I Love My Weber Grill/ by Shelley Lance, blog editor
This is our old Weber grill. My husband, Frank, and I have been using this grill for over 20 years. This is a gas grill. I feel obligated to mention that my employer, Tom Douglas, pooh poohs gas grills; he only likes the charcoal ones because he prefers the flavor a charcoal grill imparts to the food. I agree that charcoal grilled food tastes best, but I love the convenience of a gas grill. Frank and I own both a Weber gas grill and a Weber charcoal grill.
During the 20 years we owned this old Weber grill, we did replace the flavorizer bars at least twice and the grates at least once, ordering the new stuff off the Weber website. The ignition doesn’t work anymore, but you can light this old grill with a match and it still works. It works fine actually. Over the course of the 20 years, we used this grill about 3 times a week, on average. That’s a whole lot of use. All of which is my way of saying, Weber makes an amazing product.
Which means, when you want a new Weber grill, you just have to get rid of the old one because it’s never going to stop working! I finally convinced Frank of this truth and we just bought ourselves this beautiful new grill. I am so happy! The first thing I cooked on the brand new grill was a platter of vegetables from the Farmer’s Market (including a Prosser Farm eggplant). I think a gas grill is especially useful for grilling veggies and fish because the heat is so easy to control.
But we still love our Weber charcoal grill. Here’s a photo (bottom, right) of Frank making burgers on our charcoal grill. (Frank believes that we need a Big Green Egg, too. But for now I’m holding the line at 2 grills for our smallish house and yard.)
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August 26th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Shelley- I loved reading your blog. What an amazing endorsement of Weber grills. I feel honored to be a Weber Rep……………………Brandi
August 26th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Oh My Goodness Shelley, you and Frank traded in your pinto for a cadillac!!!
Congratulations! I have had a Weber Grill ever since I can remember and love it!
Bring some of those grilled veggies over to my office one of these days, will ya???
August 26th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Shelley, we’ll take your old Weber!
You are an incredibly talented chef. I’m sure that Frank is too!
August 27th, 2010 at 6:57 am
We have had our Weber for 20 years, also. It still works great. Have replaced the grills and flavor bars just once. I would never go back to charcoal grilling. Also have heard that charcoal is a possible cancer cause.
August 27th, 2010 at 7:39 am
That barbecue looks fabulous! That food looks so tasty! I want a backyard! My parents could probably use a new barbecue, actually.
August 27th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Shelly – I so totally agree with you about cooking on a Weber grill. Over the years I have had other brands of grills and burnt just about everything and the grill would fall apart in a couple of years. Then I got a Weber Q220 and suddenly I wasn’t burning things anymore. Then came the Genesis and suddenly whole meals were being cooked on the grill to perfection. I love my Weber Grills and the slogan is so true – Weber, have fun with it:)
August 27th, 2010 at 8:19 am
This is cool as so many have the same experience w/ their Webers! After 20 years, I had to give our old Genesis to our son and updated with a new bigger Weber. I kind of feel sorry for all those folks who are having to replace their grills ever other year or so.
August 27th, 2010 at 8:36 am
Hi Shelley – They new upgrage looks great! I’m sure that everyone on your street will be your house on Saturday night in hopes to get something tasty from the new grill. Congrats!
August 27th, 2010 at 10:33 am
I also love my Weber Grill. Before I got my Weber my husband always did the grilling, since getting my Weber Grill (1994) I do all the grilling now. I have cooked some amazing food on my Weber grill and my family and friends agree. I had my first grill for 16 years and this year I bought a new one. The old grill still works though. Your vegetables that you grilled looked wonderful and that is what I will be BBQing this weekend.
August 27th, 2010 at 10:41 am
This makes me want a Weber!! If food can look like that, I need to get a Weber for sure!!
Food looks AWESOME!!
And learn to Grill maybe….
August 27th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Looks as if you found the perfect cooking companion. I hope you get many years of enjoyment out of your new purchase !
August 27th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Those veggies look great! Yes, Webers are great products. We have had our gas grill (similar to Shelley’s) for about 8 years and haven’t had to replace a single part, and we also have the standard 22″ kettle grill. I made it a goal this summer to only grill with the charcoal – I agree that it imparts a better flavor in the food and doesn’t take a whole lot of extra time if using a chimney starter. One of my favorite recipes to make on the kettle grill is the 5-spice chicken from Tom’s Big Dinners. I build a two-level fire, banking the coals on either side, with a disposable aluminum pan in the center to catch the drippings. Add a little damp applewood chunks to the coals at the beginning, cover the grill and open the vents part way, let the Weber do its work, and viola, that’s a tasty bird!
August 28th, 2010 at 9:36 am
My sister gave my husband a Weber Grill for christmas a few years ago and in my opinion it was the best gift he ever received! We run a hotel on the beach and we use our grill quit often. Dan has discovered a wonderful idea. In place of the beer in Beer Butt Chicken he uses Manderian Cherry soda. It is the most delightful flavorful chicken! There are all kinds of flavors of soda. Try one sometime. You’ll be surprised. Thanks Weber.