Sure! While pellet grills are also smokers, you don't have to use the smoking function, you can just turn the pellet grill up to its maximum temperature for grilling/searing steaks and burgers etc.

Now, some pellet grills are better 'grills' than others. Some models may only have a maximum temperature setting of 450 degrees, whereas others have a maximum temperature setting of 700 degrees, and there are many models that feature a maximum temperature setting in between.

If grilling/searing foods is your main priority you can use our database through the link below to order the results with grills that have the highest maximum temperature settings. You can also exclude pellet grills that have a maximum temperature setting under a set value, say 500 degrees.