You and the family are sure to enjoy cookouts with the convenience and efficiency this grill offers. Spirit II has four legs, two wheels and a lower open-air storage rack. When choosing a gas grill, first decide what size you need. We’ve determined that a three-burner grill is large enough for most needs, with plenty of space to cook for a family dinner or a backyard barbecue. Grills with more burners are usually overkill, and two-burner grills can feel cramped.
After 10 minutes, the burgers at the rear, the hottest part of the grill, were medium-well, and those at the front were medium-rare to medium. (If your diners have various preferences, this difference might even come in handy.) In contrast, lesser grills produced char broil performance nearly raw burgers in the front and well-done patties in the back. Thermometers built into the lid of a grill aren’t fully reliable. They’re usually positioned several inches above the cooking grate, and as a result they don’t accurately report its temperature.
In our tests, the Spirit II E-310 produced a better deep-and-crusty sear on hamburgers than even the Weber Genesis II E-310 (predecessor to our current upgrade pick). The smaller Spirit II E-310 concentrates the burners’ heat better, though the Genesis grill addresses that concern with an extra burner for searing. We restricted our search to grills that burn propane from refillable tanks. But you can find versions of all of our picks that work with natural gas. The perfect size to grill up a couple of burgers for everyone in the family, or switch it up with chicken and steaks. With side tables for placing serving trays and spices, the Spirit II adds convenience and simplicity to everyday life, and nobody left hungry.
The purpose of this test is to measure the evenness of heating in low and high temperatures across the surface of the grill. To conduct this test for our Weber Spirit II E-310 review, we used thermocouples. In the end, we discovered that the product has above-average performance in this regard.
Many cheapo gassers only last three to four years while Spirits can keep grilling for decades. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Prices on Spirit II 3-burner and 2-burner grills are $599 and $499 respectively, but the street price is about a hundred bucks less. Those who take the long view on purchasing decisions could consider Spirit’s $500 (3-burner) and $400 (2-burner) street prices a bargain. The Napoleon Rogue 425, typically priced around $800 at this writing, is the Canadian company’s flagship model in the $400 to $900 range. It has a cast-aluminum firebox, porcelain-coated cast-iron grates, and three burners.
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So, instead of using a stainless steel brush, grab for a different one. A great alternative would be a regular brush with soft thistles. There are flavorizer bars that catch drippings while you’re grilling to add the all-too-good smoky flavor to your food. However, if the flavorizer bars aren’t able to get them all, for some reason, the grease management system on the grill comes into play. Located under the cookbox, the grease management system ensures proper cleanliness on this grill. Evenness of heating over the grill’s surface at the highest and lowest setting using all main burners plus the evenness after a 10 minute preheat, using thermocouples.
Register your grill and gain quick and easy access to manuals, replacement parts and warranty. The easy-to-read fuel gauge located next to the gas tank lets you see how much fuel is left in the tank. We inventory many of our products in our warehouse in North Liberty, Iowa to provide quick and flexible shipping options for the entire country. Certain custom-finished products and other items will ship factory direct from the manufacturer when necessary and can take additional time to process. The reviews between the two grills are nearly identical but the Spirit II E 210 does have a slight advantage in 5 and 4 star reviews. I downloaded all of the customer reviews for these grills from Home Depot’s website and plotted them side by side.
You can still use these as a dry brine, just sprinkle the rub on well in advance to give the salt time to penetrate. For very thick cuts of meat, we recommend adding a bit more salt. Salt appears first in the ingredients list because the law says the order is by weight, not volume, and salt is a heavy rock. All of the products below have been tested and are highly recommended. Click here to read more about our review process.
On paper, the Rogue 425 has a lot going for it, but we were disappointed in its performance. Despite showing heat at 650 °F on our burger test, it failed to achieve a good sear; the grill also struggled to hold a steady temperature on our barbecue-chicken test. Napoleon’s signature is its wavy grates, and they do look cool, but they’re harder to clean than straight grates. Reversible cooking grates aren’t unusual, but Spirit II grates are a little different than most. Spirit II reversible grates have a thin side which Weber believes is “ideal for food such as shrimp and fish”, and flat side which “creates a thick sear mark”.