The Summit S470 gas grill features a stainless steel enclosed cart with chrome plated cast aluminum handles. All grills have an accent colored painted steel frame and a stainless steel shroud with polished handle and trim, a center mounted thermomete ...
Customer Reviews
Be sure you buy the cover! (2010-06-12)
A very hiqh-quality piece, this is my third or fourth Weber gas grill, not counting the several charcoal kettles I've had over the years. Quite heavy, much more than my Genesis model that it replaced. I read the reviews before purchasing and want to reinforce the need to buy the proper (and non-vented!) cover for this grill.
If you leave it uncovered in the rain, be prepared for a real mess. The grease collection system acts like its supposed to, funneling everything that falls through the grate into the drip pan - including rain that gets in through all the vent holes above the burners. Even a moderate rain, 1/2 inch or less, will fill the drip pan to overflowing and the grease inside will float off the top and into the interior cabinet. Unpleasant and messy to clean up.
The cover you want is the Weber 7554 premium cover for the Summit 400-series.
What a purchase!!! (2009-12-29)
I brought this product to my homeland, Colombia. I live in Bogotá, 2,650 meters above sea level, where oxygen is 30% less. With this LP grill I get enough caloric power (BTU's) for wonderful and fast BBQ's. Natural gas has nearly 50% less calric power, so I would not recomend it for high altitudes.
I am absolutely happy with my new S-470 Weber grill, and, at this stage, I have no complaints at all. It has a neat manufacture which I am sure, it will give me many many years of grilling pleasure.
Carlos Prieto
Works at it should (2009-11-07)
Ive had this grill for 6 months now and am happy to report all is well.
- Very easy to set up. Maybe 20 minutes. Just connect the main pieces
- Heats quickly and can get to around 750 F with all burners firing
- Searing element works well
- Night light is great after dusk. Just the right amount of light
- Attracts finger sprints and dirt but to be expected from stainless steel
- Infrared Rotisserie works well the first time I used it. Chicken was moist and golden brown
- Had a problem with the rotisserie motor and one call to Weber had a new one at my front door in 2 days. They were great.
Happy and would buy again
Paid for Weber reputation, found service lacking (2009-08-08)
I had a Genesis for years that I loved and we purchased a SS grill from BBQ Galore to replace it. Boy was that terrible. So I bit the bullet and sprang for one of these pricey Summit S-470's thinking that it would work well and last a long time and Weber would stand behind it.
When I started looking for the grill cover to purchase with it, I read the reviews from people that said there were vents in the top of the grill cover that allowed water into the inside cabinet where it would overflow the drip pan and make a mess. Worried about that, I got the grill but decided to wait and see if my existing grill cover (without vents) would work on it. Unfortunately it wasn't big enough, and it rained the night after I first used the grill to make baby back ribs and sure enough, there is a definite design flaw on these grills that channels water from the outside of the grill right into the inside into the drip pan. I had a huge disgusting mess to clean up, grease covered everything inside the cabinet, and water also got on the rotisserie forks and they showed rust despite the grill only being a few days old and the forks had never been used.
Thinking that with Weber's sterling reputation they would have a solution to this, I emailed customer service and asked them about the pan overflow problem and told them I heard the grill covers had holes in the top that allowed the problem to occur even when covered. Their reply completely ignored the pan overflow problem, no apology for the mess I had to clean up, no explanation of what they are doing to fix the problem, nothing. As for the vent cover, they explained that the vents were necessary to prevent moisture collection and early rusting, but that based on customer feedback, they redesigned the cover to remove the vents. I had asked in my email why the vents weren't on the back instead of the top, but that inquiry was ignored as well. They said that in order to make sure I got one of the new covers without vents to order from their store (which of course is more expensive than Amazon and you have to pay shipping).
So, to make sure I got the correct grill cover without the top vents, I called their store and ordered one. I specifically said I wanted one of the redesigned covers without vents and she put me on hold and came back and said that wouldn't be a problem. Of course when it arrived and I put it on, it had the vents. I couldn't believe it.
I just got off the phone with them again. I immediately asked to speak to a manager and sat on hold for a long time and the rep came back on and basically I was told that it was not possible for me to speak to a manager. She was very polite, and offered to send one without vents (although she couldn't tell me when one would be available), and to refund my original shipping charge and to pay for return shipping. That's about all I wanted, but if I have a complaint and want to speak to a manager, I should be able to. Again, I was never offered an apology for the incorrect cover I received or for the mess that I've had to clean up (twice at this point). For a company that is charging premium prices based on its reputation, I have been completely underwhelmed by their customer service.
As for the grill itself, besides the design flaw that will overflow your drip pan and make a disgusting mess and makes the inside of the cabinet pretty much useless for holding stuff, it seems to be a great grill. I used the sear station but the expensive steaks turned out overcooked because they don't give any instructions on how to properly adjust the cooking time versus their normal instructions (for example in their Steak Boot Camp pamphlet). I emailed and asked if they had any tips on properly using the sear station and was basically told no, that I had to experiment with it. Hopefully I don't ruin too many more expensive steaks "experimenting" with it since they can't be bothered to tell people how to use a key selling feature on a nearly $2000 grill.
Overall, I'm sure I will eventually figure out how to cook with it well and it is sturdy and will last a long time. But apparently for the rest of the grill's life I will have to make sure the grill cover (assuming I can get ahold of the proper one) is put back on when I'm done. I know in the past with grills I've forgotten to put it back on after the grill cools down. If I do that with this grill, I'm likely to get a gross disgusting gooey mess if it rains. Very disappointing on a grill that costs this much.
Finally Did It... Worth It... (2009-06-07)
Owned too many grills $250-$500 moving every three years...
Researched for months... really looking at three burner Weber...
Friends Webers lasted and cooked well...
First meal was Copper River Salmon at 350 degrees X 10 min per inch... Fantastic...moist... tasted great... grill marks...
Preheats to 600 degrees in 12 minutes...
Looking forward to seared steaks, rotisserie chicken and roasts...
Easy to put together and tested... no leaks found...
This will work well even when the snow is falling....
