Weber Grills

[Trayder]

Originally Posted by Cptn5245

I feel the quality of Webers has decreased in the last 25 yrs.

I fear you may be correct, I have a 3 year old Genesis that sits on our deck in KW, under an awning of sorts and always covered with the Weber brand cover when not in use. It is showing its age at a wildly accelerated rate, much more than I would off thought for such a well regarded brand.

When it was brand new I sprayed most of the area below the cooking part of the grill with "Fluid Film" to prevent corrosion and I think that has helped a bit.

I have never really bitched about it to anyone till now, good therapy, ha!!, but it is good to know I am in good company with my rant.

I will say one thing is that the grill works better than any I have ever owned and I really enjoy using it and it makes me look like a much better cook than I am!!

[DonV]

I have three Weber grills, a round charcoal and a small and a large "Q" grill that I use for the small simple quick stuff like burgers, hot dogs, etc. They work perfect for that plus they are very easy to take with you using a 1 pound propane bottle. The large gas grills I gave up on years ago.

Oh yeah Frizz, even though the Green Eggs are not cheap they come with a lifetime warranty. After at least ten years, I had my fire box and fire ring replaced at no charge. While I was at it I put in new high temp felt for the seal, good as new!!! My neighbor is on the list to get a new/once used Egg at the "Florida Eggfest' in Vero Beach in a few months, big savings for a once used Egg.

[Vezo, Part II]

Sounds like the Captain didn’t get me fined.?.

I agree with each of your points. Haha

Michael

[Ed]

Originally Posted by Trayder

I fear you may be correct, I have a 3 year old Genesis that sits on our deck in KW, under an awning of sorts and always covered with the Weber brand cover when not in use. It is showing its age at a wildly accelerated rate, much more than I would off thought for such a well regarded brand.

When it was brand new I sprayed most of the area below the cooking part of the grill with "Fluid Film" to prevent corrosion and I think that has helped a bit.

I have never really bitched about it to anyone till now, good therapy, ha!!, but it is good to know I am in good company with my rant.

I will say one thing is that the grill works better than any I have ever owned and I really enjoy using it and it makes me look like a much better cook than I am!!

Jason - Do your burgers ever taste like a goat or a sheep? Every time I spray my truck with Fluid Film...it smells like a farm for about a week.

On a more serious note, forget the Weber grills. My father in law bought us a MHP grill when we got married 10 years ago and it still works A-OK. They are made out of cast aluminum (and some stainless) in the USA.

https://www.mhpgrills.com/

[rcnight]

Hey Don - been curious about those pellet smokers. How's the taste?

Frizz - Look for an EggFest in your area. You can pick up a "used 1 time" large egg for a good price. Green Egg supplies the eggs and then sells them off after.

[DonV]

Well Casey.....outstanding. I did two 8 - 9 pound butts with a light rub at 220 degrees for 14 hours. I used the Hickory pellets, they were VERY well received by my neighbors. I'm going to Costco soon to pick up a "prime" brisket, should be killer. My smoker has a 160 and 220 smoker setting, I see the brisket going 14+ hours at 160.

[flyingfrizzle]

Originally Posted by DonV

Yeah Frizz the Eggs are pretty sweet, however I'm giving mine a rest and loving my new pellet grill/smoker. They will spoil you very quickly!!! I've been put on grill buying "shut down", the wife thinks five is too many!! She does not understand that three of them are smaller in size and should not count as full value!

Seems like the pellet grills/smokers are gaining a lot of popularity. A friend of mine started his own gas business and told me he sold more of them than anything out of his show room. I would like to get a nice pellet smoker. I have two of the cheep round ones with two grates in them and in the fall I trim my apple trees and save the branches I cut off and have the kids cut them in 4" sections so I can smoke with green apple wood. Im going to have to switch to pellets once the kids are gone and wont be around to cut the trimmings down. Lol.

Originally Posted by rcnight

Frizz - Look for an EggFest in your area. You can pick up a "used 1 time" large egg for a good price. Green Egg supplies the eggs and then sells them off after.

I will have to check that out. Ive been wanting to pick something up but haven't pulled the trigger yet. After seeing the price on the larger ones at Lowes I thought about finding a lightly used one.

Originally Posted by DonV

Oh yeah Frizz, even though the Green Eggs are not cheap they come with a lifetime warranty. After at least ten years, I had my fire box and fire ring replaced at no charge. While I was at it I put in new high temp felt for the seal, good as new!!! My neighbor is on the list to get a new/once used Egg at the "Florida Eggfest' in Vero Beach in a few months, big savings for a once used Egg.

Wonder if the "used 1 time" eggs come with the same warranty as a new one? Not that it is a big deal. I never usually take the time to claim warranty on much stuff other than craftsman tools at sears and that's now becoming a pain.

[Trayder]

Originally Posted by Ed

Jason - Do your burgers ever taste like a goat or a sheep? Every time I spray my truck with Fluid Film...it smells like a farm for about a week.

On a more serious note, forget the Weber grills. My father in law bought us a MHP grill when we got married 10 years ago and it still works A-OK. They are made out of cast aluminum (and some stainless) in the USA.

https://www.mhpgrills.com/

Fluid Film is Lanolin based so that makes sense.

No, I did not spray the inside or even the outside of the cooking areas so no funny tastes

[Vezo, Part II]

The more I think about my grill, the more I seem to realize that this inconsistent temperature issue, may be in direct correlation to the weight of the propane cylinder. It’s a given that the new “fuel level gauge” is crap compared to the old style on the Genesis. However, after an hour on the phone with Weber, trying everything they explained, I was sent a replacement regulator, back in 2013 when I bought them both. Maybe there’s a reason they sent it. Next variable to replace. It’s like the pressure and/or volume of the cylinder is effecting proper flow to valves. Especially if Kmoose is reporting a consistent burn. Will report back.

Michael.

[rcnight]

Frizz: It's my understanding the eggs sell with all life-time warranties as new. My brother bought a few that way. For any Florida members interested, here's a link to an upcoming one: www.naturecoasteggfest.com/demoeggs.php