More-recent models have the same bones as their predecessors, with minor tweaks like redesigned cabinets, handles, and control panels. We gave the Spirit II high marks for effectively searing chicken, salmon and vegetables. The grill’s folding left side table and the two wheels on its right legs also make it more than capable to move around a backyard. The cook box is made of cast aluminum and the lid is porcelain coated and mounted with a digital thermometer. Open the door to the world of grilling with crazy good food and friends coming together. Equipped with the powerful GS4 grilling system and convenient features such as iGrill 3 compatible , this two burner gas grill is your entry to the Weber family and to everyday grilling.
Now, another feature of the grilling system is the porcelain enameled flavorizer bars. The flavorizer bars then allow these drippings to evaporate, adding extra flavor to the food. Porcelain-enameled cast-iron cooking grates make cleaning and maintenance easy while the Flavorizer bars help promote more flavor from the food’s drippings. Weber’s Smart Grill revolution may be mostly a Genesis-line upgrade, but they did spread the wealth to the Spirit series with the SX-315. They took the quality of the Spirit line and added their new Weber CONNECT technology so you can monitor how quickly your food is cooking via the included probe thermometer.
Though there’s no debating that, some experts argue that lump charcoal is potentially carbon neutral. If you want to read more about comparing grilling fuels, we found helpful articles from The Atlantic, Slate, and NPR. If a burner seems to be running cool or creates patchy flames, use a thin piece of wire to clean out the gas ports . There’s nothing inside the burners to break, so don’t feel like you have to be delicate. Check the grease trap after every use , and don’t let it get too full.
With more heat per square inch and a larger grilling area than the Spirit E-310, the Genesis E-325s is our top choice for dedicated grillers. The grease management system ensures that all the grease ends up in one place. Blackstone Adventure As long as you make a point to empty out regularly and remove the grease, cleanup should be a breeze. What’s more, the grease management system is easily accessible from the front, making it a breeze to get to it.
Weber, which makes all three of the grills we recommend, guarantees all parts on its Spirit II series for 10 years. So we expect our top and budget picks to hold up for at least that long. Weber also guarantees major parts on its 2022 Genesis grills—including the grates, hoods, burner tubes, lid assembly, and cookbox—for at least 10 years. Weber’s other new addition to the Spirit line, the Spirit SP-335, is basically the S-315 with a built-in side burner and a dedicated high-heat searing area on the grill. We don’t recommend grills with side burners because we don’t think that extra feature is worth the $100-plus markup. We think you’re better off saving over $200 with the Spirit II E-310.
“I emailed the photos on Thursday, and on Saturday an incident rep called me. I got a gentle lecture on cleaning and safety, but then he said they’d be sending me a whole-new cookbox —no charge, no shipping fees. Given the situation and the cost, I felt like this was one of the easiest product issues I’ve dealt with, and I’m thrilled I neither had to make a janky repair nor spend money on a new grill! ” We are definitely not saying that you should leave your grease trap full. But we are saying that if you do, the warranty and customer service are absolutely worth the small premium you pay for Weber grills over cheaper brands.
Grills with more burners are usually overkill, and two-burner grills can feel cramped. Gas grills cook faster and are easier to use than charcoal grills because you can turn on the flame with the press of a button and control the heat with the turn of a knob. They don’t produce much smoke, and they’re simpler to clean than charcoal grills, since you don’t have to dump any ashes.
We chose grills with fireboxes made of cast aluminum because the firebox is a major part of the grill, it’s difficult to replace, and aluminum is resistant to rust and corrosion. Cheaper grills have thin enameled steel fireboxes that are prone to damage and holes from rust. Once your grill has a rusty hole in the firebox, it’s destined for the scrap heap. Since the Spirit II E-210 has only two burners, indirect cooking may present a bit of a challenge.
The powerful GS4 grilling system lets Weber perform like no other grill. GS4 features four key components working in harmony to create excellent, well-balanced barbecued food. Most small and average-sized grills have two separate burners, controlled independently, or one burner with independently controlled char broil performance halves. Some average-size grills have up to four burners with corresponding controls large grills often have six. Additional burner controls generally allow the cook more flexibility. Burner can be located as the main burner, side burner, rotisserie burner, or any combination of burners.
The entire Spirit II line interfaces with Weber’s iGrill 3 smart thermometer ; this can alert you, through an app downloaded to your phone, when your food has reached certain temperatures. For now, we think a simple probe thermometer, like the ThermoWorks Dot, could alert you in a similar way for less cost. For our 2022 update, we relied mainly on market research and meta-analysis. Most new grills worth considering are still produced by the same companies whose products we’ve tested in previous years.