Genesis S-330 Natural Gas Heat Question


 
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Raymond Ch

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Hi everyone, I'm new the the forum and am excited to be part of the community. I wanted a sanity check on something. I have a natural gas version of the Genesis S-330 Stainless Steel grill, and I took it apart to do some cleaning (I went as far as only unscrewing the burner tubes and unclipping them from the ignitor cables to clean them). I also took that opportunity to clean the heat deflectors, flavorizer bars, and grates.

I recall that before cleaning, I was able to get the thermometer to 700+ degress (the max number the thermometer). If I would leave the grill on full blast for an hour it would get so hot the flavorizer bars would glow. However, after the cleaning and putting everything back together, I only get up to 650 degrees no matter how long I wait. The only difference I remember was that I had my heat deflectors face up (like the letter "V") instead of face down now which seems to be the correct way.

Question: for those who have this grill (or even another gas grill), how hot do you get?

I triple checked everything, and seems like I put it all back together correctly. In fact, I think the grill works better after the cleaning (before my igniting wasn't as smooth, and now all burners come on very nicely).

Thanks for in advance for any guidance and advice.
 
Hi Ray; I've got an EP-330 NG model that I bought last fall. It's a fantastic grill and although I'm a charcoal guy, this grill works fantastic on just everything I've cooked. When I've preheated it some 15 minutes with all burners going (including the sear) the Weber thermometer reads between 550 and 600 and the flavorizer bars are glowing red. I don't have a lot of faith that I'm getting an accurate read from that thermometer, but haven't tried calibrating it against some good digital ones I've got. It'll be interesting to see what others post on this.
 
When you had the tents upside down it allowed more heat to go around them rather than disperse it. Basically if you took them out and fired the grill up you'd have the same effect. But they should actually be a "tent" over the burner. Yes some heat is blocked from the gauge BUT that is the intent.
 
Thanks Pete and LMichaels. I guess me being at 650 degrees seems to be within range, and not a "problem". Perhaps it's an inaccurate thermometer read or just the deflectors being upside down that allowed more heat before. If anyone else can share how hot their thermometer gets that would be great.
 
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