Even so, it was easier to put together with help from someone else. It took my colleague,Molly Price, and I just over an hour to finish building the Spirit II. Weber’s red $599 Spirit II E-310 gas grill cooks pretty well, but costs too much.
Available in both gas and charcoal options, this is the premium line of offering. An introductory line of offering, the grills under this series comes with the iconic GS4 grilling, ignition, 10-year warranty, and flavorizer bars that prevent flare-ups. The characteristic feature of these grills is their affordability, intelligent design and size options. Weber-Stephen is one of the oldest and most respected manufacturers of BBQ equipment and related accessories in the world. Weber grills and smokerscook beautifully and have great features that are clever, effective and easy to use. Even in this crowded marketplace, many consumers are still willing to pay more for the Weber name and they are rarely disappointed.
It comes with Weber’s great build quality and easy on the eye design, which also makes it a popular choice for folks when compared to other brands that use lower-quality materials. The three-burner setup is as powerful as a standard 4-burner grill, plus it has an extra burner squeezed in to create the sear station. As if we weren’t already impressed with the look of the grill, a quick scan of the features leaves us in awe of how much Weber has squeezed into this compact unit. But to top it off, the control knobs and other parts of the grill are branded with the weber logo and color-coded like you would get in a high-end sports car, it shouts quality.
Weber also switched the direction of the rods on the upper rack so that they now run back to front, instead of side to side. This makes slipping a spatula under the food so much easier. The Genesis E-325s is the only one of our picks that we haven’t physically tested, but we did check it out in person at a few different stores.
To monitor the cooking temperature, we generally don’t rely on thermometers built into the hood. Instead, we placed our digital thermometer in the middle area, and it registered a cooking temp of 295°F. At that temperature, poultry cooks gently and thoroughly while developing delicious brown skin. Cook too low and char broil performance you risk dry meat and rubber skin; too high and you may have to snatch the bird off the grill to prevent burning the outside before the bird is properly cooked inside. We dialed up 325°F by goosing the left and right burners to Medium. Whole chicken or turkey are good candidates for the thin side of the grates.