Weber Grills was founded in the year 1893 in United States. They started off with charcoal and gas grills. They introduced grilling accessories, and other outdoor products as well. Weber grills acquired Ducane in 2004, when the latter filed for bankruptcy. They introduced high-end propane and natural gas grills which were part of Duncane.
Weber Grills restaurants were started in 1989 at Wheeling, Illinois. Owing to the popularity of the restaurants, four more restaurants were opened later on at Lombard - Illinois, Downtown – Chicago, Schaumburg – Illinois and Indianapolis. The restaurants have special customized grills to cook the various meats – steaks, hamburgers, and grill-fired pizzas. They have designed it in such a way that the kitchens are in the open, so that the customers can enjoy the meal preparation.
Weber Grills offers various types of Grills: Gas, Charcoal, Portable, Electric, Smokers, the Weber Q Series and Summit Grill Center. Depending on your requirement you can choose the grill best suited to your needs. Let’s look at some of the popular Weber grills:
1. Charcoal Grills
The various grills available under this category are One Touch Series, Performer Series, the Smokey Mountain Cooker and the Ranch Kettle.
One Touch Series:
These are charcoal grills available in various sizes like Silver 18.5”, Silver 22.5”, Gold 22.5” and Gold 26.75”. Depending on the size, you can cook more meat at one go. The size mentioned in the name of the grill, is the depth of the grill. These grills boast the following features:
• Plated steel cooking grate or hinged cooking grate in the Gold version
• One Touch Cleaning system
• Aluminium ash catcher or removable one in the Gold version
• 2 Durable all weather wheels
• The gold version has Glass-reinforced nylon handle with tool hooks and Built-in lid thermometer
2. Gas Grills:
The different types of Gas grills available are the SPIRIT series, GENESIS series, SUMMIT series and Grill centers.
SPIRIT Series:
5 models are available in this series with varying number of burners and total cooking area. The other features of this series are:
• Porcelain-enameled, cast iron cooking grates
• Porcelain-enameled Flavoriser bars
• Center mounted thermometer
• Stainless steel fold down tables
• Fuel gauge for the LP models
• Hooks
3. Portable Grills:
The Portable grills have the SMOKEY JOE Series and the GO-ANYWHERE series.
The SMOKEY JOE series are all Charcoal grills, while you can choose between charcoal grill and gas grill in the GO-ANYWHERE series.
4. Weber Q Electric Series:
This series has Porcelain-enameled, cast iron cooking grates, Heat retention liners and infinite heat control settings.
The other Weber Q series grills are available in Propane, Electric and Natural Gas versions.
5. Smokers:
The SMOKER or SMOKEY MOUNTAIN COOKER models are made of porcelain-enameled bowl and lids and have plated steel cooking grates. They also have built-in thermometers, glass-reinforced nylon lid handles and aluminium dampers.
Weber Grills also have various grilling accessories categorized under – Cooking, Cleaning, Covering, Wearing, Apps and cookbooks.
You can carefully list your requirements and then make the perfect choice for your own grill.
