Weber SmokeFire Sear+ ELX4 24-Inch Wood Fired Pellet Grill - 22722001

I am a lifetime gas-griller, but wanted to try smoking. Generally, this grill delivers, with caveats. Upsides: the grill produces moist, smokey, delicious meats. It's pretty easy to use. Downsides: the grill consumes huge amounts of pellets, but maybe most smokers do. More significantly, the app kept losing connection during a long brisket cook. The app was almost as much of a hinderance as a help. Furthermore, the grill did not start one time in the cold and displayed a jammed auger message. The pellets were new and it was bone-dry outside. After the unit shut down I unplugged it and it worked as normal. Still, troubling. I bought the grill in large part b/c of Weber's generous 100-day return policy. It remains to be seen if I'll keep it but I'm definitely hooked on pellet grilling!

So far worked well hope it continues this is my third one hope improvements was the answer to the problem I have had with flame out and large fires in the grill

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I hope that this was going to turn out fantastic BBQ, I tried to use the smoke for my Thanksgiving turkeyboost, I started up and I got it running about an hour into I came out to spray some stuff on the turkey and my surprise I was so surprised that because of the amount of smoke was on my deck. I was terrified not sure what was going on until I open the barbecue and found it was on on fire. Turkey didn't have anything to do with the turkey was in a pan. I was able to get the turkey and pan out but it was covered with soot so much for that turkey. I closed the barbecue because it was still burningit finally burned itself out. Am pretty sure that electrical had something to do with it you could smell it I. I I think the controller'

The grill surpasses our expectations. The steak we cooked as well as the turkey turned out super good. The flavor of the pellets gives meat a wonderful taste, very mild but there...

If you run out of pellets and the grill cools a bit and then you add more pellets, you'll get a massive explosion and raging inferno that goes up to 991 degrees and chars your meat beyond oblivion. I was terrified for my life. Mind you, this was the fourth time using it. It was extremely clean to begin with. However, the grill was on fire, out of control. I believe it's due to the auger pellet system that overloaded the system with too many pellets at once and just BOOM explosion with the lid popping off while I was standing next to it. I'm terrified of this grill. (Also the assembly was very sensitive for the glow plug install - took several attempts and lots of troubleshooting, including a call to tech support.) All around a waste of money. A giant, hazardous paperweight on our deck. Who engineered this?

Been using mine about 4 months now, a couple times a week. So easy to use - truly set it and forget it. Have done butts, ribs, burgers, chicken, etc, all with great results.

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We puchased the WeberSmokefire grill with the intention of replacing our charcoal grill, gas grill and electric smoker with one unit. The Weber smokefire has made this intention a reality!The grill is fantastic and does everything extremely well. The two grills it replaces are also Webers and have served us well.

My grill came damaged and inoperable. It took quite a while to get a "smoke fire" expert to call me back and it took a very long time to receive replacement parts. Once I got it all together I must say they finally worked the kinks out that plagued the previous models. It works great for everything it advertises to do. That being said the pellet drop still is big opportunity, that will require a re-engineering. Overall great performance, though.

Smoke and Sear are functioning as promised. 8 hour smoke for pork ribs, 6 hour smoke for beef ribs and sear for a tomahawk and some burgers. Smoker and app all functioning well.

At 87, I asked my son to get something foolproof and easy. It also had to meet his exacting standard.Weber SmokeFire does all the above. Of course it provides perfectly smoked meat. If you use a great recipe it is also delicious.