Monument Grills Eminence 605: Massive Capacity and Serious Heat, But Short on Smart Features

The Eminence 605 is a massive grill, measuring 47.9 by 63.4 by 24.4 inches (HWD) and weighing in at 175 pounds, though not quite as tall and heavy as the Masterbuilt Gravity Series 1150 Charcoal Grill and Smoker ($1,099.99), which measures 52 by 58 by 32 inches and weighs 262 pounds.

The grill has a stainless steel finish, cast aluminum side panels, and four lockable casters, making it easy to move from place to place. Under the lid are four stainless steel grates, six infrared burners and stainless heat diffusers, and a stainless steel upper rack. This is considered a six-burner grill, but it actually has an additional ceramic rear burner for rotisserie cooking, as well as a left-side burner for searing and pan cooking.

There are seven temperature knobs spread across the front of the grill, one for each main burner and one for the rear burner. There’s a push-button ignitor on the left side and a power button for the digital display on the right. The grill comes with a rotisserie kit that includes a spit, two spikes, and a motorized turner that attaches to the right side of the cooking chamber. It also comes with a cover to protect it from the elements.

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The 89,000-BTU Eminence 605 can reach temperatures up to 850 degrees Fahrenheit, and it heats up quickly. It can hit 700 degrees in five minutes, 800 degrees in 10 minutes, and 850 degrees in 15 minutes. The main cooking chamber offers 640 square inches of cooking space, plus an additional 220 square inches on the upper rack, for a total of 860 square inches. In comparison, the Weber Genesis EPX-335 offers 787 square inches of cooking space.

The right-side shelf holds a 7-by-2.7-inch color digital control panel that displays the current temperature, preheating status, temperature readings for two probes, the fuel tank level, and Bluetooth connectivity status. Here you’ll find two probe ports, a USB-C port for powering the grill with an external power supply such as a mobile power bank, and four control buttons, including a light button, plus and minus buttons, and a setup button.

The light button activates the temperature-sensing feature, which illuminates each active control knob with a temperature-specific color. The active knobs will glow blue when the cooking chamber temperature is below 200 degrees, cyan between 200 and 300 degrees, green between 300 and 400 degrees, yellow between 400 and 500 degrees, or orange between 500 and 600 degrees. Red lights indicate temperatures greater than 600 degrees. You can also use the light button to have the knob lights cycle through each color, or set them to Multi-Color Rainbow mode, which displays all six colors in a circular rainbow sequence.

The plus and minus buttons are used to set the target temperature for the probes, but there’s no way to set a target cooking chamber temperature like you can with the Weber EXP-335. Tap the Setup button to choose a meat probe and to toggle between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature units.

The lower cabinet has side-by-side doors on the front and a fold-down panel on the rear for removing the large grease tray. A smaller grease tray slides into a bracket mounted to the bottom of the larger tray. The cabinet measures 22 by 36 by 22 inches (HWD) and contains a propane tank scale, a gas regulator, and a wire storage shelf. Both side shelves contain hooks for hanging cooking utensils such as spatulas and cleaning brushes.

The Eminence 605 uses Bluetooth to connect to the Monument mobile app (available for Android and iOS), from which you can monitor the cooking temperature, set probe temperatures, and set a timer. However, you can’t set a target temperature here, nor can you configure light settings. There’s a recipe button that takes you to a database containing 50 recipe ideas for burgers, vegetables, chicken, and other dishes, but you can’t send them to the grill for programming. Moreover, I found it odd that a grill with a rotisserie kit includes a recipe for rotisserie chicken that tells you to buy one from the grocery store and use the grill to heat up bread as an accompaniment.

Tap the temperature reading to view a temperature curve graph of your current cooking session. When you tap a probe icon, you can use a slider to manually set the target temperature or select a preset for beef, veal, lamb, chicken, hamburger, fish, or poultry. Each protein category has temperature settings for a specific doneness. When you tap the gear icon in the upper-right corner, it opens a screen where you can update the firmware, view the user manual, and select a temperature unit.

When you’re ready to assemble the Eminence 605, give yourself the better part of a day to complete the job, and make sure you have an extra set of hands when it comes time to attach the cooking chamber to the stand. You can follow the manual, but I strongly suggest watching the installation video as well, as it offers explicit instructions for each step. There are more than 100 parts, screws, and other hardware items to deal with, but most of these pieces are arranged in a blister pack with labeling that corresponds to the instructions, eliminating any guesswork. In all, I needed a little less than six hours to complete the job.

One minor gripe: The company attached product highlight stickers to the hood and the right-side shelf using glue that was difficult to remove without using an adhesive remover. After spending nearly six hours putting this grill together, the last thing I wanted to do was spend another 10 to 15 minutes trying to remove the adhesive without scratching the finish, which is exactly what happened. A couple of pieces of tape would have been sufficient and much easier to remove.

With the grill fully assembled and the propane tank installed, I fired up all six burners to high heat, pressed the ignitor, and closed the lid for five minutes to burn off any foreign matter. I downloaded the mobile app, created an account, and tapped Add Device, at which point the grill was recognized. I tapped the grill entry, gave it a name, and was ready to cook.

First up was a couple of thick rib-eye steaks. I used the side burner to sear the steaks for two minutes on each side, then grilled them over medium-high heat for two minutes on each side. Off to the side, I grilled lightly salted and peppered asparagus over medium heat for about five minutes, flipping frequently. Both dishes came out perfectly cooked, and the steaks showed nice criss-cross grill marks.

Next up was a rotisserie chicken. Since the recipe database did not offer a real rotisserie recipe, I followed the recipe that I used with the Kamado Joe Konnected Joe Digital Charcoal Grill and Smoker ($1,999). I rubbed a four-pound bird with salt and pepper, staked it to the rotisserie spit, and turned on the rear burner and two middle burners to just over halfway. When the temperature read 350 degrees, I attached the spit to the motorized turner, inserted a probe, and set the probe target temperature to 165 degrees. I let the chicken spin until the target temperature was reached (around 90 minutes) and was rewarded with a chicken that was crispy on the outside and moist on the inside.