 A cheap, unreliable grill sold at inflated prices |
| Review Date: July 27, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. Candee, Brooklyn, USA |
We bought a Weber grill for its durability, reliability, and quality. What we've discovered is that it has major league uneven spots--some areas of the cooking surface burn a steak while others leave it bloody. And, less than two months in, the ignitor system already needs to be replaced--it just completely died.
The part is covered by warranty (because it started falling apart so soon), but of course we have to wait 10 days for that to arrive. It's not a lifetime warranty, too, so it'll only be a matter of time before the warranty expires and we have to push the thing to the curb rather than throwing good money after bad and dealing with the inconvenience of having the grill break down every few months.
The lesson: don't buy Weber grills expecting you're going to get a quality piece of workmanship. They're the same cheaply made crap as the one you can buy for 1/3 the cost. Maybe they were as good as their reputation at one point, but they clearly have decided to cut costs.
I've never heard of anyone's grill breaking down so early, and almost all of my family and friends have grills. Of course, they don't own Webers . . . and after we replace this one neither will we. |
Excellent Grill, Highly Recommended!
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| Review Date: July 20, 2010 |
| Reviewer: natas, Minneapolis |
This is an awesome grill! I ended up spending more than I wanted to on a grill, but my friend's are complaining about their Brinkmann's and Char-Grill's, while I'm loving my Weber. Not to mention, they'll probably be replacing their grills within a few years due to quality, the Weber should last a long time.
I'd recommend the Spirit E-310 (3 burner - $499) over the E-210 (2 burner - $399), spending the extra $ is worth it, considering how likely you'll outgrow the E-210. I highly recommend either buying the grill through Home Depot for the exclusive grates or buying the grates separately from HP (around $50-60). Those grates make a huge difference on how well this grill performs!
I assembled my grill out of the box, took about 1-2 hours. It wasn't that difficult to put together, pretty basic.
My only complaint about this grill, is where the burner dials are located on the side. If Weber moved the knobs to the right more, which on other models... they have. It would open up much more counter space to work with. |
weber grill, spirit E-310
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| Review Date: July 12, 2010 |
| Reviewer: john shaughnessy, |
I am pleased with this grill. I priced the grill at a lowe's store and was able to save a $l00.00 by purchasing the grill thru Amazon. The grill was shipped via truck to my home. The driver did not have a handtruck aboard his vehicle, an eighteen wheeler, so I borrowed one from a neighbor. The boxed grill weighs approximately 150lbs.
You have heard the expression, "comes with some assembly required". I took me about 4 hours to assemble all the parts. The assembly process also requires some thought and patience. I started putting the grill together about 5 days prior to a July 4th picnic, so I would recommend leaving at least that amount of time if your picnic includes grilled foods. |
Superbly functional without (much) ostentation.
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| Review Date: July 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: K. Gibson, Oakland, CA, USA |
My partner likes this device so much she has taken over most of the barbecuing. We have agreed that I'll use the classic charcoal Weber while she uses the gas device. We expect to continue to use this gas grill in the winter. Over its lifetime the device will surely pay for itself since we have electric ovens and broiler in the kitchen.
As to taste, gas can't compare with charcoal. However, avoiding that smokey smell in your hair and clothes has greater benefits, except on rare occasions.
Assembly was not difficult, but a little tedious, even with help. The last component unwrapped (one of the front door panels) had been damaged in shipping. Calling Weber directly resulted in a replacement for the damaged component. Rest assured, you won't have to pack up the whole grill and send it back.
Weber seems to offer the optimal balance of quality and cost. |
Great Mid Size Grill
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| Review Date: June 28, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Mary V Hansen, Pittsford, NY, US |
| This is a very nice grill. My older teen kids were able to assemble it as a Father's Day Present. My husband has grilled on it 4 times per week, and is very happy with it. Easy start. Especially like thermometer on lid... helps to gauge cooking temp. I really like the mid range price. Lots of room for family grilling. |
Pleasantly surprised!
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| Review Date: June 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Orpheus82, Maryland |
I bought this to replace an old rusted out Coleman grill. I wanted to get the Weber Genesis, but with the sticker shock, I decided to settle on this model.
Shipping company was great. Came within a reasonable amount of time.
I've used it 3-4 a week for the past three weeks and all I can say is that this is far from settling! It was fairly easy to assemble as it took me and a buddy about 90 minutes to assemble it. Careful with the door handle screws. We thought at first it didn't have any as all the screws come in a single bag. Turns out they were in the plastic that the doors came in.
The grill starts like a champ and heats up very quickly. Takes about 5-7 minutes to max out the front thermometer at 600. It has handled everything I've thrown at it. I'm even planning to try baking with it, as it seems fairly easy to consistently control the temperature.
All in all, I'm very happy with my purchase and would definitely get this grill again. |
Assembly not the easiest, but fantastic grill.
