Weber Summit: The best they got
I've owned a Weber Summit S-470, plumbed for natural gas, for about 2 months - my first gas grill. Grilling is easier and more delicious than I ever imagined. I did a lot of research before I bought it, so here is what you need to know if you're new to gas grills, new to Weber, or new to the Summit line:
1) Weber sells most of the gas grills sold in America. Their customer service is legendary. Go hit up their website and look at their warranty info. 25 years, no questions asked replacements on some parts, like the grill hood; 2 years replacement even on high wear items like the burners. There are people grilling away happily on 30 year old Weber gas grills without any problems; so definitely take into account that the warranty and customer service is part of what you're paying for.
2) The S-470 is mostly stainless steel. There is stainless and stainless; to keep their pricepoint, in 2008 Weber switched from grade 304 stainless to grade 420. People in...
Weber Summit S 470: Thunder-Grill!
Weber Summit S-470. Whether a propane model or natural gas, if you're not REALLY into serious grilling, this unit may be a bit over your head. If you *are*, you'll not find a better grill on Planet Earth! This bad-boy has it all: Four MEGA-BTU "main" burners, a center sear-station burner, a smoker box burner and a dedicated IR rotisserie burner. Oh yeah, and a ultra-high power side burner, too.
Your charcoal-grilling buddies tease you because you can't get that nasty charcoal lighter (carcinogen!) "taste" with a gas grill? Ha! You can now - and go 'em one better! Use the smoker box and any number of REAL wood chips and you get the taste and odor of apple, alderwood, hickory, mesquite, oak or cherry w/o the CHT chemical dangers!
It's simply incredible! Yeah, it ain't a "hardware-store el-cheapo" either so spend the cash and you're getting a GENUINE Weber-built grill to last - no joke - a life-time. Check out everyone else's warranty and you'll jump on...
Step up to real grilling
Old propane unit died and it was time to move up to a much larger cook surface with much more heat and the rotisserie unit. WOW. Made a 14 lb smoked rotisserie turkey one weekend and a Lamb leg the next, as well as steaks, shish kabobs and burgers during the week. Outstanding control of heat! The side burner is maybe too hot, but i think it has to be so the flame won't blow out in the wind. I had to keep the baked bean pot partway off the burner to control the high heat. Also had to adjust my shish kabob technique and use a wooden handled utensil to keep the lid partway open for kabob skewers to be out of direct heat...not a big deal...I could have put handles in as well and used a mitt. Only concern has been with rain... read a report on internet about rain getting into grill/grease catcher and causing a huge mess .. so I'm been keeping cover on once cooled. I would buy this unit again in the future!
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