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Brand: Weber
Category: Lawn & Patio

List Price: ~~$2,249.00~~
Buy New: $1,660.00
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

21 reviews
Sales Rank: 4583

Shipping Weight (lbs): 282
Dimensions (in): 51.2 x 45.2 x 29.8

MPN: 1780001
Model: 1780001
UPC: 077924067969
EAN: 0077924067969
ASIN: B000H1Y4TK

Release Date: January 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Weber 1780001 Summit S-650 Propane BBQ Grill July 4, 2008
Very satisfied with operation of product. Easy to assemble and well packed. Weber advertises as stainless steel, however the sides and back of the base are enamel and not stainless.

5 out of 5 stars

A step Up June 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I bought this grill as a replacement for my Vermont Castings VCS5010 when it was damaged in a move. The VC signature series are no longer available and after cooking on this grill I am happy about that.

My Grill arrived without incident and no damage at all. We put it together in about 15 minutes and Weber was smart on the packing, the grill comes on a plastic pallet, but the heaviest parts are in a nice hidden type place in the pallet so you do have to lift the entire 300 lbs to get the grill body out of the crate. I thought this was worth mentioning.

Amazon had the best price but I noticed as I am writing this review the price has increased from last week when I bought it.

I read many reviews and some people had mentioned heat problems, this grill heats to 500-600 in about 10 - 12 mins and cooks like a dream. Very even heat and no flare-ups. We did chicken on bone last night that was marinated all day and used the indirect cooking method, it was awesome very juice and tender, no burnt crisp like before.

This grill is expensive but worth every penny in quality and cooking experiance. I thought I had the best grill with my Vermont Casting but I was very wrong, thank you Weber!

5 out of 5 stars

Nearly Perfect June 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Can't seem to cook things wrong on this grill.
Just admire the grill before you cook on it, because it'll never look that way again after you use it.
Only drawback I've seen is that the door magnets didn't seem to hold that well and I initially had trouble with the regulator leaking where it connects to the propane. Customer service was very friendly and sent a new regulator w/in a couple weeks.
Haven't yet tried the effectiveness of the smoker box.
Very satisfied overall.

1 out of 5 stars

A Shiny Object June 4, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

I got the Summit 650 as a retirement gift. I planned on getting to know my grill and dazzling the guests at my retirement party with great barbecue. The Summit arrived with a dented door and a broken door magnet. Weber cheerfully sent replacement parts. All was good. Then the grill stopped working. The customer service person listened carefully ,diagnosed the problem over the phone, sent the parts to my home, and contacted a service technician. One week later the part and the technician arrived and the grill was fixed. I wasn't home when this happened. The grill did fire up but the knobs stuck. I called the technician and he told me I could adjust them myself or schedule another service call. I adusted them myself per his directions. The knobs no longer stuck but...the grill no longer worked. I again contacted customer service and they said they would contact the technician. One week later I again contacted customer service and was told that this was the busy season and it might take several weeks for a technician to make the needed repair. My retirement party is fast approaching and all I know of my grill is that it is an irritating shiny object.

3 out of 5 stars

Indirect Cooking-Major Issue May 15, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

I got rid of my 10 year old Weber gas grill last summer and I'm sorry I did. I had a large red Weber, not sure of the model number, that served me well for 10 years. There never seemed to be enough room on the grill however so when I saw the new S-650 I just had to get it. Big enough to cook for a crowd, smoker box, it seemed like a dream grill! Except for the price!

One of my favorite things is slow cooking on the grill but this has turned out to be a disaster on this grill. The smoker works flawlessly but the temperature is just not right inside the grill. Slow grill-roasting requires indirect heat at a "slow" temperature of 250 to 275. When this grill is set to that temperature the food just does not cook. My old, smaller Weber did a great job at slow cooking ribs, briskets, chicken, pork shoulders, whatever, But I just couldn't seem to get them to cook correctly on this grill.

I suspected the temperatures were not what the thermometer on the hood said they are. So I bought an oven thermometer and tested the temperatures under the hood. I tested it by slow cooking and smoking two racks of spare ribs. I had the smoker burner on low and the two main burners next to it on medium (the closest one) and low. When the grill hood thermometer read 275 the temperature on the far left side of the burner surface was only 150 degrees! And the temp just to the right of the ribs rightmost side was 175 (to be expected as closer to the lit burners). A 125 degree difference between the grill hood thermometer and the surface...totally unreliable in my estimation.

The only way to get the 275 over on the left surface was to get the grill hood thermometer up to around 375. The distance between that thermometer and the left surface is only about 12 to 18 inches in an enclosed space. The only thing I can figure is that the heat is rising up inside the hood but not staying down lower. Perhaps the hood is just too big or the thermometer needs to be lower. Didn't these guys test this before it went into production???

After all the money I spent on this thing, I wish I had my old grill back (which I gave away, still in decent shape!). I can't control the time or the cooking like in my old grill. Last year many outdoor cooking days were ruined by the food not being cooked or just undercooked and tough.

I did notice that Consumer Reports in their latest issue only rated this grill average in slow cooking ability. They are correct. I gave this grill a 3 rating because it does a really good job in the normal tasks of grilling steaks and hamburgers, etc.

One final thing. I wrote to Weber about this issue and got a really strange response from them about how this is a bigger grill than my older one and I have to get used to cooking on it, etc. What a stupid response! And even worse, the Weber person suggested that maybe I need to use more wood in the smoker box...what that has to do with a faulty thermometer and uneven temperatures I'll never know.

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