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| Review Date: June 21, 2010 |
| Reviewer: W. Parks, Raleigh NC |
I recently picked the Weber Spirit e-310 up at Lowes. I debated between it and the Genesis e-310 for quite a while but decided the spirit suited my needs.
It came with free assembly, but that would have taken 3 days so I opted to do it myself. Not an awful experience, but not the easiest. The instructions were all line drawings of the parts and were generally pretty clear. The confusion came when the instructions have zoomed in sections of some assembly part(s). They have 3-4 of these in a single step showing several different ways that the assembly could be done, and all of them are wrong except one. It is left for you to decide what the difference is between the close up images and make sure you do it correctly. The problem is, in some pictures it is really pretty tough. I think it took ~1.5 hours in really hot weather, so obviously not a deal breaker, but perhaps a warning to some.
On to the actual grill construction and function. My old gas grill was a bbq grillware which is the lowes "house" brand. I think it was ~$225 several years ago. The build quality between the cheaper grill and the weber is amazing. The most telling detail, and the one that I think makes the difference for longevity, are the brackets that hold up the burners and flavorizer bars. On the cheaper grill, the bottom portion of the grill is formed porcelain coated steel with brackets screwed into the steel. These brackets after 4 years were completely rusted out and it was falling apart on the inside. The burners were in good shape, they were just falling down and wouldn't stay in place and the flavorizer bars were laying on top of them. The weber grill body is a solid cast construction with no brackets welded or screwed into it to hold things up. The brackets are cast into the body and things rest directly on them and are secured with a single screw. There is no way for brackets to rust out since they are part of the construction, so when the burners do eventually die, you should be able to swap things out (obviously, I haven't tested this, but it is a much smarter design).
The biggest knock on this grill on various websites is a lack of BTU's. This argument convinced me only until I remembered that the BTU's should be measured in BTU per square inch of primary grilling surface (the secondary is a shelf and is irrelevant). Ideally, it would be per cubic inch, but that info is not provided, and I'm too lazy to measure it so we resort to BTU per square inch of surface. This grill has 36,000 BTU and 424sq inches of primary grilling space. That comes to 84.9 BTU/square inch. The genesis E310 has 42,000 BTU and 507sq inch primary grilling surface. That comes to 82.8 BTU/sq inch. The spirit has moderately, though insignificantly, more BTU per square inch. In the heat test, I cranked the gas up and in ~ 10 minutes was slightly over 625 degrees. Should be plenty for everything I've ever used.
Some may complain about the lack of cast iron grates, but I found that those tend to chip the porcelain off if you are not careful with cleaning and then they rust. My old ones did anyway. All in all, it is a very nice grill if you want to save ~$150 off the genesis series. It has the same warranty, though it doesn't quite look as polished as the genesis.
The only downside is once we put it together, we left for the weekend and all I was able to cook on it the first weekend was a hotdog. But let me tell you, when you drop a hotdog on a 625 degree grill, it dances around the grates trying to jump off. |
Weber Spirt E-310 Review
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| Review Date: May 21, 2010 |
| Reviewer: M. Villareale, Dumfries, VA |
| I purchased it through Amazon and that worked well. It was pretty easy to put together. I like the accesible drip pan underneath the burners. My old grill didn't have that so it was big task to clean it up. It gets hot quick. Its a good no frills grill which is all I needed. I would recommend it to others. |
we grill, 3-4 time a week!
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| Review Date: May 19, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Michael J. Sandor, NJ |
| Love this grill! It appears to be built to last. Packaged by experts, shipped and delivered by pro's and went together without a hitch. Pre-heats to 600 degrees in 6 minutes. We had it 1 month today and we love it, great heat, wind does not bother it like our last 3 grills. Also bought the cover and it is heavy duty and fits like a glove. |
Oh mr. weber, what's next, create world peace?
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| Review Date: May 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: jg Chicago, Chicago, IL United States |
| because, really, this grill is that good. I always am hesitant buying such a large item via mail...but once again, the process was flawless (well, ok, the delivery company did have my phone number wrong, but because I could track the package, I was all over it). What a well manufactured product...i usually have dabbled in the $200 grill range which gets you an ok grill for 2-3 years...I can tell you the quality of this thing is solid. Well packaged, great engineering. It took me about 2.5 hours to put together (and yes, it's heavy so work on your sweet talking to get some help moving it around). Get yourself a grill cover and I'm sure this baby will be around for quite some time and in the long run, a wise investment. My only words of advice are....use a socket wrench to assemble - very easy...keep an eye out for the igniter button as it is taped to the outside of one of the parts so easy to miss...recycle your plastic bags (thanks weber for labeling the plastic as recyclable), and if you install it on a balcony, put some paper down so when you drop a screw (and who are you kidding, you will), it doesn't fall down 3 flights into an abyss...ughhh. If someone finds a machine screw, let me know..... |
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