New Spirit E435


 
Mark Foreman

Mark Foreman

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I have downsized from a Genesis ii SE-335 (2020) to a 2025 Spirit E-425. The Spirit is smaller (17 x 24 grates) than the Genesis (19 by 27) and doesn’t have a bunch of stuff I do not need. There is only the 2 of us and we no longer have large dinner parties. I was cooking for 2 on 1 burner with the others on low. The Spirt was 1/2 the cost of the Genesis.

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Now I am down to a Performer, Spirit, and Smokin-it 3 electric smoker. I have sold a 22 Kettle, 14 and 22 WSMs, and a WSK E6. I will be selling the Genesis for an attractive price if anyone’s interested!

The Spirit went together easily in about an hour and a half. Was quite solid when done. I like the construction better than the Genesis.
No bells and whistles I don’t need or ever used (side burner, I grill 3).

I didn’t like that there was no “gas gauge” but the one on the Genesis wasn’t exactly useful (never worked right) so I’ll adjust.

Jury is out on the snap burner igniters but time will tell.

The grease tray slides out the back and uses the same small pan. It’s angular so everything drains to one side and into the pan. The drip tray now has a snap on cover. The back is not fully closed (to remove grease tray) but I do not see that as an issue.

All burners fired up 1st try! Put burners on high and after about 10 minutes it was approaching 550 degrees. With the sear function on it got to 625 before I shut it off.

All in all, I’m happy so far. Tonight we cook!
 
I had one of those a little while back. It was a cool day, and I had a full tank. 20 minutes in my tank was empty and that thing found its way to the trash. Hope it works better for you than it did for me.
 
I'm not a fan of adding anything into the gas flow or another connection. Best way to know your amount of gas is look up the "tare" weight on the tank then subtract it from current weight. Tells you perfectly the amount of fuel.
 
Weighing the tank is the most accurate as suggested by Larry.

You would be better off putting the money in a second tank.

Also, don’t start a cook if it’s low. Put the second full tank on. The Weber tank scale gives you an estimate. You can pick up the tank once you get a feel for it and get an idea if there’s propane in it.

You can get propane by the gallon at Tractor Supply or use the remaining propane to do a cleaning burn off where you don’t care if it runs out
 
I found out last night while using my blackstone, that the last grill I got with the 3/4 full tank has a seized valve. It is seized in the open position, so I was trying to let it expire but I lost patience with it. So there is still some left in it.
 
Alright I’ll pile on and throw in my story as well.

When customers show up to purchase a grill I used to not bother lighting up the burners unless they ask.

Last year a guy messaged me after he got home and claimed it wouldn’t light. I knew it lit fine for me.

I got his address and drove to his house to troubleshoot.
Well, turns out he was using one of these intermediary gauges and it was the issue. I had him connect the tank directly to the regulator and it fired right up.

I’m not telling this story to say “those devices are bad” but rather to say “if you run into an issue, it’s possible that they might be the root cause”.

But I do light every grill for every customer in person now no matter what.
 
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John-NY said:
Alright I’ll pile on and throw in my story as well.

When customers show up to purchase a grill I used to not bother lighting up the burners unless they ask.

Last year a guy messaged me after he got home and claimed it wouldn’t light. I knew it lit fine for me.

I got his address and drive to his house to troubleshoot.
Well, turns out he was using one of these intermediary gauges and it was the issue. I had him connect the tank directly to the regulator and it fired right up.

I’m not telling this story to say “those devices are bad” but rather to say “if you run into an issue, it’s possible that they might be the root cause”.
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I had a similar situation a few years ago.
Now, I pick up about a half dozen grills a year that have the add-on fuel gauge.
I remove every single one and toss them in the trash.
 
John-NY said:
Alright I’ll pile on and throw in my story as well.

When customers show up to purchase a grill I used to not bother lighting up the burners unless they ask.

Last year a guy messaged me after he got home and claimed it wouldn’t light. I knew it lit fine for me.

I got his address and drove to his house to troubleshoot.
Well, turns out he was using one of these intermediary gauges and it was the issue. I had him connect the tank directly to the regulator and it fired right up.

I’m not telling this story to say “those devices are bad” but rather to say “if you run into an issue, it’s possible that they might be the root cause”.

But I do light every grill for every customer in person now no matter what.
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Thanks, I’ll remember that.
 
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