We have one - I take to HI vacations with us… I like to have eggs for breakfast, and we like to eat breakfast on the lanai but do not like to pay for room service. 
The plate works well in hotel situations. They are quite sturdy. I would not hesitate to use it on a table outdoors. Induction heats the pot, not the plate. One caveat - you need electricity, but an outdoor outlet and an extension cord solve the problem.
I also use my Instant Pot outdoors in the summer…
My ONE criticism of my amazing Weber grill are the tiny wheels. I refuse to grill on my deck, don’t have a patio, so it sits on my lawn near the deck. When I asked Weber if larger more appropriate wheels were available, I was not only told “No”, but changing the wheels myself would void the warranty!
Now that so many of us agree that Weber is a good choice… do you think we could get them to start making cars 
?
Why won’t you grill on your deck? Over all the years I’ve had Weber, I’ve never had any leakage from the grease catch trays spill over or grease otherwise miss the catch pan and leak out. I always keep a wet paper towel handy to wipe up anything I may drip taking food from the grill to a plate and if I do drip something, it just wipes right up.
Just buy a heatproof grill deck pad to put your grill on and a nice rubber mat for the grillmaster to stand on…
Ok, going against the grain here. We have DCS both indoor cooktop and outdoor grill. We grill year-round, often for an army and sometimes for The Army (when son’s home). DH does most of the grilling and loves me almost as much as the grill.
(We started out with a Weber, though. :P)
We don’t have a BBQ at all. We do have a shall old fashioned pot-bellies hibachi grill that can hold a max of 1-2 steaks, but have rarely ever used it. We use a Komodo ceramic smoker a few times a year, mostly to smoke turkey for holidays.
Wow, huge price difference in Weber’s between Spirit, Genesis, and Summit models.
Weber is the HYPSM of grills. Nothing else is any good.
@somemom Spirit gets the job done, Genesis is nicer and bigger, Summit is to impress the guests.
Spend whatever it costs to have three burners on your Weber. …front, middle and back. When you cook…often you do it “MOM” medium off medium…meaning you turn the middle burner off and the outer ones to medium.
Great indirect heating all around.
Re:corn on the cob…husk the corn. Put it in a little (or big…depending how many ears you have) cooler…you know the kind you schlep the stuff to the beach in…cover with boiling water and close the top. Leave at least 30 minutes. BUT here’s the best part…you can leave it a LOT longer than that…and the corn doesnt overcook and stays hot.
Perfect every time.
http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/coolercorn.asp
Just an FYI.
Having more than a couple of burners allows to do some indirect heat cooking, like cedar-planking fish or roasing a turkey. Genesis is the way to go, IMO.
They probably don’t recommmend putting hot beverages in plastic “Thermos” type containers either…
Anyway…back to the grill…three burner Weber!
And the Weber website for replacement parts is fun and easy to use!!
We have an old three burner Weber that I often use as a second oven using indirect heat. Always cook the Thanksgiving turkey in it (we live in a mild area where using a grill in November isn’t torture).
It’s looking a bit long in the tooth though. This thread is giving me motivation to clean it up and replace the corroding parts. The auto-light doesn’t work anymore, but it’s easy enough to light with a long match.
Genesis here. Love it.
But the smaller spirit works well also.
HA HA and so many thanks as H completely cleaned and renovated our Weber yesterday after I told him your
opinions and information.
It is working as well now as when we bought it 4 years ago.
Love CC.
I am not sure why I am surprised by all the love here on CC towards the more expensive Weber grills. I am well aware that CC leans toward the much-wealthier-than-my-family demographic, as discussions in the past about “what is middle class” or the much higher than average “ability-to-be full-pay-for-most-colleges”.
I understand that just about everyone values high quality in their consumer purchases. But value is up to each of us to determine. For those that love their $800 Weber grills, great for them, but for me, they aren’t anywhere near 4 times better than what DH and I got. Ours is 15 years old and still very much like new.
DH and I learned that we wanted a grill with lava rack (instead of diffusing shields or burner covers) in it because we tend to cook cheaper cuts of meat and chicken, using a lot of marinades. The acids in the marinade will drip onto the shields and make them rust out. If they land on lava rock instead, the burners will last longer.
@gunnerz - I respect charcoal cookers, but as Hank Hill says, “Taste the meat, not the heat!”
We spent about $500 for the lowest end 3 burner Weber grill (and it included assembly and delivery) over 15 years ago (today still about the same price at discount locations). Compared to spending $125 every couple of years for a new Kenmore “disposible” gas grill. It was a cost savings for us and good value for the money (we are frugal - not big spenders - it was a big deal to upgrade to the better brand).
You also have to think about the BTU output of the cheaper grills compared to a mid level Weber Genesis, which is what I’ve used for 15 years. The additional BTU capacity means you can cook at a higher temperature (great for steaks).