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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2020
This is an excellent grill, especially for the price and considering that it is on the low end of the Weber line. I give it 5 stars in every category.
I'll talk about the assembly process first because many people report having trouble putting the grill together. I am an automotive service technician at a car dealership and have better than average mechanical skills. The cars I work on are orders of magnitude more complex than a gas grill, and assembling this grill was a breeze.
First, get yourself a powered screwdriver or screw gun with a torque-limiting clutch. If you don’t have one, borrow or buy one. There are around 40 screws that you will need to install and tighten, and doing it by hand will be tedious and time consuming. Also, someone mentioned getting a cut from a sharp edge. The edges of the metal are indeed sharp, so be careful handling the parts. Weber should have done a better job of de-burring the edges.
Some reviewers reported having difficulty getting the screws started because the holes didn't line up. This is absolutely not the case, the build quality and manufacturing tolerances are excellent, and everything lines up perfectly. Where some people run into trouble is that they tighten each screw as they install them. Doing this will make assembly difficult or impossible. It is very important to start all screws by hand and leave them loose until all are installed. I cannot emphasize this enough, tightening the screws should be the very last thing you do when assembling the grill. This should be stated in the instructions, but it is not. Leaving them loose during assembly allows the parts to shift a little so the holes can be lined up.
All screws and small hardware are packaged in bags labeled A through F, and the instructions indicate which bag to use. I initially thought they had shorted me some screws, the instructions were calling for screws from the A bag, which were all used up. I robbed screws from the C bag to complete the assembly, and in the end I had a screw, a washer and a cotter pin left over.
Some reported finding the legs bent when they were unpacked. One of the legs on mine was slightly bent, but the steel is light-gauge and I was able to straighten the leg by hand and with no tools.
It took me about an hour and a half to complete the assembly, using a helper to place the cover on the grill and install the hinge pins. It could be done by one person, but having a helper for this step makes the process easier.
The assembly instructions are almost entirely pictorial, with very little text. I usually don’t like this, but the drawings are clear and very detailed. If you follow the steps listed in the instructions in order, you will have no problems.
I attached a tank of LP, checked for leaks (very important!) and fired it up. Light the left burner first, the right burner lights from the left one. The grill reached 600 degrees in about 10 minutes on a hot July day. I haven’t cooked anything yet, but the grill appears to work fine and I expect good results. Another excellent product from Weber!
I'll talk about the assembly process first because many people report having trouble putting the grill together. I am an automotive service technician at a car dealership and have better than average mechanical skills. The cars I work on are orders of magnitude more complex than a gas grill, and assembling this grill was a breeze.
First, get yourself a powered screwdriver or screw gun with a torque-limiting clutch. If you don’t have one, borrow or buy one. There are around 40 screws that you will need to install and tighten, and doing it by hand will be tedious and time consuming. Also, someone mentioned getting a cut from a sharp edge. The edges of the metal are indeed sharp, so be careful handling the parts. Weber should have done a better job of de-burring the edges.
Some reviewers reported having difficulty getting the screws started because the holes didn't line up. This is absolutely not the case, the build quality and manufacturing tolerances are excellent, and everything lines up perfectly. Where some people run into trouble is that they tighten each screw as they install them. Doing this will make assembly difficult or impossible. It is very important to start all screws by hand and leave them loose until all are installed. I cannot emphasize this enough, tightening the screws should be the very last thing you do when assembling the grill. This should be stated in the instructions, but it is not. Leaving them loose during assembly allows the parts to shift a little so the holes can be lined up.
All screws and small hardware are packaged in bags labeled A through F, and the instructions indicate which bag to use. I initially thought they had shorted me some screws, the instructions were calling for screws from the A bag, which were all used up. I robbed screws from the C bag to complete the assembly, and in the end I had a screw, a washer and a cotter pin left over.
Some reported finding the legs bent when they were unpacked. One of the legs on mine was slightly bent, but the steel is light-gauge and I was able to straighten the leg by hand and with no tools.
It took me about an hour and a half to complete the assembly, using a helper to place the cover on the grill and install the hinge pins. It could be done by one person, but having a helper for this step makes the process easier.
The assembly instructions are almost entirely pictorial, with very little text. I usually don’t like this, but the drawings are clear and very detailed. If you follow the steps listed in the instructions in order, you will have no problems.
I attached a tank of LP, checked for leaks (very important!) and fired it up. Light the left burner first, the right burner lights from the left one. The grill reached 600 degrees in about 10 minutes on a hot July day. I haven’t cooked anything yet, but the grill appears to work fine and I expect good results. Another excellent product from Weber!
