Weber Searwood XL 600 Pellet Grill w/ Cover, Front Table & Rotisserie

I use the griddle attachment almost every day, bacon, eggs, pancakes, does em all right with little mess. Definitely a good smoker too. Zero complaints, this is definitely the better of the two options I was looking at, for my needs. 10/10 #sweepstakes

The 600XL Pellet Grill replaces our beloved Weber Genesis and adds a smoker. We are able to grill and smoke food with total temperature control. As a Chemical Engineer with extensive process automation experience, I am impressed by the temperature control loop. As an example, the system will follow the set point of the temperature from 200 to 300 degrees Fahrenheit in minutes without overshoot the setpoint. 100% satisfied and extremely happy with the unit even though it lacked wheels on the handle side. I added two "Workbench Stepdown Casters" to the non-wheeled side legs to make easy to move around.

I have had many pits, stop wasting money spend it once and you won't have to worry. After many reviews, I chose the Searwood XL. Why? Well I started with an old kettle while in the military that thing lasted a long time. Then moved to gas, then an egg then a pellet now on this one. What I like about Weber that the others didn't have is that they have parts no matter how old and great customer service. Can't go wrong with a Weber!!!

Been a weber user for 10 years. Felt it was time to upgrade and considering it was my birthday so why not, my family wanted to gift me something special. To manage room better under our covered patio I decided to get rid of my smoker and weber gas grill. The Searwood XL being advertised as a smoker that can also be used as a grill that reaches 600 degrees! I was excited and with my past experience with weber products I figured id pay the extra money for the brand, for the quality, the support, etc. Boy was I wrong!!!!! So I got my grill along with other extras that I ordered. Performed the initial update through my phone and start up procedure as instructed. This was met with multiple error codes. I thought, maybe its just new, had to take time for the pellets to feed through and this was reason for error. Eventually was able to perform the start up procedure to 450 degrees. That evening decided to grill some steaks. Set the controller to 600 degrees. After 40 minutes, can't get it above 450 degrees. Was met with multiple e18 error codes. Lid being closed throughout all my cooks. Anyways, steaks ruined! This was on a brand new bag of bear mount pellets from the store. I thought, maybe I got a bad bag. The next day, I went and bout a different brand of pellets, could not get the grill above 500 after multiple attempts. Anyways to keep it short. Ive followed every troubleshooting guide. Cleaned multiple times. I have tried multiple brands of pellets at this point. The only ones I've been able to get remotely close to 600 degrees was with a brand that offers hardwood charcoal pellets or lumberj pellets. Even then I cant get it to hit 600 consistently. Sometimes id be in the middle of a cook, say around 500, only for it to drop to 200 degees out of the blue and not fire up again. I have contacted support days after receiving the grill. Support said someone would contact me within 24hrs. NOTHING, SILENCE! DAYS WENT BY. I decided to call and went through the generic troubleshooting guide which I've already done numerous times. Lady said someone would call me from the pellets grill division within 3 days. I asked her nicely if someone can call me that day. The grill was brand new and has not worked as advertised. She said ok, I will have someone reach out that day. Guess what! NOTHING! nobody called me. So its been a little over a month. Grill cant reach 600 degrees as advertised no matter what brand pellets I use, absolutely no support from weber. Also, telling someone to wait 3 days to get support on a brand new grill is absolutely disappointing. I expected so much more from you weber. You should be ashamed at this level of support. It almost leads me to believe that weber must have so much issues with this grill that the support center must be overwhelmed with calls. So if you want to spend 1300+ on something to not operate as designed and be left in the wind, this is the product for you. This review is my last attempt at having the pellet grill support to actually call me before I file a complaint with the BBB. Hope this works!

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The Searwood XL 600 works exactly as I had hoped. I'm able to cook at the exact temperature necessary to ensure perfect steaks, chicken, burgers, and whatever else I'm grilling.

First smoker , SearwoodXL 600 loaded pellets and cook two delicious ribeye steaks Follow the directions from the manual , and even used the probes . I live in Las Vegas and it's hot but using the app I'm able to control my cook . Best smoker ,I used pure hickory pellets . Going to do pork chops on the 4th of July Pete

This is the grill that does it all. Low and slow smoking-- check. "Regular" grilling-- check. High heat searing --check. Griddle cooking (with insert sold separately) -- check. Yes, its pricey. But given that I have three high-end cooking methods all in one sold me on the product. And its a Weber, so warranty and QC are excellent.

Great size, easy to use and clean. Looks easy to replace parts when necessary. It definitely needs casters on the end without wheels - ridiculous they aren't included. Works great after adding them myself.

First off, the back of the grill was warped. Had to submit a warranty claim. Weber was good about it and sent me a replacement cookbox. After using the grill a few times, I noticed it doing some weird things. The displayed temperature didn't seem right. I started doing some testing on the grill ( I'm an HVAC technician) with my own temperature meter. I found out that the temperature control of this grill is very poor. The displayed temperature is pretty much worthless. Here are the issues: - Temperature control is not tight, I've observed a 50 deg swing when the displayed temp is steady. - After it settles out, the average temperature it maintains is 15 deg below the setpoint. - When the grill is heating up, as it approaches the setpoint, the displayed temp will rise quickly and then indicate that the grill is ready. The actual temperature is still well below the setpoint. - One of the reasons I bought the grill was its advertised temperature of 600 deg. The highest actual temperature my grill has gotten to is 528 deg. Mechanically it is a good grill, but the software programming is bad. I work with PID controllers in my line of work and if I programmed a PID controller to act this way, I would be fired.

I have owned this grill now for almost a month now, and Weber has sent me 3 parts so far and another two are on backorder till the 1st week of July 26' My grill is still not working as of today... So far I have had to replace the ECU, Auger, Motor and now they are saying I need a new Control Board and Fuel Sensor. Since Black**** bought them they are no longer the Weber we all once knew. The offered to send me one comp item which is hilarious. I'm asking what about all of the work and pellet loss on a grill that should work right out of the box. I have already submitted a dispute on my grill as being a DOA and awaiting any next steps on turning a nightmare into something positive and move on.