Napoleon Vs Weber Grills – 2022

Weber and Napoleon, are the best two sellers. Weber is a US-based company, whereas Napoleon is the largest privately-owned manufacturer of furnaces, fireplaces, and grills in the U.S. Both make high-quality grills and their prices are in line with each other as they are big competitors of each other.

Our experts did side-by-side testing and comparison of grills of both brands to give you a clear vision of what suits you best. Here we will discuss different features of each brand, as well as their pros and cons. By the end, you should have a better idea of which grill is right for you.

We have a wide range of grills in both brands Napoleon and Weber. So here we have written a detailed review by the comparing different ranges mentioned below.

• Entry-Level Quality Gas Grills: Weber Spirit E-330 vs Napoleon 425

• Mid-Range Quality Gas Grills: Napoleon Prestige 500 vs Weber Genesis II E-335

• High Quality Gas Grills: Napoleon Prestige PRO 500 vs Weber Summit S-470

Before selecting any grill, make sure which gas you are using whether you are using LP Propane or Natural Gas. These grills are not coming with conversion kits and even some of them do not allow the converting of grills.

Entry-Level Gas Grills Napoleon Vs Weber Grills

Mid-Range Quality Gas Grills – Napoleon Vs Weber Grills

High-End Gas Grills Comparison – Napoleon Vs Weber Grills

Napoleon Travel Q PRO 285 VS Weber Q1200 Liquid Propane Grill

Warranty Comparison of Napoleon Prestige/Prestige PRO and Weber Summit Series/Genesis II

Entry-Level Gas Grills Napoleon Vs Weber Grills:

Weber Spirit E-330 vs Napoleon Rogue 425

There are minor differences in both grills, we will break it down for understanding. When you are going for shopping barbecue grill, you have lots of options, even if we consider only Napoleon, we have wide variety of grills.

Weber is one of the most well-known names in the grilling industry. The company has been around for over 50 years, and its grills are known for being durable and easy to use.

Weber Spirit E-330 Review

This version of Weber is not overloaded with many stainless steel parts, but it has all accessories that are offered in Weber’s low price line grills.

• It is a three burner gas and one 7500 sear burner, which is not big as other three burners. It is not an infrared burner but it helps in ­boosting heat and providing intense heat. This sear station will give you grill marks like you made it for ad! It will make strip steaks with perfect crust on it.

• The porcelain coated cast iron grills gives restaurant style grill marks on your food. They are excellent heat retainers and distribute heat consistently.

•  Igniters work like a dream.

• Process of Cleanup is very good in this grill. There are 2 removable grease trays i.e., grease tray and catch pan that really work well. Any grease or juice that is not vaporized by flavor Iser bars directly pass to grease tray, then it is directed to catch pan.

• This grill is enough for most of the families. Its size is perfect if you have 4 to 6 people in your family.

• It is powered by 20 lb. propane tank.it has a built-in fuel gauge that always tells how much fuel is left.

• The storage cabinet has enough space to store propane tank and other accessories that are necessary for grilling.

• Like most expensive genesis series, Weber E-330 is an excellent package for small families and you get what you pay for. It has really good quality with many features.

Napoleon Rogue 425 Review

• Cooking grates of Rogue series are designed with Napoleon signature Wave shape. They are good retainer of heat that helps in providing attractive color and marks to your grilled food.

• It has 3 burners, each burner is 12000 BTU, in total it is 36000 BTU on it. Which is really good to sear a steak or roast large cuts of meat. Additionally it has infrared burner on left side.

• Under cooking grates, we have dual level sear plates that provide maximum coverage to burners. Shape of these sear plates help the grease to roll off easily. These drippings are vaporize back to grilling surface and adds flavor full smoke to your grill.

• It is not only a fantastic gas grill but it’s another important feature is its ability to use charcoal in cooking. The rogue is simply converted into charcoal by dropping Napoleon cast iron smoker tray. Fill charcoal tray with charcoal and lid the ignite burner. When the charcoal is lit, switch the burner off. You would be ready to grill in 15 minutes.

• Both stainless steel side shelves can be fold down that makes the grill easy to adjust in less space.

• It has grease tray inside that makes the cleaning process easy.

• Its outer body is powder coated galvanized steel cart, while it comes with life time warranty.

