From burgers to chicken to slow-smoked ribs, this Weber model’s time-tested design produces great results—at a terrific price. SAVE TIME WITH LESS SCRUBBING- No one likes cleaning up, but it’s a fact of life. Luckily, stainless steel is much easier to clean and maintain than nickel plated steel. This means you spend more time chillin’ and grillin’ than cleaning the grill grate. The Slow N Sear from SnS Grills converts a Weber kettle into a slow smoking machine. You can hold “Low and Slow” barbecue temps for about 10 hours on a single load of charcoal.
Our experts provide the recipes and skills you need to be a grill master. Our customer service reps are real people offering great service, backed by 8 weeks of hands-on training with all of our products. The lifespan of any grill is affected by several factors including cleaning frequency, maintenance, amount of use, weather, and the overall environment where the grill is located. There is an abundance of Weber owners who have been using the same grill for decades. Your mileage may vary, but with proper care and maintenance you can expect your Weber grill to last for many years.
When it comes to cleaning the lid and bowl, burning charcoal and cooking food will cause carbon to accumulate on them. This is normal, and if you’ve used charcoal before, you’ve seen it; it looks like peeling paint. Our home tester used this to cook up barbecue classics like chicken wings weber q and ribs, and she was highly pleased with its performance. Other aspects she liked were that the grates became more nonstick as the testing went on and the warming rack proved itself to be the perfect bun warmer. Since then, Hasty-Bake has refined and polished off the rough edges.
If you prefer meat that’s more well done, you can extend the cooking time, or sear and finish cooking in an oven. They’re bulkier, the assembly is more involved and you’ll likely need more fuel to keep the larger space at a high temperature. Our results, however, were almost as good as with the kettle-style Weber, so if you’re interested in a cart-style charcoal BBQ, this is your best bet. In our medium, indirect-heat chicken tests, the Nexgrill delivered flavorful, juicy meat as a close second to the Weber. And this updated model, when we used the charcoal snake method, demonstrated temperature control almost as good as the Weber.
Add that to its solid warranty and well-regarded customer service, and it’s hard to see a better value. They carry regular charcoal grills, kamados (charcoal-burning griller-smokers, usually made of heavy ceramic, the most familiar being the Big Green Egg), and griller-smokers that burn wood pellets . Salvaggio spent an hour explaining the fundamentals of charcoal-grill design, function, materials, and maintenance to us. And because he’s an independent retailer, he was able to speak freely about what he sees as the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various designs.