Weber 3870001 Genesis S-310 Natural Gas Grill, Stainless Steel

Comment: bought this 3 weeks ago and it works great. biggest fear was that i'd have flareups. i previously owned a holland grill that uses entirely indirect heating. but... you lose that char flavor with the holland, not to mention those eye-catching grill sear marks. tried the new weber and have had no flare-ups that have burned and wrecked the meat. there are some minor ones, but nowhere near bad enough to wreck your dinner. i now have those nice grill marks AND great char flavor in my burgers and steaks. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!!

Comment: Our old Genesis spirit (18 years old) finally gave way to the new stainless steel grill. This grill works quicker, grills more evenly and is a joy to use.

Comment: This is my first Weber, and so far it has been everything I hoped for and more. It heats up to 550°+ F in about 6 mins, distributes the heat evenly, and suppresses grease flare-ups super fast. Every meat cooked on it has been juicy and delicious, including chicken and fish. Even the veggies have turned out perfect. Clean-up is quick because the stainless steel grates stick to food less than cast iron; and anything that falls through ends up in the collection tray - which is easily emptied after each use. Finally, I definitely can't forget to mention that it looks absolutely stunning in our backyard.

Comment: Purchased this grill a few weeks ago from Amazon. The delivery itself wasn't the greatest - they promised a time between 12 and 5, and then showed up after 7 PM. I had to call the delivery company twice to make sure they would deliver that day. The assembly wasn't too difficult, but as mentioned by other reviewers, the instructions could have been a little clearer. One stainless steel panel was scratched - I called Weber and they promptly sent me a replacement. Really nice customer service!

The grill is extremely well made and should last a very long time. It heats very evenly across the entire surface - no hot spots. The maximum temp seems to be about 600 degrees - after 10-15 minutes of warm up. There is some discoloration due to smoke/grease right below the handle - not sure why this happens but I can say that it doesn't come off easily. Overall, though, this is a very good grill and it's great not having to worry about propane tanks running out.

Comment: I have had 5 or so BBQ's in the last 26 yrs. The cheap ones like Charm Glow only lasted a year or so. About 10 years ago I got a Weber Sprit BBQ and it last until this year. I was able to rebuild the flavor bars and grill twice in that 10 year period. Weber is great in that you can get parts for old BBQ's. However, I live near the beach and BBQ a lot. The Sprit had an aluminum box and porclin coated iron parts for the grill and flavor bars. These parts rusted out and /or corroded. So this time I wanted a BBQ that was ALL stainless. In looking arround I found several makes that claimed to be stainless but had many nonstainless parts. The Weber Gennesis was expensive but is ALL stainless. Assemby was fairly easy but the diagrams (no writen instructions)take some studing at each step. Total time to assemble was 2.5 hr. This grill is well made and does a terrific job of BBQing. It is not cheap but I belive it is worth the money in the long run. The S310 is a little big for my use and I would have liked a two burner Sprit sized BBQ but they do not make that size in stainless.