I am a heritic living in KC, but I need to replace my gas (gasp...not charcol) grill.

I'm leaning towards the Webber Genesis Platinum C.

Anyone out there in cigarland have other things I should consider?

i dunno.....every gas grill I ever owned was junk.

Andy -

Ummm maybe you should stick to things without open flames?

you should consider charcoal. it justs tastes better when you're burning charcoal and wood. i will NEVER buy a gas grill.

Is that arounf 55k btu?

It's a really nice grill. But I agreed with andy. I have a gas and a charcoal/wood grill. I have a Brinkmann Pit master for charcoal and a Charbroil 480 for gas. I use my charcoal more and that grill has lasted about 3 years. I bought the gas grill last year and i've had 2 leaks in the valves already

Lofty,

for me the convenience factor outweighs the flavor factor. I used gas for a few years in college, and we grilled ALL THE TIME.

When I bought my house, I bought a great charcoal grill/smoker.........and used it maybe once a week in the summer.

Now I have both, and unless I am cooking out for a bunch of folks, I just burn my meat on the gas.......soooooo easy, and still healthy and tasty.

i guess it depends on your priorities. flavor beats convenience in my world. otherwise, i'd just go to mcdonald's when i wanted a burger.

that is where I am at Andy.

I grill out several times a week year round.

I agree on charcol/wood but it takes too long. It would be great on weekends.

The grill I'm replacing is a cheaper Weber A that is over 7 years old. I could just put $150 or $200 into it and get probably another 7 years but I want something a little bigger to use a rotisserry or have beer but chicken that doesn't touch the top of the lid.

EWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although Weber does have a gas started charc. grill now. Anyone know anything about these?

I'm with Andy.

The ability to gas up and have the meal ready in less time than it takes the charcoal to reach optimal temps means a lot to me.

I picked up a Sears model last year on the advise of my brother in law. He's riden his hard for 3 years with no problems.

My BBQ arsonal also included a Weber, a smoker, a turkey frier and a chiminea (shmoors).

tee

Buy a gas grill, I went to the dark side about 15 years ago, and I am glad I did so. Go to BarbeQuesGalore and look at the Austrailian models they have (grills not girls) as they also carry the Weber, compare them all and you will get a good grill out of that. I have a 3 burner, Captain Cook by Barbeques galore, it is almost 7 years old and still rocking on!

Also check out the grills at Costco.

Charlie

I picked up a Charbroil Stainless Commercial series gas grill last June and love it. I think i found it at Lowes on sale for like 299.00

Great 4 burner grill with ceramic heating elements that maintain even flame throughout. Puts out around 40,000 BTU if needed.

I bought a fairly nice gas grill at wallyworld for around $100. (Sort of the split barrel type.) I also bought a "fire brick" (don't know if that's the right name for it). It's a large rectangle flat piece of ceramic looking material that covers the entire bottom. I placed it right over the burners. On top of that I put wet wood chunks when we grill.

I turn the burners up until the fire brick gets hot, then turn the burners way down. This gives low, even heat, and the flavor of the wood chips, without any gas flavor. We cook almost every type of meat and vegetables on it and the flavor is hard to beat.

Some of our friends use charcoal, and we always taste the liquid lighter taste in their food.

I finally got smart this time and bought a good cover, and it stays covered at all times when we're not using it. It stays out in the weather winter and summer and it's three or four years old and still looks new, no rust!

I'm convinced you don't have to shell out the big bucks for those fancy stainless steel monsters - our steaks and ribs are fantastic. And one "click" and it's lit, with no charcoal mess.

Tuck

I received a weber genesis for my birthday last year. Very happy with it. I think I have the silver tho. It's a three burner and my wife got it on close-out. The newer ones only had two burners but they have a door in front. I also got the rotiserre attachment. Great investment. Have done a few chickens and turned a turkey breast for the Superbowl.

Must be getting close to lunch. I'm hungry now.

I was gifted a Gas Grill 4 yrs ago by someone who was moving and packed the house but forgot to look on the porch, LoL . . . it was a brand new cheap-o model and I got a good 4 yrs of use from it . . . The housing that protects the burner element from the briquets just rusted out and collapsed the other day and now I am in need of a new one, too . . .

im a charcoal guy all the way.

I dont really understand why everyone says it "takes so long" to use????

I pull in the drive at my place.. walk out of the car,straight to the kitchen grab the matchlight.. throw in in the grill and light it.. walk away.

back into the house, talk to the lady for a sec.. into the bedroom.. get out of those work clothes.. look for my favorite sandles..ahh there they are.. back into the kitchen.. boy wants to show me some pictures he did at school that day.. very nice son... open the frideg.. grab a beer..swigg swigg swigg.. lady reminds me of this weekend plans... swigg swigg swigg.. ahh im out of beer.. back to the fridge... open another beer..swigg....

open fridge back up.. pull out two beautiful ribeyes..open cubbord.. but meat on plate.. cover with seasonings.. locate tongs, fork.. and beer coozie... and head out on the patio.

ohh immagine that... but the time i did all the.. said charcoal is just PRIME for the cookin.

throw on steaks... swigg swigg swigg .... ahhh life is good.

the gas people on the other hand... do all of the above except step number 1... pour charcoal in said grill... they just walk out on the patio with their meat and beer and click..woosh ... fire.

I think if you plan accordingly... take that 90 seconds before you do everything else.. the flavor reward is well worth the the 90 seconds and slight premedition it takes to use charcoal... just my thought !! haa

v

but if... 90 seconds and premeditation... my dad just got a new Gen Air gas grill and loves it 🙂

v

K.C. is a beautiful area, teedubbya . . .

Question: How much is to spend on grilling burgers?

$100

$300

$700 (the price of the grill Tee wants to buy)