Product Description

The Spirit® E-210TM gas grill features an enclosed cart with stainless steel doors and handles with black-painted, side and rear panels. Constructed with a porcelain-enameled shroud, a center-mounted thermometer, and black-painted, cast aluminum end caps. The cooking system, rated at 26,000 BTUs, includes 2 stainless steel burners and a Crossover® ignition system. Cooking grates and Flavorizer® bars are porcelain-enameled. The primary cooking area measures 350 sq. inches, the warming rack area measures 108 sq. inches, and Warm-UpTM basket area measures 70 sq. inches, giving a total cooking area of 528 sq. inches. Other features include 1 removable thermoset work surface, right-hand and left-hand condiment baskets, 3 tool holders, a precision fuel gauge, locking casters and crackproof all-weather wheels. Tank is not included with LP grills and all natural gas grills include a 10-ft flexible hose. Weber® cookbook included. Limited warranty.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12138 in Lawn & Patio
• Brand: Weber
• Model: 3811001
• Released on: 2006-12-05
• Dimensions: 124.00 pounds

Features

• 2-burner natural gas grill; 26,000 Btu's; 528 inches total cooking area
• 350-square-inch main cooking area; 108 -square-inch cooking rack
• Stainless steel frame; rust-resistant, porcelain-enameled cooking grates
• Enclosed stainless steel cart; 70-square-inch basket
• Electronic ignition system; center-mounted thermometer

Customer Reviews

Now We're Cookin'!
The Weber 3811001 is the same grill as the Weber 3711001 with one big difference: The 3811001 comes natural gas-line ready versus the 3711001 that is built for use with a propane tank. I recently bought a new Weber Spirit after owning my last one for 11 years. There's a 3 burner model and a 2 burner model. If you're reading this you're looking at the 2 burner model.

Excellent product. 2 burners are more than sufficient; I don't know why they even have a 3 burner model since the 3 burner model isn't really that much bigger. The 2 burner model has plenty of room for the needs of everyday family grilling and entertaining a decent size group.

There's plenty of product info on this page from Amazon and the manufacturer, so let me tell you a few things that I do to make my Weber work best for me.

-Most importantly...keep it covered. Amazon sells a Cover...get it. Not coving it will cut its life in half at least.
-Cover the funnel shaped grease drip pan with tin foil and change it regularly; otherwise build-up in the trap can catch fire and THAT does not make a steak taste very good.
-Change the disposable grease traps regularly (otherwise they start to stink).
-Get yourself a quality wire brush and use it before each use...NOT after. The build-up on the cooking grates after each use actually protects them from the elements.
-Before each use, after you wire brush the grates, put some cooking oil on some paper towels and wipe the grates down.
-Pre-heat the grill on high for at least 5 - 10 minutes; it burns off anything left over from the cleaning and makes the cooking grates nice and hot.
-Initiate cooking steaks, chops, any cuts of meat (even burgers...no, not hot dogs) on just-over-medium heat for no more than 2 minutes on each side and flip before cooking to your liking. This brief searing of each side locks in the flavor of your cut of meat.
-Cook with a closed cover; normal cuts of meat shouldn't take more than a total of 10 minutes (including the searing).
-Let your meat sit for up to 5 minutes before slicing (or biting into it!). This locks in the juices; if the juices are too hot when you slice (or bite), they'll run right out of your cut of meat.

There you go. Hope that helps. And don't forget to cover the grill after it cools. Bon appetit!

Well Pleased
This is my second one of this model. There are just two of us and it is plenty big enough for company or just the two of us. We really like this product.

Construction, first and last
This is our third natural gas grill. An $800 MHP had a molded aluminum shell which was sturdy, but the interior components rotted in a couple years, requiring replacement at 80% the cost of a new grill. A CharBroil was as bad as the reviews say, but we stretched it to 3 years. Finally got tired of flaking rust from the grills, though it only wound up costing us about $35 a year. :) Finally, this -- back to Weber.

The interior construction & design diverges from these others significantly. You can believe the extended warranty from Weber (keep your paperwork) because they figured out how to do this model right. It's comparatively heavy -- won't blow over in less than a full gale. But the weight all went into "wear pieces"; like a fine Japanese car in 2008, there isn't an ounce of metal you don't need.

Weber's packing is some of the strongest corrugated material I've ever seen. Assembly might be a little longer than the promised half-hour, if only because it takes so long to unpack everything (and a worktable is much better than trying to do outside). If you have an existing gas line for a grill, it's plug & play -- we could have been cooking an hour after our grill was delivered. Bottom line ... we expect to do our next gas grill review in about 2018. (I think it'll be another Weber.)

You won't find a better small grill, suitable for 4, up to 8 in a pinch. (Beyond that, get a charcoal grill for occasional overflow.)