Weber 566002 Q 220 Gas Grill

The Weber 566002 Q 220 gas grill packs a huge bite while being both solid and portable. From its quick assembly and easy start feature this is a wonderful grill for both beginners and experts alike.

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Weber Q 220 Features

Like many Weber grills the Weber Q220 grill comes with a 5 year limited warranty and recipe book. Weber also has included 2 very durable tuck-away work tables with built in tool holders. Even better when you are not using the tables you can place them in the grill to keep them out of bad weather.

A glass reinforced nylon frame and cast aluminum lid is made to last and to maximize heat retention. With the adjustable burner vale making quality regulation easy for even the most inexperienced griller and an electronic ignition it is hard to go wrong.

What I like:

My brother-in-law Steve bought this grill after needing to replace the latest in a series of extremely expensive and disappointing grills. It seemed like year after year he was replacing parts of or his grill completely. Since my sister knew our father had the same grill for over 25 years she pushed him to a Weber for both the quality of the product and the quality of the barbeque you can get from them.
It took some convincing, but as in most cases “the wife” won and they ordered this grill.

Since I am a very handy person, it was requested I come to help put the news grill together. When I arrived at the house the grill was still in the box and “this side up” was facing down. Right away I became a little worried about the condition of the box contents. Luckily, when I opened the box I noticed it was extremely secure. There were multiple layers of foam fitting and fiber board. This grill was perfect and had no damaged even after a rough delivery.

No joke, it took 5 minutes to unpack the box and put this grill together. Two screws for the handle, one screw for the thermometer, and two pins for the cover is all it took. I don’t care who you are if you have a screwdriver you can put this together. Even Steve, who has never even changed a light bulb, noticed how easy it was to assemble.

The Q 220 model which is Weber’s, higher end, mid-sized portable grill has a football type shape and is roughly 15x21x16 inches. The grill and grate is a 1 piece made of ceramic coated cast iron with solid sections that protect the burner below from drippings. The cover of the Q220 is about 7″ tall in the center allowing room for a whole chicken, and includes a thermometer. This is similar in height as a 22″ charcoal Weber and 1″ taller than the Q 200. The big difference is the weight of the Q 220. At 36 # the grill is still light enough for one person to carry and will fit in any car easily for the occasional camping trip or extra grill at family events.

As for performance, I was initially worried about the 12,500 BTU rating and had warned Steve about it prior to purchasing the grill. However, after we started up the grill I was greatly surprised. The cast aluminum body allowed the grill to heat up to 600 degrees in a little less than 15 minutes. We cooked a steak in about half the time of most of the grills with twice as much BTUs. Even better when you flip the grill you will hear and see the heat reserve of this grill. For a man that loves to grill there is nothing better than hearing that sizzle.

What I do not like:

This grill would almost be perfect if it were not so low to the ground. Since it is a little on the heavy side I would not assume many people are moving this very often. It would be a wonderful feature to have leg extensions for those who are using it for their backyard grill. Poor Steve has to bend a lot when using this grill. This is also not his favorite feature.