USE it, do some research to understand the problems (if there are any) and then report back.And I got the last one! Lucky me.
USE it, do some research to understand the problems (if there are any) and then report back.And I got the last one! Lucky me.
This is great for you but you have to wonder did Lowe's just figure they had enough, get rid of what they had and be done with them. As Chris said whatever inventory the dealers had were going back to Weber to be returned at some point is Weber refunding to the dealers what they paid for them or are they not going to do that and just replace down the road the same inventory. I would think not you laid out the money to Weber so you tied up dollars with no idea when you get that inventory back and of course winter is coming not exactly prime season.Interesting. Lowe’s appears to be trying to clear out their existing stock. I just picked up a brand new EX6 for $950 that was marked as “clearance”. They tried to give me a poorly assembled floor unit but I asked for a boxed one and got it. Weber agreed to immediately ship me the upgraded auger assembly and pellet slide. I’ll put up with the inconvenience of installing the parts for that discount.
Expensive yes but I suspect the Lawyers finally stepped in. Your liability to expect a consumer to properly install all these parts correctly is begging for a lawsuit if something goes wrong. In the automotive world and of course this is not if you recall something you go to a dealer to make those fixes and of course the dealer gets paid to do that by the manufacturer. The Weber dealers are not qualified to do something like this obviously it would take training nor would they be interested in doing something like that since they don't wan't any responsibility if something goes wrong either not enough money in it.Wow!! That sounds like an expensive proposition! I wonder if this is dealer driven. You would think that Weber could just ship replacement parts to owners when they register their SmokeFire from an authorized dealer just based on the serial number.
Well said, love my SF and those MB pellets are great!I have a Smokefire ex4 I waited to pull the trigger, I don’t think the software is the best. The internal thermocouple has way to much exponential filtering. I understand why they would do that. For me the Smokefire ex4 has worked flawlessly. Only problem I have had is a fuse blew on it. The mechanicals of the grill seem solid. The auger problems they have is not the auger. It’s how it tries to pull back the pellets into the hopper. I don’t understand that choice, many pellet grills just stop feeding them when you shut it down. Plus Weber has the slide, which allows them to just wait until temp drops in the grill and drop a few pellets off the end. For a pellet grill it does do a great job, makes some excellent food. It is a DC grill, and there are not many pellet grills that have DC augers, fans and igniters. The advantage of DC controls is you can reverse motors, and it is easier to control fan speeds, than AC shaded pole motors. However when you surf the bleeding edge of technology you tend to bleed. Which is what Weber appears to have done. I have not replaced the auger, but I am wondering if I should proactively do that. I bought mine during the fourth of July sale. I wouldn’t pay 999.99 for the grill but I would definitely pay 799.99 all day long and twice on Tuesday. However that is just me. Weber is a hardware company, and when a hardware company gets into the software business there is always pain. Their pellets for this grill are also really good, the competition blend has some of the best tasting, and smelling smoke on the market. It come at a premium price but they are premium pellets.
I have a Smokefire ex4 I waited to pull the trigger, I don’t think the software is the best. The internal thermocouple has way to much exponential filtering. I understand why they would do that. For me the Smokefire ex4 has worked flawlessly. Only problem I have had is a fuse blew on it. The mechanicals of the grill seem solid. The auger problems they have is not the auger. It’s how it tries to pull back the pellets into the hopper. I don’t understand that choice, many pellet grills just stop feeding them when you shut it down. Plus Weber has the slide, which allows them to just wait until temp drops in the grill and drop a few pellets off the end. For a pellet grill it does do a great job, makes some excellent food. It is a DC grill, and there are not many pellet grills that have DC augers, fans and igniters. The advantage of DC controls is you can reverse motors, and it is easier to control fan speeds, than AC shaded pole motors. However when you surf the bleeding edge of technology you tend to bleed. Which is what Weber appears to have done. I have not replaced the auger, but I am wondering if I should proactively do that. I bought mine during the fourth of July sale. I wouldn’t pay 999.99 for the grill but I would definitely pay 799.99 all day long and twice on Tuesday. However that is just me. Weber is a hardware company, and when a hardware company gets into the software business there is always pain. Their pellets for this grill are also really good, the competition blend has some of the best tasting, and smelling smoke on the market. It come at a premium price but they are premium pellets.