New Spirit Models- How do they compare to the Genesis?

[King Crimson]

Greetings everyone. I just saw that Weber has updated the Spirit line and have a 4 burner model with 428 inches of cooking area on the grill and 35k BTUs. Looks like they updated the ignition and the burners as well. The 4 burner is $699. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with these and how they will compare to the Genesis series in terms of performance and value.

Anyone have any thoughts on this. Thanks and Happy Grilling

[Huskee]

King, have you seen Max's article based on his, Meathead's, and a few Pitmaster Club members' recent trip to Weber to see them in person? It may help offer some insights until full hands-on reviews can be assembled.

https://amazingribs.com/sneak-peek-webers-2025-product-lineup-including-new-spirit-grill-lineup-and-more/

[J-Melt]

Thanks for posting this. I didn’t realize he had added our visit to the article!

[Huskee]

J-Melt Did you see the recent edition of Hot From The Pit?

[J-Melt]

It did what 87.5% of my emails do and sat unread in some random updates folder. I’ll look at it now!

[Max Good]

We should get one of the new Spirits to test soon. We are particularly interested in the new Boost Burner System.

[King Crimson]

Thanks everyone. I look forward to the full review soon. Have a good one

[jfmorris]

While I am sure the Spirit 4 burner is cheaper, the Genesis 4 burner has 646 sq inches on the primary grate, versus 428. That is a huge difference in space. It has 48,000 BTU's as well.

That said, I spent 17-18 years cooking on a 2 burner Weber Genesis Silver A (2002) that is about 350 sq inches. I moved to a Genesis II 4 burner in 2019, which has the 646. I could cook the same stuff on my older grill - but just had to do more batches of burgers/dogs/etc to get the job done. I was always cooking in batches on the old one when I used it for big cookouts. The big 4 burner gets it done most times in one pass.