Weber Spirit E-210 Gas Grill (propane)
Best under $500 — The two-burner Spirit: 26,600 BTU, the same 360 square inches under the lid as the E-325, and no sear zone — Wirecutter's budget pick, Business Insider's best budget and Serious Eats' best two-burner. 4.5★ across 253 owners on a listing sold by Amazon, with the same Weber warranty table as its bigger siblings
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Specs
| Model | 1501000 (propane) |
| Burners | 2 stainless tube burners; no sear zone |
| BTU | 26,600 main burners |
| Cooking area | 360 sq in primary + 90 sq in warming rack = 450 |
| Grates | Porcelain-enameled cast iron; stainless Flavorizer bars |
| Weight | 90 lb |
| Sold by | Amazon.com |
| Warranty | Cookbox and lid assembly 10 years, no rust-through or burn-through (paint 2 years, excluding fading or discoloration); stainless steel burner tubes 10 years; cooking grates and stainless Flavorizer bars 5 years; all remaining parts 2 years |
| Owner rating | 4.5★ / 253 |
Pros
- Wirecutter's budget pick, Business Insider's best budget and Serious Eats' best two-burner — hands-on tests, not desk picks
- The same 360 square inches of primary grate as the three-burner E-325
- Sold and shipped by Amazon.com on this listing
- The full Spirit warranty table: ten years on the cookbox, lid and burner tubes against rust-through
Cons
- Two burners, no sear zone: The Barbecue Lab says it 'struggled some with high temperature searing'
- No back panel. Three separate critical cards name it — wind wastes gas, rain fills the drip pan, and a dog reaches the tray
- Assembly is the loudest complaint: three-plus hours, missing screws an owner bought himself, and a temperature gauge stuck at 700 out of the box
- Grates, bars and every unnamed part are five- and two-year parts, not ten
Assembly, the open back, and a build owners call a step down from older Spirits. Critical cards: 'Prepare for 3+ hrs to put it together and a wheelbarrow full of cardboard' (April 2026); not enough screws, $9 of hardware bought to finish (September 2026); a temperature gauge stuck on 700 degrees out of the box (December 2025); 'a part failed within the first 30 days' (March 2026); a dented door Weber called outside its out-of-box window (June 2026); and three owners on the missing back panel — wind that wastes gas, rain in the drip pan, a dog at the tray. One owner could not cook a burger in 40 to 50 minutes with the gauge at 500.
25 critical reviews among 253 ratings (4 percent one star); 10 critical cards read signed-in 2026-09-13, all Verified Purchase, 0 Vine, all US · critical reviews read 2026-09-13
Pro review “Though it's smaller than the other budget grills we tested, it outperformed them. In our testing the E-210 produced a steady, solid sear without ever flaring up, and it was also capable of cooking gently.”— Kathleen Squires, Wirecutter
FAQ
Who is the Weber Spirit E-210 Gas Grill (propane) for?
You cook for two to four, want a Weber cookbox and warranty for the least money, and do not need a sear zone — 4.5★ across 253. Not for a buyer who leaves a grill uncovered: the back is open and owners report rain in the drip pan.
What do owners say about the Weber Spirit E-210 Gas Grill (propane)?
4.5★ across 253 owner ratings (Amazon, read 2026-09-13 · global base). What owners complain about: Assembly, the open back, and a build owners call a step down from older Spirits. Critical cards: 'Prepare for 3+ hrs to put it together and a wheelbarrow full of cardboard' (April 2026); not enough screws, $9 of hardware bought to finish (September 2026); a temperature gauge stuck on 700 degrees out of the box (December 2025); 'a part failed within the first 30 days' (March 2026); a dented door Weber called outside its out-of-box window (June 2026); and three owners on the missing back panel — wind that wastes gas, rain in the drip pan, a dog at the tray. One owner could not cook a burger in 40 to 50 minutes with the gauge at 500.
What is the warranty on the Weber Spirit E-210 Gas Grill (propane)?
Cookbox and lid assembly 10 years, no rust-through or burn-through (paint 2 years, excluding fading or discoloration); stainless steel burner tubes 10 years; cooking grates and stainless Flavorizer bars 5 years; all remaining parts 2 years
Record
- — Added as the pick under $500 in the propane cart grill showdown: Wirecutter's budget pick and Business Insider's best budget, sold by Amazon, with the open back and the assembly complaints recorded against it.
Warranty — and what changes if you buy it on Amazon
Cookbox and lid assembly 10 years, no rust-through or burn-through (paint 2 years, excluding fading or discoloration); stainless steel burner tubes 10 years; cooking grates and stainless Flavorizer bars 5 years; all remaining parts 2 years · you are buying this on Amazon
Read it yourself: Weber 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 2026-09-13 by RecallTitle ('Weber'): 2 records, #03180 (2003) and #07122 (2007), both gas grills two decades before this generation. Positive control the same sitting: ProductName 'heater' returned 181 records. The category's newest gas-grill recall is #26605 (2026-07-09), Conair's Cuisinart Propel+ 3-in-1 cart grill — not a Weber and not on this page.
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Data last verified: October 2026. Ratings are real, dated reads — never scraped or invented. Full methodology and monetization disclosure: how we test.