Thrill to Grill slot
Thrill to Grill is a summer barbecue slot from NetEnt, released in 2023 on 5 reels, 5 rows and 3,125 ways. Its defining feature is the Collection Feature, which turns the 3x3 block in the middle of the grid into a collection area for one randomly chosen Grill symbol. In the free spins that area never switches off, and every Grill symbol caught there puts the spin counter back to three.
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Thrill to Grill: key facts
| Studio | NetEnt |
|---|---|
| Reels and ways | 5 reels, 5 rows, 3,125 ways |
| Top payout | Steak: 10x stake for five of a kind |
| Paying symbols | Card ranks 9, 10, J, Q, K and A (0.75x to 1.25x stake for five), then broccoli, aubergine, corn, ribs and steak (2.5x to 10x stake for five) |
| Collection Feature | Can start at random on any base-game spin and is always active in Free Spins; a 3x3 collection area in the centre becomes active and a random Grill symbol is chosen for the feature’s duration |
| Re-spin | Five or more Grill symbols in the collection area in the base game award a re-spin, which ends the feature |
| Free Spins | Five or more scatters award 3 free spins; each Grill symbol that lands in the collection area resets the count to 3 |
| Expand Symbol | Can land above or below the collection area and adds that position to it for the rest of Free Spins |
| Slap Feature | Absorbs the Grill symbols in the collection area and becomes one Grill symbol with a multiplier based on the number absorbed, plus any multipliers those symbols already carried |
| Extra Spin Symbol | Raises the maximum free spins count from 3 to 4 for the rest of the round |
| Bonus buy | Not offered in Great Britain |
| Autoplay and turbo | Not available at sites licensed in Great Britain; UK rules require at least 2.5 seconds between the start of one game cycle and the next |
| Stakes | From 20p a spin in the studio’s range. UK rules cap online slot stakes at £5 a spin, or £2 if you are 18 to 24 |
| RTP | Shown in the game’s information panel |
| Series | Stand-alone |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
How Thrill to Grill plays
NetEnt bills the game as a sizzling summer adventure, and its paying symbols come straight off the barbecue. The card ranks 9 to A make up the low end. Above them, in rising order, are broccoli, aubergine, corn, ribs and a steak, which is the most valuable regular symbol.
There are no fixed lines: the 5x5 grid is played with 3,125 ways. Five or more scatter symbols open the free spins. NetEnt’s rules list the scatter with the Grill, Expand, Slap and Extra Spin symbols as the game’s special symbols, and the last three belong to the free spins alone. Outside the bonus, the base game’s helper is the Collection Feature, which can switch on at random during any spin.
Thrill to Grill: 5 reels, 5 rows, 3,125 ways. The example shows 243 ways on a 5 × 3 grid.
The Collection Feature
When the Collection Feature starts, the 3x3 block at the centre of the grid lights up as a collection area and the game picks one symbol at random to be the Grill symbol. That choice holds for as long as the feature lasts, and Grill symbols landing inside the area are what it collects. In the base game the target is five: once five or more of them are in the area, a re-spin is awarded, and that re-spin closes the feature.
Free spins and the reset counter
Five or more scatters award only 3 free spins, but the count is not a simple countdown. The Collection Feature stays active for the whole round, and each time a Grill symbol lands in the collection area the number of free spins goes back to 3. NetEnt’s rules describe this as a reset to 3 rather than as extra spins added on top. The Extra Spin Symbol, covered in the next section, can change that number.
Free spins modifiers: Expand, Slap and Extra Spin
Up to three extra features can switch on at random during the round. An Expand Symbol can land just above or below the collection area, and that position joins the area for the rest of the free spins. The Slap Feature absorbs the Grill symbols in the area and turns them into a single Grill symbol carrying a multiplier, sized by how many it took in and topped up with any multipliers they already held. The Extra Spin Symbol lifts the counter’s ceiling from 3 to 4 until the round ends.
Thrill to Grill at Fortune Games
Thrill to Grill is listed with the slot games in our lobby (18+). Next to it in the tiles above are other games with food in their names, among them Burgers, Pizza Fiesta and Fred’s Food Truck. The UK caps in the table apply to every player. There is no autoplay or turbo mode, as at every site licensed in Great Britain. Fortune Games has an app on the App Store and Google Play.
Frequently asked questions
What is Thrill to Grill?
It is a NetEnt video slot from 2023 with a summer barbecue theme. NetEnt calls its main mechanic a flaming Collection Feature, set off by special Grill symbols in the 3x3 centre of the reels, and says it can start at random and run through re-spins or a whole bonus round. The bonus round itself has three extra modifiers of its own.
How does the Thrill to Grill slot work?
A normal spin pays across 3,125 ways on the 5x5 grid. At random, a spin can also start the Collection Feature, after which the game watches the centre of the grid for its chosen Grill symbol. Five of them there earn a re-spin. Five or more scatters lead to free spins, where the collecting never stops and each catch resets the count.
Is the Grill symbol always the same picture?
No. The Grill symbol is not a fixed picture on the paytable. Each time the Collection Feature becomes active, the game selects one symbol at random to play that role, and it keeps that role until the feature ends. In the free spins the same choice sits at the heart of the round, since the Slap Feature works only on the Grill symbols gathered in the collection area.
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Checked on 6 November 2026 against NetEnt’s Thrill to Grill game page, the Bigwinboard, AboutSlots and Casinos.com records of Thrill to Grill, and the Gambling Commission’s stake-limit guidance, remote technical standards and January 2020 notice on feature buy-ins. How we research and check our guides: our editorial policy.