• On the left hand side, it has infrared mounted burner. It can sear up to 1800 degrees. You will get amazing bold grill marks on your food with its casted iron cooking grates.

• The hood of the burner has temperature scale that is easy to read.

Napoleon Vs Weber Grills – Mid-Range Quality Gas Grills Comparison

Napoleon Prestige 500 vs Weber Genesis II E-335

Weber offers a wide range of products, from small portable grills to large built-in models. If we talk about their genesis series. Genesis Series is a little bit confusing as we have a lot of different models in it, so we will be discussing a few in our article that what the differences in these models are

Napoleon is one of the best sellers for all kinds of barbecue. I will explain to you the differences in both grills and which grill our experts prefer and why?

Weber Genesis E-335 Review

• When it comes to Weber, the most interesting thing about it is evenly balanced with pros and cons. We get 50 / 50 reviews about it from consumers. Its mixed features are as follows.

• The hose under your propane tanks is outside of the grill which mostly consumer don’t like as the hose outside of the grill not only looks bad but also cause dirt and massy environment. Especially if the tank is all beat up. It is not pleasing at all to have all the junk outside. Our experts believe that it doesn’t look good outside, it should be inside. On the other hand having propane tank outside get us front cabinet that provides tons of space for storage. It has concealed closed doors this is the good point about having a propane tank outside of the grill. Considering functionality, it gives you more access. However it was all the review of lower part of Weber grill, which is not big deal.

• It has standard side burners that can help you in some functionality, but what I don’t like about it is there is no extra support under side burners.

• For main grill, Weber use cast iron cooking grates that is no doubt great, but when we consider it as longevity standpoint, it is not a good thing as it will get rusted. You need to take a lot of care of it, which is really a drawback of cast iron.  Our experts recommend that new model of Weber Genesis Series i.e. the top of the line model Genesis SE edition, you get summit cooking grates inside the Genesis, so if you go for SE series you can have good quality cooking grates, and additionally it is not very expensive.

• Beneath grill, we have sear dividers on which we cook food. Here we have three main burners and have one sear burner that is just an additional burner. Extra burner is given to make your grill sear station. I do recommend you should never take decisions on number of burners as number of burners has nothing to do with cooking surface that is the main point. So here we have 4 burners. Our cooking area is 19 x 27.

• The sides of burner are of aluminum that makes it a solid aluminum tub, that never get rusted, provide even heat and it can hold very high temperature. You would never face any problem in it and all the grease go out from here. This quality is actually the foundation of Weber grills. This high quality tub makes it bulletproof and extremely solid which makes it a superior quality product. All these burners have warranty of 10 years means they are of premium quality.

• When it comes to warming rack, the good thing is if we don’t want to use it can hide easily. Popping in and out is really easy.

• Weber 335 isn’t the highest product of Genesis series but still it comes with the 10 years bumper to bumper warranty.

• Weber has plain knobs in its control panel. If you don’t like light coming out of your grill control panel then you would love Weber.

• One of the main reasons Weber is popular is their extraordinary customer service.

Napoleon Prestige 500 Review

Prestige series of Napoleon provided everything you need to make incredible dishes. As the series they provide is a total package.

• It comes in a stainless steel. It has enclosed doors and powder coated sides. It looks more attractive as compared to Weber, Our experts recommend Napoleon in terms of looks, because everything is tucked inside and it looks simple and attractive. If you are so conscious to make your backyard look eye catching, then you should go for it.

• Napoleon has a nicest control panel. It comes with battery lit lights which lights up blue that help in identifying even at a glance that if a burner is accidently on. A unique feature that make it different.

• Napoleon gives you full infrared capabilities in its side burner, if you have ever used infrared burners you would love to use it. We can use this burner in two ways by fixing it exactly like standard side burner and secondly by elevating it up and use it as sear station. It is simply an extension of grill that provides you more functionality of this amazing Napoleon grill.

• It has two piece hood systems. Inside outer rolling hood, we have another hood that works amazing well in functionality standpoint as it stops the wind coming inside. It is basically a wind guard. It would be huge advantage if you are in windy area.

• Cooking area of prestige is 18 x 28. It has four main burners that what large knobs mean. Napoleon has upgraded their warranty up to life time bumper to bumper. For some parts warranty is 15 years but for most part of the grill it is life time. Means it has the best warranty among all competitors.

