Ducane 31732101 Affinity 3100 Natural Gas Grill, Black

Comment: After looking at the desirable but expensive Weber LP Grills and having owned several of the mid-priced "junk" grills that lasted 2 to 4 yrs. I found the Ducane grill. It's made by Weber, has the Weber support and is a quality grill.
The Ducane name has been around for many years and though they had a good reputation they were hard to find. They line is basically limited to 2 products and don't have all kinds of bells and whistles. They just cook well. The 2 units are the 3100 & 4100 series. I purchased the 3100 which met my needs.
The Ducane 3100 equates to the Weber Spirit E-310. Both have approximately the same cooking area & have 3 burners, 36,000 BTU. If you have need of a larger cooking area try the Ducane 4100 with 4 burners, 48,000 BTU.
Both my son & son-in-law have Webers and one of the things I've always disliked about the Webers is that their controls are mounted on the top side of the table area. Why not the front like all others? Their location minimizes the surface area to be able to put down plates or items being used while cooking.
At any rate I bought my Ducane 3100 for $299.00, it was assembled and delivered for $10.00. That's a number I could live with and get a quality product.

Comment: Got the grill delivered, ordered from Amazon. Free shipping. Came ahead of schedule from the logistics shipper CEVA. Easy to put together (took me and bro in law about an hour). I think the performance will improve over time as it is seasoned a bit.. Tried to do chicken wings for the inaugural bbq and even at the minimum it was cooking too hot which I suppose is to be expected. My bad for going with a slow and low meat first time out... I love that it doesn't have a silly side burner (I find them useless) and you get real, nicely sized, usable working surfaces on both sides of the grill. Wheels and casters are solid. Everything has a nice, well made feel. The stainless steel cooking grates are awesome. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the warming rack which is ceramic coated steel (I think) and seems a bit undersized but not a big deal. Overall this is solid for the price. It appears to me to be of equal quality to the Weber Spirit but you get three burners for the price of two (for the comparably priced units) and unlike the Weber, the control knobs are on the front of the grill instead of being placed right in the middle of the side table work surface which always seemed stupid to me.

Comment: I wanted a natural gas grill this time around because the cost of exchanging LP tanks just keeps going up. Running out of gas when the steaks are halfway done is now a thing of the past to. The Ducane is owned by Webber which consistently gets the highest ratings for quality. This model was over a hundred dollars less than the Webbers at the local big-box stores. I love cooking with this grill because it heats up lots faster than my old Aussie and doesn't flair up much at all. If I had to list any drawbacks it would be that the cooking racks are wire and not porcelain coated steel though so far that hasn't caused any problems. The assembly instructions are a bit lacking it the parts description details but eventually it goes together pretty nice. I would diffinately recommend this grill to anyone looking for a great cooking, no frills, good sized natural gas grill.

Comment: Great product less than 1 hour to put together. But the shipper was extreamly over due. Missed our yearly BBQ but had it for the SUPER BOWL.

Comment: The grill was delivered within 10 days of ordering and I love it. Assembly was a little harder than I expected because the grill is heavy!! I am 70 years old, 120 lbs and live alone. Need I say more? I managed to get everything out of the box and assembled the cabinet quite easily using only a screwdriver and small crescent wrench. The instructions are mostly pictorial and quite clear. I could NOT lift the grill part onto the cabinet and had to recruit my neighbor to help with that step - also needed assistance getting my old connection off the gas line (I didn't have a wrench large enough.)

I have used it several times and really like it. It heats quickly and cooks like a dream.