trips to the kitchen and no missed conversation.

If you choose SIZZLE ZONE™, you’re saying something else, “I want the end that shows”, because infrared is the kicker, it’s not for slow cooking, it’s for searing and crusting with brutal heat.

And here’s the selling point, an infrared burner can reach up to 982°C, 1800°F, enough radiant heat to caramelise and brown almost instantly, which translates into powerful sear marks and more intense flavour.
Also, at that temperature, much of the fat and debris that falls nearby is vaporised on the spot, so the maintenance trick is as simple as leaving it on full power for a few minutes after an intense session.

🖤 Phantom, when you want it to cook well and look great too.

Phantom is not just “black”, it’s attitude. It’s the version that turns your terrace into a kitchen area with presence. And yes, this matters, people buy with their eyes, and if the product looks premium, it is perceived as “serious equipment”. The barbecue goes from being “just another thing” to being the centrepiece of the exterior.

And there is another very human detail, when you have a barbecue that you love to sit there, you use it more. And if you use it more, you cook more. And if you cook more, you improve. It’s a vicious circle, but a good one.

🛡️ Quiet cooking, safety and maintenance without killing the mood.

Without cutting to the chase, but with truth, cooking well is also cooking quietly. The minimum that makes the difference is simple, you check connections from time to time, you preheat properly, you don’t let grease build up to create surprise flare-ups, and you keep the equipment clean just enough to keep it working. This is not posturing, it’s why a barbecue keeps working just as well over time. And when your equipment performs, you enjoy it more.

Besides, there’s a phrase that works very well in sales because it’s 100% true, fewer flare-ups, more flavour. Because when there are no grease fires or flare-ups, the food cooks more evenly, is better controlled, and the result is finer.

🧭 Freestyle comparison table, choose your configuration in 30 seconds