3-burner Genesis e310 as a "built-in"


 
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BrendanKelly

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I am building a BBQ surround out of brick, on my patio. rally want to incorporate a small 3-burner NG grill alongside my charcoal smoker.

If I cut out the top of the brick and braced with angle iron, could I use a Genesis e310 as a "built in" grill? IE - I would modify and not assemble it to the base, with the side shelves. is there any reason I couldn't do that if reinforced appropriately? this will be the 5th Weber I have owned in my life. and 3 of the other 4 are still running and handed down to my kids. thanks to Weber for making a great product!

anyone done similar? looking for advice. thanks
 
The base has the drip tray holder, drip pan holder, and l.p. gauge built into it. You would have to recreate the first two. It would be easier and you would have some easy storage, if you used the base and just left the shelves off.
 
Having just put together an EP-330, I agree with Eric that keeping the factory base would make your life much easier and I think would make for a cleaner install. Incorporating the base into your built in design wouldn't be all that hard to do, basically you just need to leave off the side tables and remove the castors. I can't think of a down side to keeping it? If you really don't want to you could build your own base but that will be a lot more work for little or no gain. Just my $.02
 
I really want to have a finished stone counter, built in look as opposed to a “roll in” cutout area for the grill. I had planned to buy a “drop in” style grill but they are much more than I thought they would be. So just trying to save a few bucks ($400+) to be exact. The island is holding a sink, a charcoal unit and some storage, so its going to be built anyway, I just didn’t want to see the metal legs and casters of the Weber base. I guess we could assemble as normal and then brick around the base. I should mention, I am eyeing the NatGas model, so no propane to deal with. So I guess if I can figure out how to do a drip canister, it would be doable.
 
Why not use a Summit? A second hand Summit Silver 4 burner would be pretty much a 'drop-in' solution, and the cutout measurements are available from Weber. Just an idea.

You could turn the old cart into a mobile BBQ table storage area.....
 
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If you leave the casters off, it can be set on stone or brick. There aren't any "legs" protruding below the level of the cabinet.
 
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