Weber Grills

[Vezo, Part II]

My hand me down 2001-03 Genesis has been donated to a Veteran and friend. Rebuilt entire insides, including replacement thermometer. Another buddy took out its cart. Now looking into building a wood frame, Corian top cut out and drop in. All Happy.

After donating it to my buddy in ‘13, I purchase two of the same model, two different locations, same time. Igniter on left, three burner Spirit. POS! POS!

They each and both SUCK equivalently.

Vezo, Part II

Yes, I feel better.

[FLexpat]

LOL - been down those roads.
You have company.
Genesis is great, Spirit is awful.
Remember: 302 Z28 and Vega came from the same company.

[Capt Chuck]

Yo Mike
Check the Battery

[Cptn5245]

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

[Vezo, Part II]

Weird when you get so P.O.ed that you have No place else to vent. I should have to donate $25 to the site. I mandatorily have to see a therapist weekly. My copay is $30 an hour. Haha. Apologies.

Part II

P.S. I tried every freaking else but purge the cylinder. The Captain was here.

[rcnight]

Not to hijack your thread - Can’t go too wrong with lump charcoal. I prefer the taste over gas. Gives you time to enjoy an adult beverage while the coals redden. My Green Egg has served me well for over 15 yrs.

[flyingfrizzle]

Originally Posted by rcnight

Not to hijack your thread - Can’t go too wrong with lump charcoal. I prefer the taste over gas.

I still use charcoal mainly also, gas if im in a hurry at the track and don't have time to tend to the grill but its hard to beat the taste of a bone in rib-eye cooked fast and hot on coals up wards of 800 deg f.


Been wanting to get one of them green egg units. The are hard to beat for efficiency

[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!

[kmoose]

I'm on my second 2 burner Spirit and have had zero issues and use it 3-4 times a week. They last me 4 years then I toss them. While they are no Genesis, they are the best of the cheap grills out there and 4 years of sitting by the pool and being used so much makes them the best option and I actually like them as we don't want a big grill, just a small fast to heat up one for Mel and I.

I've had the Genesis before and while they did hold up, you still have to order the "free" parts and basically rebuild them after 4 years anyway. Flavor bars, burners, worn out wheels, igniters, grates... My time is worth more than fixing an expensive grill that for the same money will buy 3 new Spirits. In the end they all end up on Barbeque Reef.

[Vezo, Part II]

Each of mine have been 20% as dependable as the Genesis still is. “Played” with the damn thing for two hours yesterday, removed everything, wire brushed what was effectively clean already, put it all back together and cooked Saturday nights single chicken breast at 345*, Best I could get. Only thing left is the regulator, which Weber sent me when I bitched long enough to squeeze out of the female representative, “I’m sorry sir, that model is now built in China, and you cannot return or exchange the grill”. It was like being hit in the head with a baseball bat. When my vision came back, I could not believe the damn thing was still at the top of my boat ramp!

Vezo