I got lots of help when I was looking for a gas grill from this news
group. I hope my experience can help someone who's looking now.
I didn't want to buy my Weber before the patio is done. Which will be
in late June. But, something happened. I was at Sears buying a new
lawn mower. As I was paying, I probed the sales about Weber grills. He
asked me which model. "Genesis Gold C" I replied. He said "If you pick
up both today, I'll give you 10% off on the whole purchase". Well, the
Weber end up in my garage 30 min later. You know the story.
It's been bit more than two weeks since I bought the Weber Genesis
Gold C. We have grilled 8 times on it. Including scallop, baby back
ribs, country style ribs, spare ribs, fish, stack and some vegetables.
ALL CAME OUT PERFECTLY. If you were doing research like I did. You can
stop right here. You don't even need to finish this review. Just go
and buy a Weber Genesis grill Gold or Silver, you will be a happy
person for at least 20 years. Just like me. ;-)

I spent three months researching gas grills. Checked into brands
including Jenn-Air, NexGrill, Char-Broil, COSTCO brands and Weber. I
emphasized on two things, how well does the grill cook and how long
will the grill last. I don't care how bad or cheap it looks, don't
care about any special features (smoker tray, rotisserie kit). What I
found out from reading reviews on alt.food.barbecue, amazon.com and
several other grilling/barbecue web sites is that countless people
swear on their Weber gas grill, all the other brands together have
less than a hand full of people. Also buying and reading the two best
grilling book before the purchase helped me a lot in what I should
really look into in detail.
The two books a
Weber's Big Book of Grilling
by Jamie Purviance
How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques
by Steven Raichlen, Greg Schneider

I am, or shall I dare say "was" :-), not an expert griller. I was able
to fully understand what the books said and able to follow the books.
Which results in perfect food. My ribs are better than the ones from
Sweet Water Tavern. The baby back ribs from Sweet Water Tavern was my
family's favorite. Which costs $19 a rack. With $19, we can have 4
full racks now. Anyways, back to the books. The Weber book explains in
detail about the characters of different food and also how to take
advantage of their characters not just deal with them. I was able to
understand the grill better because I understand the food, which the
grill is designed to deal with, better.

I am not going to say too much about grills other than Weber's because
I've never used them. All the knowledge I have about them is from
other people's experience. The conclusion I draw from my research,
alt.food.barbecue, web sites, Consumer Report and a cooking
magazine(forgot name), is that if you want the same cook quality like
Weber, you would have to pay more than $1200 on other brands. And
Weber throw in the unparalleled durability and quality pre/post sale
customer service for free.

I bought the Genesis Gold C because of the durability of Stainless
steel parts. Though many people in their review said the cast iron
sear stack better. I still went for the stainless steel and paid more.
Now, after 3 meal of perfectly seared stack, I realized that I could
have saved $100. No regret though. I would not recommend stainless
steel grates other than the solid thick bar type grates on other
brand's grill. The reason Weber's relative thin stainless steel grates
can still sear great is because the grill can reach 800F. Yes, you
read me correctly, my Weber can reach Eight Hundred Degree F with only
36000 BTUs. This actually caused me some problem when I tried to do
some medium temperature cooking. The grill would not drop below 300F.
I read about this in reviews and also called Weber. The reason is that
the new stainless steal cover reflects heat too well. After several
usage, the inside of cover looks dark brown and black and the grill
surly can drop to around 250F now.

Not like the Coleman, which grills food pretty well but took my friend
6 hours to assemble. My Weber took me 15 min to assemble. Only 8 big
scrolls. Weber even provides tools to do it.

Weber's customer service is perfect. Never had to wait for more than 2
min. You might say if the grill's quality is good, why would you ever
call customer support. This might be true for you expert grillers, but
not for me. I appreciate very much Weber support people's courtesy and
knowledge of their product.

I can't say my Weber is the best looking grill. To be honest, it
actually look cheap. When my wife saw my Weber the first time, she
said "What, you spent $530 for this?" I said "Wait till you try the
baby back ribs". She now constantly beg me to grill. Partly because
then she does not have to cook, but I believe it's mostly because the
quality of food from "My Weber". :-)

Han wrote:

The same thing, yet again.

Han wrote:
I got lots of help when I was looking for a gas grill from this news
group. I hope my experience can help someone who's looking now.

You don't even need to finish this review. Just go
and buy a Weber Genesis grill Gold or Silver, you will be a happy
person for at least 20 years. Just like me. ;-)

I spent three months researching gas grills. Checked into brands
including Jenn-Air, NexGrill, Char-Broil, COSTCO brands and Weber. I
emphasized on two things, how well does the grill cook and how long
will the grill last.


How many times are you going to post this???:

Shame you did not check out some of the better brands of grills, you may
find that Weber is OK, but far from the best avaiable. -- There is more to
life than shopping at the big box stores.
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

How many times are you going to post this???:

Shame you did not check out some of the better brands of grills, you may
find that Weber is OK, but far from the best avaiable. -- There is more
to
life than shopping at the big box stores.
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome


So what is the best grill available, in YOUR opinion....and for only 500
bucks...

"Dirty Harry"

So what is the best grill available, in YOUR opinion....and for only 500
bucks...

For that price, I'd buy an MHP. It may or may not be suitable for you
because I have no idea what your particular needs are. The Beefeater is a
great grill also. What do you think of the Broilmaster?
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

For that price, I'd buy an MHP. It may or may not be suitable for you
because I have no idea what your particular needs are. The Beefeater is a
great grill also. What do you think of the Broilmaster?
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

LOL, i have no clue, I'm a poor student so i make do with a free FIESTA
hahaha....the food tastes just as good ;-)