I looked at a new Genesis EP-310 yesterday and it had porcelain favorizer bars in it, not SS.
The grates were SS. I thought on the EP models that the grates and flavorizing bars were both SS.
Is this the norm?
It makes no sense to me that a dealer would add SS grates to an E model and then sell it at an EP price. The EP is 50 dollars more than the E and SS grates from Weber are 120 dollars, so where is the profit?
The only way they could be making money is if the grates were third party and probably of inferior quality and not covered under warranty since they are not original to the grill.
FYI: the badge on an EP says “Genesis special editon” not professional.
I would run not walk away from that guy.
EDIT by georgeg:
And,the owner assemblies the grills