I have been grilling for over 30 years now (not continuously) and I have to say that this is the finest grill I have ever owned.

Over the decades I have always opted for the $350 price point grills. I constantly experienced burned out burners, rusted components and poor engineering.

This grill is built like a tank – massively superior and easily worth the extra investment. Engineering enhancements include:
1) Heavy duty main fire box; You know how the water quickly evaporates off the top of your cheap grill as it heats up? Well, this grill is so heavy duty that it actually contains the heat – what a concept. The rain droplets won’t evaporate off until the grill is over 450 degrees.
2) The drip guards are designed to be steeply pitched, so instead of that flat surface that catches the grease and then catches on fire and burns your chicken – it actually channels it away.
3) The slide in base of the fire box is also steep so that it actually channels burned stuff, grease etc down into the catch pan. (Unlike the nearly flat base of the $350 grills). Again, this avoids the periodic grill fire when that detritus finally catches on fire and burns off.
4) Electronics for the starters are mounted away from the heat – so they don’t burn up in the first 3 months of ownership. Again, what a concept!
5) Burners have holes in them that do extend forward and backward enough to make the entire grill surface usable – they aren’t lying about this.
6) The burners slide into slots, rather than screw into place. This means those screws that burn up and rust into a solid mass of unmovable metal (in cheaper grills) won’t be there if and when I have to change a burner.
7) The wheels on this grill are hefty enough to be used. I busted a wheel off my previous grill moving it across the porch.

If you’re thinking that it is time to move up to a serious grill, please consider this fine item.

I love the grill. It works great. However the grease catch system it ugly and exposed. The wind can catch the grease and splash it all over. Worse my dog thinks its a treat tray and is constantly trying to lick it. He has never lick one of our grills before. I believe it is from the placement of the grease catch, and the lack of a front cover hiding the inter workings of the grill.

This review to be amended after replacement product delivery and use.

I have loved my previous Weber Genesis grill, used frequently over a 20 year period. Just wanted to upgrade to something larger. Despite packaging that appeared in good order upon delivery, the cast iron base of the grill was broken at the hinge. Amazon customer service was awesome and quickly arranged for a swap. Repackaging this beast was a mess, however, and the time it has taken so far to manage the repack and return has made this a headache. I called Weber directly, just so that they could be made aware of the problem. Neither Amazon or Weber seemed too interested in the exact nature of the problem, nor were they interested in seeing pictures. I provide them here for your reference. I am hopeful that this P.I.T.A. memory will fade upon successful delivery and use of the replacement grill. Until then…

Took me about an hour to assemble. My only concern so far is that I can’t seem to get in excess of 500 F. I bought this because my friend has a similar grill, with 3 burners, able to attain 700 F with no problem. If I can get that sorted, it will be perfect.

So I wanted to wait for one grilling season before I wrote this review because I was interested in how this grill would hold up. Most of my life I have bought the economical grill as I thought they were all the same. Well let me tell you….. I was wrong. This grill is unbelievable. Very good material, holds up to weather in the North East (Snow, Hail, Rain, etc.). And it cooks like a beast. It has an add on for the smart temperature gauge but I can not see spending the 100$ to get that, though I am sure it would work great. Don’t waste your money on imitations, Get a Webber and if you have an Amazon Chase card, the best deal is on Amazon. You get the extra 5% and price is usually the exact same as in your big box store!

I replaced a Char Broil which was pretty good but this Weber is great! Weber is the most expensive but there’s a good reason – it’s built better. The difference in quality of components is night and day. The Char Broil lasted 4 years. Weber grills are known to last 10-15 years. I hope I last as long as the grill.

Awesome grill. I purchased mine a few months ago for a large garden party. At that time, Amazon had a free assembly promotion going on, so I took advantage of that. The grill was delivered, and a day later, a guy showed up and assembled the grill in no time. He did not take the card box and Styrofoam with him though, so I had to discard them myself. One of the lighters didn’t ignite when I tested the grill, but after calling customer service, the issue was fixed in 2 minutes. Great customer service too, and they still found me in their customer data base from 15 years ago.
The grill works great, using all 4 burners at once heated up the grill to a very high temp, and I could make all the burgers quickly. High quality, definitely worth the money.