It's pretty easy for me to pick my favorite of the ones I have looked at but picking the worst is more difficult. There's no wrong answers here as far as I am concerned, as long as you provide your reasons explaining why you picked the meter you did.
The Gossen I bought to run was $850. It was plagued with problem. I would say some are even safety concerns It was far more sensitive to RF than many meters I have looked at and you can't press a button without the thing whacking out from the static field. The company has virtually zero communications and can't even seem to get their story right. Still as bad as the meter is, at least it survived the grill starter.
The UNI-T UT181A was $300. Basically a Fluke knockoff with color and an few other nice features. One strike with the grill starter and it was dead. And as crappy as that was, the ICs that were damaged were available and I was at least able to repair it.
Many other meters failed the grill starter test and could not be repaired. But most of these were under $50. The UT61E, is in this bracket. Still, at $50 you are not out a lot. Sure it could be better, but I don't think its the worst meter I have looked at.
For me the one that sticks out is the Summit TPI 194II. It again has some very nice features. One of the better hold functions I have seen. The case is very solid. I can even forgive that ugly lime green case. It was one of the four meters that was damaged during the AC line test. Worse, I was not able to get a replacement part to repair it. The cost was $250. Really a shame as just like the UT181A, it has the potential to be a really nice meter. And I've shown that input protection is not that costly to add to a design.
So that's my pick, the TPI194II.
https://www.testproductsintl.com/digital-multimeters-dmms/194-digital-multimeter/