• Its seamless tub is all solid aluminum that never gets rusted. All the grease and fats go away easily. Rotisserie spit rod and fork standard, burner standard, big warming rack. Rotisserie kit is 6 inches away from grill.

• It has wave rod cooking grates and they are solid stainless that never cause rusting. Wave grates hold smaller items and doesn’t let anything fall from it.

• Its right side burner is retractable; you can retract it when you want.

• Prestige has its propane tank inside it. And of course propane tank is taking most of the inner space. Our expert says it would be least favorite in terms of functionality standpoint, by providing little space on the pedestal. But again it doesn’t affect much. Most important is what is inside these grills.

• We got commendable verified remarks for the product suggesting it a premium product in price offered in comparison with the available products in market. We find it very practical and durable. There are tons of reasons to like Napoleon.

Napoleon Vs Weber Grills – High-End Gas Grills Comparison

High-End Gas Grills: Weber Summit S-470 vs Napoleon Prestige PRO 500

Napoleon Prestige Pro 500 Review

It is among Napoleon’s top Models, Prestige pro 500 is loaded with all the amazing features that a griller needs to enjoy his grill. I am just in love with this grill, using it at my home and I feel it is a must-having product if you are a BBQ lover. Try it, it would be a perfect fit for you.

•  It has led spectrum light knobs that you can adjust any color of your choice. These multicolor knob lights provide the same safety feature as that of Prestige. You can know from distance which burner is on at night.

• A unique feature of prestige pro is new floor lightning with motion sensors that projects Napoleon logo on the ground. As you come near grill, its motion sensor turns on and it gets off after 15 minutes.

• Prestige pro has integrated cabinet lightening. This interior lightning that make it different from old models of it, as they were coming with battery lit lights only.

• It has heavy duty soft close doors, with very nice touch.

• This grill is made up of 304 stainless steel with chrome polished edges make it look attractive and unique.

• It has wave cooking grates of stainless steel. These grills are 9.5mm think which means it retains a lot of heat and durable as well.

• Under the grill, we have sear plates that are made of 304 stainless steel. Prestige pro has thicker grids than its own older version, they help to cover the maximum part of heat coming from burners. Tent shape of sear plates makes the grease roll off easily.

• Under sear plates, Napoleon prestige pro 500 has tube burners each of 12000 BTU. Collectively it is 48000 BTU.

• The left side infrared burner can be pre heated in 30 sec to 1800 degrees. It gives an amazing crust on your BBQ.

• Above cooking area has also two illuminated lights that gives clear vision of what is cooking on grill, if you are cooking at night.

• Unlike Prestige 500, its heavy duty right side burner is not retractable. It provides built in cutting board and ice chest.  And has wrap around side handles that make it attractive.

• If you open the underneath cabinet, you have pretty more space for storage and have underneath lightning here.

Weber Summit S-470 Review

It is one of the best grill available in market right now. As summit series is already among best series of Weber. This grill is little more expensive than other grills but it comes in a really good quality.

Consumers report that none of its part needed to be replace after several years of use, means it is a durable product. Its stainless steel body and hood doesn’t fade out even after using for years and even if it is left in sun.

• It is a four burner gas grill, each burner has a tube of 12200 BTU power. Collectively it is 49000 BTU’s of power if all its burners are on.

• It has lights on its burner’s knobs. Hood handle also have a light that helps in showing food if you are doing at night.

• Here we have a sear station as well, that is in the middle of the grill, it provides an extra 11000 BTU, and making the grill 60080 BTU of power.

• It also has a little smoker box that has a dedicated burner for it that lights up all the wood chips and pellets in smoker box and gives amazing aroma to your food.

• Absolute workhorse grill, if you have large family or you do parties and love barbecue then it would be best for you.

• One most amazing benefit of this grill is its equal amount of distribution of heat, either the food is in the middle of the grill or it’s on the side, it gets equal amount of heat, otherwise it gets really frustrating if you are cooking huge amount and you need to change the position of meat again and again for equal heat distribution. So whatever you are preparing Steak, burgers, sausages or rotisserie you will get outstanding results.

