Bought this grill at Sams Club. Put it together and found cracks on the backside of the hood.Gas valve to the sear burner did not work properly. Plastic cover piece of the burner valve let the screw go thru. Embers sent out another hood and a replacement for the sear burner valve. Also there was no handle and mounting screws for the grease tray. Embers sent those out. The new hood that Embers sent me also had defects in the weld on the back of the hood and also a series of scratches on the front of the hood. I was unable to get Embers to correct this situation. It is poor quality on the welds and the scratches are damage. I also ordered a rotisserie from Embers that is supposed to fit this grill. It does not meet those standards. The mounting bracket interferes with opening the sear burner lid or the side burner lid if mounted on that end. The rotisserie rod is made in about 6 pieces that screw together and do not match up when put together and when they are put together they sag in the middle. Have been over a month dealing with Embers over the issues of this grill. Still have not used it. Sams says they will replace it or refund a return. It is a nice grill but it is not made to handle a rotisserie to stay mounted on the grill. The manufacturer left no space from the edge of the grill hood to the edge of the sear burner and side burner lids. If Embers would improve their quality issues perhaps people buying these grills would not have problems.

This grill is well made and looks great in my backyard. It cooks evenly across all burners, something I've never experienced with other grills. For the price, this thing is absolute steal. I was looking at Weber grills at Home Depot that really didn't seem to be any better quality, were smaller, and substanially more expensive. This grill is quite large and will be great for BBQ's with my extended family. We grilled up 6 chicken breasts and 6 burgers tonight - all at the same time - with room to spare. The only negative is that this grill does not come set up for nat gas conversion by default and the instructions say a special kit is needed. Really, just the "special" tool is all you might want to consider buying but it is not a must. The process is fairly simple and requires just a 6mm wrench and a phillips screwdriver. You have remove the propane orifices from each valve (8 total) and that does require remove the long burners by unscrewing them at the back of the grill and pulling them out a few inches. You'll then be able to see the orifice on the bottom of each valve and can reach it from the the underside. The sear and pot burner require the same procedure. If you are not comfortable with minor assembly Sams Club has a service that will deliver and assemble this for you.

I have only used the grill 4 times and the wheel came off. It had to be bad bearings in the wheel. It on cement only and only move it a few feet to cook with. As with any thing I know there are manufacturing quality defects and this is one. On a different note the grill cooks absolutely wonderful. We grill out 4 - 5 nights a week. The grill gets hot and cooks food evenly with out burning. I highly recommend if you grill a lot. I would give this grill a 5 if the wheel did not come off. I know this was a manufacturing defect with the wheel but it still does not make me very happy to spend this type of money to have the wheel come off after using 4 times. Would be nice if you guys would send a replacement wheel.

Bought this 2 1/2 years ago. It is covered most of the time, and also under a gazebo. So far, one of the igniters has failed, and the finish on surround bezels for ALL of the knobs is crinkling and corroding. This is an obvious manufacturing defect, either poor quality, or poor design. Really a shame, because it is such an inexpensive component of the entire grill, and would only have taken a small bit of care to avoid. They look very unsightly and I am not certain what I can do to correct it.

Converted it to natural gas and have used it one time. Cooks well. Working on getting the igniters for the the searing burner and the left most regular burners to work. Initially only 2 igniters were sparking after bending the tips closer to the burners I got 3 more to work. Once I get the igniter problem resolved I should be very happy with this grill. Working with 3 Embers for service support has been challenging hopefully I will get this resolved.

Well built. Alot better quality than Monument Grills which are the same price.

This is how it came with it after calling maker of the grill no answer yet left two massages

bought it a month ago, but, return it due to temperature will not go beyond 250.