Weber Grills and Accessories

Ariane Resnick, who also updated this article, is a special diet chef, certified nutritionist, and bestselling author. She has more than 20 years experience in the food and writing spaces and believes in a joy-filled approach weber portable grill to health and wellness. If a burner seems to be running cool or creates patchy flames, use a thin piece of wire (many grills come with one attached to a chain) to clean out the gas ports (the little holes in the burner).

Burgers and chickens were too charred on the outside, thanks to the hot cast-iron cooking grate. If you do purchase this model, keep that in mind and start out with less heat. Ribs were better, perhaps owing to the two smokestacks designed for even low and slow cooking. The size of the Denali is impressive, giving you room to easily cook for an entire party of guests. I especially like the little slots for hanging your drumsticks to let them cook evenly.

While the E-310 didn’t get as hot as Weber’s higher-end Genesis grills, it did register temperatures around the 550-degree Fahrenheit mark, allowing us to sear burger patties and steaks with relative ease. The CNET Smart Home editors have been cooking and serving up grill data for a few years now. In addition to the gas barbecue models above, here are the other gas grills we've tested. This list doesn't include the many models we've tested over the years that are no longer available for purchase. No one ever said you have to spend hundreds of dollars to be happy with your barbecue grill.

If you’re looking to invest in a new gas grill, chances are you’re trying to decide between the Weber Spirit or Weber Genesis lines. While grills from Nexgrill focus more on economy and low cost features, you will find Weber taking on a more innovative outlook that focuses on making grilling a technology-friendly, easier process. Having said that, many grilling enthusiasts are willing to pay the price for Weber grills that are known for their fantastic durability, superior quality materials used and professional set-up. Home Depot is an important supplier of various products and accessories under Nexgrill, but by no means owns the brand. Nexgrill is owned by Nexgrill Industries Inc. that manufactures and supplies grills and heaters. Owing to the blurred classification of grill lines by Nexgrill, and the fact that these grills are sometimes sold under other manufactures as well, Nexgrill is often confused to be owned by Home Depot.

Over the past few weeks, I have come across quite a few people who are finding it difficult to pick a grill. If you walk into any Home Depot and check out their grill department, you will mainly see grills from two certain brands. Nexgrill and Weber make up a large area of Home Depot’s grill offering.

But you'll need a special hook-up for natural gas, or to run to the store for liquid propane. Gas-cooked foods also can lack a certain charred grilling taste preferred by some. The SmokeFire EX4 has a 20-pound pellet hopper, as well as a DC-powered engine designed to prevent auger jams. The grill is also equipped with a number of smart features like two meat probes that let you keep an eye on the doneness of your food and allows you to control and monitor the grill from your smartphone via Wi-Fi. It can even walk you through the grilling process, letting you know when it's time to flip food—a handy option for novice grillers. Gas grills run on either liquid propane (most common) or natural gas—both fossil fuels.