<p>Don’t buy any Weber propane gas grill that is less than the 699 retail price. The cheaper price points are not made in America and every grill guy I spoke to told me not to get one. I just bought the Genesis E300 black from Ace and love it. I only had it a month but have had a great time grilling on it.</p>
<p>Had a Weber charcoal grill back in the day. Loved it. Lasted forever, and was changed for a gas grill–a built-in and not a Weber. Oh well. But I still have the cook-book that came with it!!</p>
<p>Yes, Weber!!!</p>
<p>Our is maybe 6 yrs old, not one lick of trouble.
We grill from april till nov. the thing sits outside (with cover) the whole season.
It was a Father’s day gift to my DH. He adores it.</p>
<p>I have a Brinkmann and love it as well. It’s in its 3rd year of use at the moment. I looked at Weber and they had good reviews but couldn’t see spending the money. Mine is under a roof on my patio and I do have a cover for it which I use during the winter months.</p>
<p>If you’re not already convinced, YES Weber is worth the extra $$$ We just replaced ours this year after over 15 years of solid service. Best $400 we ever spent. You can save the $200 now and keep buying grills every 3-4 years, or just get the Weber and forget about replacement. Can’t afford to be cheap!! ;)</p>
<p>Was in our local Florida Target store tonight and all the patio stuff in the store was on clearance 75% off including BBQ grills! They had the 22.5" Weber charcoal kettle grills priced at $22.50–regular price $89.99.</p>
<p>Absolutely!!! DH is currently cleaning ours bought in 1998 for our 4th of July BBQ. It is a little tired but it still cooks beautifully. I like the dirrent zones for slow cooking ribs and beer butt chicken.</p>
<p>^^^ beer butt chicken…yummmmmm</p>
<p>So far it appears to be most (or all?) have said Weber is worth the extra money. </p>
<p>It seems unusual and a good endorsement. On other large purchases, such as front end washing machine, the feedback seems to be a mixed bag. Weber feedback on this thread and in conversation with friends has been consistently goo.</p>
<p>Our Weber gas grill is 23 years old and still going strong. We have replaced the bars and grates once. I was dumb then and didn’t replace them with the stainless steel. They will need to be replaced after this year and I’ll get the ss this time. </p>
<p>We keep it covered but outdoors all year. I measure the snow on the top in the winter. LOL!!</p>
<p>Just to add a note on customer service. I ordered a new Weber Performer grill from Amazon and it was delivered by UPS. I think it had been dropped (the box is over 100 pounds) because one corner was crushed.</p>
<p>The porcelin-enamelled lid had two small chips out of the porcelin finish. Over the years, I’ve learned this is a likely result of dropping the lid. Not the end of the world, I hit it with bit of high-temp grill paint (from other grill maintenance projects). I figure that I’ll ding it up worse than that.</p>
<p>However, I called Weber and described the damage. They asked me to snap a photo of the dings and e-mail it to them. A new grill top arrived by FedEx three days later.</p>
<p>I hope I am not to late to warn you-- DO NOT get the Lowes Charbroil!!! </p>
<p>We have 12 yrs with a weber gas grill that finally konked out & looked cruddy. Bought the Lowes CB as per consumer reports-- big stainless steel model $600? started falling apart in year 1! </p>
<p>1st Problem door won’t stay closed; 2nd yr- automatic lighter no longer works, thermometer breaks & it cooks unevenly - 1 side much hotter, 3rd yr gas won’t feed to the burners. My H calls Charbroil & after hours of being on hold - they advise him not made in the US, not even a real Charbroil!! the bones of it are contracted out to foreign manufacturers. Husband rebuilds & we are limping along- & not grilling as much.</p>
<p>Very disappointed with the CR recommendation… I guess they didn’t know.</p>
<p>Our Weber is now probably about 8 years old. The igniter still works. On our previous “6 year models” (the ones that we had to throw out after 6 years), we’d have to start using an electronic lighter to get it going after the first year or two.</p>