SPIRE 30-in Built-In 5-Burner Grill Head (740-0788P)
Best budget — Nexgrill's built-in badge: a 30-in five-burner head with a 13,000 BTU rear burner, 304 stainless grates and burners, sold by Amazon — 4.5★ across 245 pooled with the 36-in twin, and a tail that fails past the return window: an igniter fire, knobs that slip, burners that never flame right
Sold in 2 sizes on this listing (30 and 36 in) — this page is the 30 in. Check the size before you add to cart.
Contender — The Best Built-In Gas Grills (2026): The Island Is Built to the Grill, and Every Warranty Has Small Print
Check price at Amazon →Also at: Home Depot
Specs
| Model | 740-0788P (Spire 3050R); the 36-in six-burner twin is 740-0781P, B0BXM27Q56 |
| Size | 30 in |
| Burners | Five 10,000 BTU main burners, 304 stainless by the listing, plus a 13,000 BTU ceramic rear burner |
| BTU | 63,000 |
| Cooking area | 750 sq in total by the listing (Home Depot's page says 758) |
| Material | 'All 304 stainless steel body' by the Amazon title; 'premium 304-grade stainless steel' by Home Depot; the maker publishes no grade sheet of its own |
| Cutout | Not published on the Amazon listing or the Home Depot page — the manual is the only source |
| Jacket | None offered by the maker; no combustible-island guidance published |
| Fuel | Propane as shipped, 'convertible to natural gas' — an owner reports the conversion instructions were clear |
| Rotisserie | Rear burner yes; rotisserie kit not stated as included; two interior halogen lights |
| Warranty | 10 years on the 304 stainless main burners by the Home Depot listing; no other term published anywhere we could find |
Pros
- The cheapest true drop-in head with a rear burner and interior lights, sold by Amazon itself
- 304 grates and burners by both retailers' copy, with a 10-year burner term on the Home Depot page
- The second-deepest base in the category, and 76 percent of it five stars
- Ships from Amazon with a return window — which the tail says to use
Cons
- The tail is quality past the return window: 'Mine caught fire due to an issue with the igniter' (Aug 2026), knobs whose 'inserts inside are plastic, and the threads slip' so you cannot tell if a burner is on, burners that 'never produce enough flame to cook anything' found 'beyond return period'
- The rating pools the 30-in and 36-in on one base and carries Mexican cards
- No cutout, no warranty document and no maker site: SPIRE is a Home Depot and Amazon badge, and Nexgrill's own catalogue lists no built-in
- 'Stainless steel came all stained up', 'cheap stainless', a lid off its corners on delivery — the 304 claim is the retailer's, and owners dispute the finish
- Support is the other theme: 'customer support is not available' on a unit dead at eight months
Quality that fails past the return window, under a 304 claim: 'I do not recommend buying this. Mine caught fire due to an issue with the igniter' (Aug 2026); 'The knobs are cheaply made. The inserts inside are plastic, and the threads slip easily… it becomes difficult to tell whether the burner is actually on or off' (May 2026); 'Burners never produce enough flame to cook anything. Had professional inspect gas connections… Beyond return period' (May 2025); 'after 8 months it stopped working And customer support is not available' (Jul 2025); 'Stainless steel came all stained up', 'Cheap stainless', 'the lid was off against the corners when closed'.
10 most recent critical cards read signed-in 2026-09-11 (May 2025 → Aug 2026), 24 critical of 245 (9.8%): 4 burner, igniter or dead-unit failures, 3 finish or build (stainless staining, cheap knobs, lid fit), 2 arrived damaged, 1 'just ok' against a Lion; 10 of 10 Verified Purchase, 0 Vine · critical reviews read September 2026
FAQ
Who is the SPIRE 30-in Built-In 5-Burner Grill Head (740-0788P) for?
You want a true drop-in head with a rear burner and lights under $1,000, sold by Amazon, and you will run every burner hard inside the return window — 4.5★ across 245, pooled across the 30 and 36 with Mexican cards. Not for a buyer who cannot get it out of the island if the igniter goes.
What do owners say about the SPIRE 30-in Built-In 5-Burner Grill Head (740-0788P)?
4.5★ across 245 owner ratings (Amazon, read September 2026 · listing-wide base · global base). What owners complain about: Quality that fails past the return window, under a 304 claim: 'I do not recommend buying this. Mine caught fire due to an issue with the igniter' (Aug 2026); 'The knobs are cheaply made. The inserts inside are plastic, and the threads slip easily… it becomes difficult to tell whether the burner is actually on or off' (May 2026); 'Burners never produce enough flame to cook anything. Had professional inspect gas connections… Beyond return period' (May 2025); 'after 8 months it stopped working And customer support is not available' (Jul 2025); 'Stainless steel came all stained up', 'Cheap stainless', 'the lid was off against the corners when closed'.
What is the warranty on the SPIRE 30-in Built-In 5-Burner Grill Head (740-0788P)?
10 years on the 304 stainless main burners by the Home Depot listing; no other term published anywhere we could find
Does the SPIRE 30-in Built-In 5-Burner Grill Head (740-0788P) warranty still apply if I buy it on Amazon?
SPIRE answers that in its own warranty document, which we read on 2026-09-11: 304 stainless steel main burners covered by a 10-year warranty We quote the maker rather than deciding your case — read the document before you buy if the warranty is why you are buying.
Record
- — Added as the budget built-in gas grill head: $999 sold by Amazon, the same SKU Home Depot sells as Nexgrill, 4.5 across 245 pooled with its 36-inch twin. The tail — an igniter fire, slipping knobs, weak burners found past the return window — is recorded on the card as the reason to test every burner hard in the first thirty days.
Warranty — and what changes if you buy it on Amazon
10 years on the 304 stainless main burners by the Home Depot listing; no other term published anywhere we could find · you are buying this on Amazon
304 stainless steel main burners covered by a 10-year warranty
SPIRE’s own warranty document · read
Read it yourself: SPIRE warranty document · we read it . Terms change without announcement, so treat this as a dated snapshot. How warranty works by buy path →
✓ Safety: no active recall — CPSC Recall API queried 2026-09-11 by RecallTitle ('Spire' and 'Nexgrill'): 0 records for Spire; Nexgrill's five records are all the 2026 wire grill-brush recall (#26339) and older cart grills, none a built-in head. Positive control the same sitting: 'heater' returned a live record set. No CPSC recall of any built-in or drop-in gas grill head exists 2020–2026; the two gas-grill recalls in the window are cart grills (Cuisinart Propel+ #26605, Royal Gourmet #20178) and Nexgrill's 2026 recall (#26339) is a wire grill brush, not a grill.
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Data last verified: September 2026. Ratings are real, dated reads — never scraped or invented. Full methodology and monetization disclosure: how we test.