Julian Vrieslander
New member
Long time griller, first time poster. I'm thinking of replacing our 21 year old Genesis Silver B. From lurking on this site, I see that many of you are still keeping these old grills running. But I'm tired of buying replacement parts and I don't know how much longer they will be available.
My main gripe with this old propane grill is that its temperature stability is poor when running at low flame levels. I measure with a digital probe of air temp inside the closed grill. If I am slow cooking ribs, I try to run at about 275F. But the temp can drift as much as 100 degrees higher or lower, unless I make frequent tweaks to the knobs. This gets tiresome over a 3 hour cook. I tried various combinations of burners turned off, different settings on the burners, etc.
Are the newer gas grills better for stability? I know that some smokers and pellet grills have features that can regulate temperature. You'd think that, in the 21st century, the gas grill manufacturers would have figured it out.
We have an existing natural gas pipe to our deck, but capped off and never used since we bought this home. So we could use propane or natural gas for the new grill. Is there any difference between NG and propane grills for temperature stability?
Currently leaning toward the Genesis II SE-330 (NG, open cart), SE-335 (NG, doors), or the S-345 (LP, doors, Costco). I don't care about the difference in appearance, and I doubt that we would use a closed cart for storing stuff. Does a closed cart give any functional cooking benefits? Reduced wind effects, fewer burner blowouts? Temp stability?
Weber recommends that the 300 series NG grills should run on 7" WC pressure. How critical is this?
My main gripe with this old propane grill is that its temperature stability is poor when running at low flame levels. I measure with a digital probe of air temp inside the closed grill. If I am slow cooking ribs, I try to run at about 275F. But the temp can drift as much as 100 degrees higher or lower, unless I make frequent tweaks to the knobs. This gets tiresome over a 3 hour cook. I tried various combinations of burners turned off, different settings on the burners, etc.
Are the newer gas grills better for stability? I know that some smokers and pellet grills have features that can regulate temperature. You'd think that, in the 21st century, the gas grill manufacturers would have figured it out.
We have an existing natural gas pipe to our deck, but capped off and never used since we bought this home. So we could use propane or natural gas for the new grill. Is there any difference between NG and propane grills for temperature stability?
Currently leaning toward the Genesis II SE-330 (NG, open cart), SE-335 (NG, doors), or the S-345 (LP, doors, Costco). I don't care about the difference in appearance, and I doubt that we would use a closed cart for storing stuff. Does a closed cart give any functional cooking benefits? Reduced wind effects, fewer burner blowouts? Temp stability?
Weber recommends that the 300 series NG grills should run on 7" WC pressure. How critical is this?