I have a Weber genesis Gold, it does a nice job. It will sear a steak
at about 650 degrees, but sometimes could do better in that area. I
know you don't get the flavor with gas, but it is nice to be able to
throw some steak, or chicken breat on at 6pm after work when everybody
is hungry, I keep a couple of homemade foil smokers in it with mesquite
chips to impart a smoky flavor on foods, I consider this a 90%
solution. I tried the smoking with one burner, it was a disaster, the
genesis is very hard to control at low temps, I was trying to hold 225
for baby back ribs, but was constantly fluxuating between 150 and 300.
It performs much better with all three knobs on high, sometimes I leave
the front burner off and only fire the back two, so I can put burgers
on the back, and hotdogs on the front.