• It also has a rotisserie with foldaway motor apparatus which is stored in the left hand side of the shelf. Another good thing about this grill is it has two side tables, and 6 hooks so that you can hang your barbecue accessories in one place. Also you can keep your accessories in cabinet underneath the grill.

• There is another 12000 BTU side burner on left side that can use in cooking something in frying pan.

Napoleon Travel Q PRO 285 VS Weber Q1200 Liquid Propane Grill

The travel BBQ industry is growing day by day. Many of us are in search of a good portable grill. There are so many portable grills available in the market, here I have reviewed Napoleon Travel Q PRO 285 and Weber Q1200 Liquid Propane Grill and have compared them in terms of price, features, and looks.

Weber Q1200 Liquid Propane Grill Review

This small grill comes with all the amazing features of a big grill.  It is best grill for camping and tailgating. Let’s unveil all its features.

• If we talk about its appearance, it comes in many cool colors. Its lid has a comparatively accurate grill thermometer. It will tell you how hot your grill is getting during grilling. Its temperature climbs 400 degrees quickly and goes really high, that is why built-in thermometer helps in knowing how heat up your grill is.

• You can use 16.4 or 14.1 liquid propane cylinders with your weber grill while using an adapter hose. A large propane gas tank can also be hooked up with it.

• It got an aluminum body with nice big handles. It is elegantly designed with the solid build quality. Another feature of this grill is the side shelves that are folded out. It is a sort of additional table space.

• The grill body is made up of cast aluminum which makes it long-lasting and it has porcelain-enameled cast-iron cooking grates. It has a single u-shaped burner that produces 8500 BTU-per-hour heat.

• Its burner is perfect for direct grilling. In case if you like indirect heat, I will suggest you to place a grill basket to make a little distance from direct heating.

• Another advantage of the weber Q1200 is its super easy cleaning, in fact, it should be counted as one of its major features. There is a grease tray beneath, that collects all the debris and grease that goes in it. Weber also gives facility of the disposable aluminum tray. Well, it is not difficult to clean up the tray but if you want to go for disposable trays. It would be much easier.

• The customers on Amazon gave it a high rating in portability, assembling and equal heat distribution. All your favorite BBQ can be handled easily as it has a big cooking surface. Either cooking burgers or chops, steaks or dogs you may enjoy your cooking from low to high heat. If you buy this grill, you would be very happy with your purchase of this versatile grill that can fit at your home or in your backyard or on your boat.

Weber Q1200 Accessories

These accessories are not coming with weber. You need to buy these separately.

Napoleon Travel Q PRO 285

• It is the upgraded version of TravelQ. It is a high-quality gourmet-optimized grill with upgraded features. It has everything for perfect portable grilling.

• It comes almost assembled, you just need to attach wheel. I really love this grill in terms of sturdiness. Its scissor cut is really nice, durable and gives u a beefy feel. It can fold easily but don’t mess with its latches, otherwise, it won’t open. It packs small enough so that it can be taken anywhere to enjoy parties and traveling.

• Just like a regular Travel Q, its top is made up of cast iron and it has two burners. Its lid has a handle on it. This lid is a little bit different from the older model. It comes with a meat thermometer and an extra notch on it. This grill provides you with good vertical space as well. More space means more cooking. You can cook a whole chicken and things like that.

• It is also good for those having limited space at home. It takes a little space in the kitchen while storing.  You would love Napoleon’s cooking performance and long-lasting service if you ever go with it.

Suggestion

Do buy a good quality grill cover not only for this grill but any grill you are using outdoors. It helps your grill stay in excellent condition and will make it last longer.

A Look at the Product Lines

Weber has three major product series

1. Spirit Series
2. Genesis Series
3. Summit Series

All these series contain high quality products. They correspond to entry level grill, mid-range and high-quality grills.

Similarly, these three are Napoleon Series

1. Rogue series
2. Prestige series
3. Prestige Pro

Final Thoughts

Which grill to buy? Weber vs Napoleon grills is always a tuff question. Weber and Napoleon both make exceptional quality grills with almost same features. Napoleon provides best warranty but little expensive. No brand can beat Napoleon in their warranty and high-quality products. Below is the chart of comparison of different grilling brands used by customers. Napoleon Rogue series gives 15 years top to bottom warranty and Weber gives 10 years warranty on all varieties of their grills. So we recommend Napoleon Prestige grills.

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