Well, it was a hard battle last night. I kind of wish I would've waited until tonight as reading some of these comments makes me sort of wish I had got the weber haha.
Last night was crazy, took me 1.5 hours just to get from my work in Plymouth to Champlin (knoxvilles house, needed his services for hauling in his new Avalanche). Anyway, we made the rounds. Stopped at Home depot, the went to menards, then sears and finally lowes.
I almost just picked one up at Home depot but then figured i should see if anywhere else has anything good. Menards had a few decent ones but nothing different really. Sears just made my decision harder as they had a few kenmore elites that I really liked but at the time I hadn't heard anyone really recommend them and I just sat there looking at them and decided if I wanted something last night I should leave as it was just mucking up my decision making process. Then off to Lowe's. Basically the same stuff as home depot so I figured, time to pick.
After looking, I for sure thought that the Weber was more durable and seemed better quality overall. But for the ones I was looking at it was almost double the price.
Finally, I ended up going with the charbroil below, it has the infrared deals which seem cool, individual thermometers per burner and the side burner if I eve need it (i was thinking I could pan sear steaks on this then toss them on the grill, we shall see).
For 350 bucks for the grill(it was 50 off from normal, which made it too cheap to not buy), 45 for a new full propane tank, 40 for the 4 season cover and then a warranty (just because I felt like since I didn't get the weber i should buy this) it was too good of a deal and I felt like enough people liked them to justify it. The guy beyond me in line, like the only other guy in the store as we were the only idiots out driving last night, said he just bought the same one and loved it which was cool.
Anyway, all said and done like 550 or something in that neighborhood, so a solid deal I think.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_404324-82210...nfo=Char-Broil
I will try this out and maybe in a few years I upgrade to the weber but I think this is a vast improvement from the shitty electric one I got for free that I never use. Steaks are hopefully going on this thing Saturday for its maiden voyage.