This easier grease management is a plus, so you win some you lose some. Up top the Genesis II grills cut a close copy of their predecessors. The burner knobs, nice big handle on the lid, lid-mounted thermometer, side tables, all there and all very similar. The six tool hooks on the side tables are great for hanging all your accessories. The other innovation with the model is the new ignition system.
The burner hoods are usually the first to go, after a couple of years (these are the metal “tents” that sit over the burners and guide grease away from the flames, preventing flare-ups). You can replace them in-kind, or find third-party options that claim higher performance and long lifespans. Moving the tank to the outside also frees up space below the grill, which Weber fills with a generous and sturdy storage shelf.
That makes it much easier to install a new tank and unhook an old one, because you’re not scrabbling around a small, dark enclosure to find the hoses and brackets. This design also let Weber put a sturdy shelf under the grill—a handy place to store pans, bags of wood chips, a small cooler, and other stuff weber q you may need while grilling. Plus—new for this generation of the Spirit line—one of the side tables folds down, making the grill more compact for storage when not in use (it’s 43 inches wide with the table down). We had no problems with the meat sticking to the flat, porcelain-coated iron grates.
With room for up to 18 four-ounce burgers, the Weber Genesis II E-210, $500, is in our small-grill category. This two-burner grill was slower to preheat than the top grills in our tests and might need more than 10 minutes to reach the grilling temperature you want. Once it does, our tests show that the temperature remains constant across the grates.
Digging deeper, gone are the old tube burners, replaced by tapered shape stainless steel burners with heat deflectors that should provide even heat across the entire cooking space. The new burners look good, giving a tidy and quality feel to the bowels of the grill. But is isn’t just the addition of the extra burner in this grill that makes it both new and an weber genesis 2 excellent choice. The entire cooking system has been redesigned, most notably, the burners with what they call the GS4 cooking system. In the past, burners on a Weber gas grill were the typical stainless steel tubular burners. What this means is that the fire shots directly up into the “flavorizer” bars and are tapered to provide an even heat front to back.
This series of Weber propane gas grills have a very sleek design made mostly out of stainless steel, which gives it that stylish look that many Weber models offer. All of the grills in the higher-priced Genesis II LX series have stainless lids and stainless grates, which aren’t as prone to scratching and chipping as porcelain-coated grates. In addition to a side burner, the LX grills have a cabinet where you can stash your grilling accessories and an LED light that shines down from the lid when you open it. The grills in this series also come with electronic igniters, a fuel gauge, and a 10-year burner warranty.
The wide, flat grill grates on the E-310 are easy to clean and give your food appealing sear marks. The genesis is the first model of Weber’s propane gas weber charcoal grill grill line-up. The main benefit from purchasing a natural gas grill is the convenience of having a direct connect to your home’s natural gas line.
It also comes with extra features that make cooking easier, such as an upgraded infinity ignition system and flavorizer bars. The main difference between weber spirit and genesis is in the construction of the grill – both offer similar features. All the other features are standard as with the other models. The only differences here are cooking space and amount of burners.