It works by vaporizing all the drippings such as marinades and sauces, the vapors making their way around the cook box, and infusing your food with great flavor. When I didn’t need to use it, I just tucked it away and got some extra space. This allows you to connect wirelessly to weber charcoal grill your grill, monitoring your cook while you catch the game inside. Today, we have decided to settle this rift once and for all, presenting to you a comprehensive Weber Genesis II E-310 review. In contrast, the Char-Broil SmartChef over the same time period came out much better.
The Char-Broil SmartChef, by comparison, has three gas burners as well, but they provide less oomph at just 25,000 BTU apiece. You do get a small side burner with Char-Broil’s SmartChef grill, a feature Weber includes on various grills across its product lines, but not on this one. The Genesis II E-310 is an weber q upgrade from your average gas grill and tops our list of the best propane grills roundup. It’s an ideal replacement grill or step-up for someone looking to expand their grilling options. I’m liking the look of the twin stainless steel side shelves, too as it feels like something from a professional kitchen.
This brings us to the LX grill with the largest cooking surface, the six-burner Weber Genesis II LX S-640. It costs $2,000 and scores almost as well as the four-burner model above, although its temperature range wasn’t as wide. At 6 feet long, it takes up about as much space as a couch. The two-burner Weber Genesis II LX S-240 is a small grill, and at $1,000, it’s one of the weber genesis 2 most expensive small grill in our tests. Heat was fairly well-distributed across the cooking surface and the temperature range was very good, but you’ll need a bit more than 10 minutes of preheating to get it nice and hot. On the other side of the size spectrum, the new Genesis series features grills with four and six burners for those who like to do some serious grilling.
I ran three such tests of six 5.3-ounce burgers each pressed from the same hamburger press. I flipped all of the burners on high and gave the grill 10 minutes to preheat. The Genesis II range also includes optional iGrill 3 Weber thermometer compatibility, which allows wireless heat monitoring from up to 30 feet away. What’s more, you can also measure the temperature of the ingredients as they cook, helping to ensure perfectly tender results every time. I love cooking outdoors over live fire and smoke whatever the weather, using various grills, smokers, and wood-fired ovens to produce epic food. My goal with this site is to help as many people as possible enjoy and be good at doing the same.
One huge advantage of Weber’s Genesis II grill design is it’s a snap to clean. They’re also spaced out well so pulling the machine apart for maintenance is easy. Weber also built an elegant grease management system at the heart of the cooker. Any juices and drippings that make it past the burners are funneled towards a waiting disposable drip tray for collection. A component in Char-Broil’s “Tru-Infrared” grilling system, the plate is designed to absorb the heat from the burners, and use it to mimic the radiant heat you get from charcoal. The different cooking methods likely explain the results of my cooking tests, too.