Located on the propane tank or the grill itself, this reveals at a glance how much propane remains in the tank. An indication of the sturdiness of the gas grill, based on our rigidity test and judgments of our expert testers. Lesley Stockton is a senior staff writer reporting on all things cooking and entertaining for Wirecutter. Her expertise builds on a lifelong career in the culinary world—from a restaurant cook and caterer to a food editor at Martha Stewart.
Our main complaint for just about every grill is the obligatory bi-metal dial thermometer in the hood that gives you a ballpark reading of what the temperature is high above the meat. Since we cook down on the grates, it’s always better to use your own digital thermometer and place a probe at the cooking surface. With their acquisition of iGrill digital Blackstone Adventure thermometers, Weber is addressing this issue. Spirit II is “iGrill3 Ready” with a mounting place on the right side shelf for an optional iGrill 3 digital thermometer. This Bluetooth device enables you to place one digital probe at the cooking surface to dial up the correct oven temp, and one probe in your food to monitor internal meat temp.
Apart from pointing out its efficiency and practicality, many people praised the E-210’s durability and reliability. Porcelain enamel coating with integrated thermometer and cast aluminum lid. weber spirit 2 You can rest easy knowing that your cookbox, lid, and burner tubes are protected by a 10-year warranty. The Weber CONNECT built-in functionality allows you to monitor food temperatures.
You fire Spirit II up by turning the left control knob to HIGH then pressing the ignition button. A crossover flame runs from left to right to ignite the middle and right burners. Throughout our limited time testing Spirit II, we were impressed by the flawless ignition performance. After only 2 minutes on that hot grill surface, my dogs were tasting so much better than those microwaved steam table ones at Costco! You can leave the lid open if you want because there’s no heat coming off from that burner area, but don’t forget to check back every few seconds just in case for flare-ups.
Spirit II has a single piece, cast aluminum fire box with a funnel shaped bottom that diverts grease into a small slide out grease tray . The cleaning process is pretty simple since all it involves is taking off the burners and scraping off any remaining ashes if you want. You’ll have to use some long-handled tools in order to scrape out the ashes because they’re too deep for a regular spatula or grilling tongs. The internal temperature of the Traeger smoker box was around 175 F after 2 hours of smoking.