- Hi, I'm Dennis MacDonald
along side Rick Medeiros, Senior Sales person
here at Yale Appliance and Lighting.
We're gonna be talking about exciting,
exciting job for 2017 grill season.
The new released Weber Genesis 2
and the Weber Genesis 2 LX models.
Easily one of the biggest questions
and easily misunderstood segments
of the Weber business,
so we're hoping we can
make some heads and tails of it for ya,
and really help you make a great buying decision.
Rick, help me here.
To the left, we have the Weber Genesis 2
and the 2LX over here.
What price points here are somewhere between six ninety-nine
all the way up to twelve ninety-nine.
And over here, we're at eight ninety-nine
to nineteen ninety-nine.
So, I'm already confused.
Help me make a little sense of this.
- Sure, absolutely.
So we're gonna start from the top.
Let's start with the handles.
As soon as you look at the LX,
you're gonna notice kind of a bare-bones basic handle.
The LX model is gonna have an upgraded handle
with the LED handle light attached to it.
How many times have you worked in your own shadow
when you're trying to grill,
and you're holding up a cell phone light
or wearing one of those goofy headlight bands
that you got as a stocking stuffer
and you've completely forgot about.
So that's gonna solve that problem right there.
As we go down, you're actually gonna notice
new and improved and that this is shared.
The rack system here, where you're gonna keep
maybe your hot dogs and buns,
that can actually be folded and tucked away
if that gets in the way
if you have something really tall.
Maybe you want to cook a turkey in your grill.
By the way, you can do that.
As we go down to the insides of both grills,
you're gonna notice that the LX
is gonna have porcelain-coated grates,
and porcelain-coated flavorizer bars.
Now, why is that a problem or why is that a good thing?
Well, the flavorizer bars' being porcelain coated,
just like the grates,
can chip, flake or rust.
And Weber really decided to address that issue
in the LX model when you upgrade.
So having the stainless steel flaorizer bars,
they're not gonna chip, they're not gonna flake.
If they do rust, they're a lot easier to keep clean.
You're also gonna notice that the burner here
is tapered on both of them.
That way, you can actually tell
that their burners are on.
Now, let's talk about their burners.
Both models actually have a new ignition system,
meaning each burner has its own igniter.
When you look at regular stoves versus high-end stoves,
Wolf, they're gonna have their own ignition system
because, longevity-wise, they're gonna last longer.
So the old Weber grill systems
used to have a shared ignition system
and it created a lot of stress
on the igniters themselves.
Now, when we go to the actual knobs between the two,
you're gonna notice that the LX has your basic knobs
with your igniter here in the front.
When we get to the LX,
the LX is actually gonna have a independent button
for back-lit knobs.
So another cool feature again.
If you're working on the grill in the dark,
this grill is for you.
Each burner is actually gonna have its own igniter
built into it, so you're not gonna have that one button.
So single ignition and single igniter
built right into it as well.
They also improved the burners this year
for both of them.
They're actually tapered in the back.
It's a new vertical tube design which,
compared to the old one,
you'd always have cold spots or hot spots
because the burners were really uneven.
So they have addressed that this year
with the new burner design,
which I'm really excited for.
Now, a upgrade on the LX
is each burner will have a thousand more BTUs.
Now, it doesn't sound like a lot,
but when you add up all those Bt Us
within each burner,
that's really gonna give you a good chance
for a very, very fast preheat.
Although Weber does claim for a better searer,
I have to say the benefit
is really gonna be that super-fast preheat.
Now, as we go down again,
you're gonna notice that the regular model
is an open-bay design.
Very interesting design choice
for them to do that this year,
whereas I personally believe
that the benefit of having the closed doors
is a huge upgrade on the LX
because I'm gonna keep the critters out.
If you leave that drip pan overnight on the regular model,
that's gonna get chewed up
and thrown around your yard, absolutely.
They also decided this year
to keep the tank on the outside
rather than on the inside,
so especially for the grill cart model on the LX,
that's gonna provide more space for you easily.
- Rick, couple of things I'm noticing on the front here.
I'm noticing this indicator for a grill,
grill IQ, grill three.
What is it that all about?
- Great question.
So new this year, at 2007, you have the iGrill 3.
What that is, it's basically a digital thermometer.
It's also Bluetooth enabled.
How many times have you've been at a party
where you just see somebody
really standing in front of the grill
like this the whole time,
and everybody's laughing and you're like, "What was that?"
well, now with that new app,
you don't have to do that
because you can monitor up to four temperature probes
the whole time and just walk away.
Also, one thing I wanted to add to the LX Series
that adds from the base model,
you now have a side burner.
Side burner's gonna allow you to do
things like franks and beans,
maybe some hot boiling water
if you're gonna do some corn or something like that.
- Alright, my last thing that I'm thinking
I know drives me nuts,
you've hit a lot of 'em here.
And certainly, in the LX has a lot of those features
solved, problem solved.
But if we're talking about the propane tank,
I'm running out all the time half-way through grilling.
- Great question.
So, not a lot of people know this,
but some of the models are actually available
in natural gas, meaning you can pipe it
to your existing gas line.
And if you do happen to be running out,
buy two tanks for sure.
But if you can go natural gas over liquid propane,
that is a feature.
So, that will be specific to certain models.
- And even indicators, telling where they're actually at
in the propane tank. - Absolutely.
- That was introduced this year.
- Yep, so the LX model now has a LED indicator.
That way, you're taking out the guesswork
of when you're running out
instead of having to weigh it yourself.
- Well hopefully, this segment
has started to give you some of the understanding
of the things,
and questions you can come on with.
Start thinking of them before you get here.
Certainly will help for a lot of great conversation
or really understand how you cook.
And I think you're starting to understand the difference
between the LX and the base Genesis,
Genesis 2 models.
There's a lot of great features,
a lot of solutions solved here
for those of us that grill,
and I'm really excited.
2017's gonna be a great grill season here at Yale.
We thank you for spending the time with us
and look forward to seeing you soon.
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