Broil King 875944 Baron S 490 Pro IR, Liquid Propane (LP), Stainless Steel, Black

I'm very impressed with this grill. The materials are top-notch, and the overall design is solid and well-crafted. I did choose to upgrade to a cast iron grill grate, which I personally prefer. Although the original package was missing a brace, I contacted the company, and they responded quickly—shipped the part without any hassle. The grill heats up fast and holds high temperatures with ease, while still offering good control. It also includes a rotisserie, and I've had no issues with the heat affecting the electric motor. I really like the backlit dials—they’re especially helpful for nighttime grilling. While the price might seem a bit high, with proper care, this grill should easily last 10 to 15 years or more.

I agonized for years about a new BBQ, this BroilKing Baron ticks most of the boxes and was priced nicely. It is a beautifully engineered product! Even though the instructions are pictorial, it was easy to assemble. Some steps were confusing because the pictures show parts in the wrong scale, I looked for many items only to find they were much larger or smaller than depicted. On to performance... 1) Takes longer to heat than expected, maybe as much as 10 minutes 2) Stainless grill is tough to clean, food sticks even with pre-treatment with a good olive oil. 3) Slower cooking, many items take 20% longer than with my old "Aussie" grill. 4) Cover is not double insulated! That may account for the slower cooking times. Here's the good: 1) Very pretty! 2) Flav-R-Wave does help BBQ smoky flavor. AND flare-up is well controlled. 3) Cover does not extend very far behind the grill when open. I have the grill about three inches from a wall and the cover doesn't hit the wall when open. 4) Ignitors work perfectly! Light one burner with ignitor and the others will light themselves. I chose this grill partly based on size, my area is narrow. This grill fits! As a note, the side shelves do fold down when not in use. The shelf with the burner folds but the burner's gas tube hits the stand and knocks the burner out and opens the lid. I'm trying to find a way to bend the burner tube up to prevent interference. Alternatively, I may add screws to hold the burner in place. I cannot whole-heartedly recommend this BBQ, food sticks on the stainless grill, slow to cook, cannot get a good sear. Cover is not insulated double layer. I would send it back but I no longer have the packing materials. In a year or so, I may replace it. My old grill lasted 23 years, outside in SoCal.

Grill is Absolutely Great. After getting put together it’s everything advertised, and then some !

The base keeps coming off. I have tried everything but no way!. Do not plan on rolling this thing even a feet, or turn your bbq using the wheels. I recommend lifting it and moving it. I’m planning on building a wooden base with wheels. I rate it a 2 for that. Construction of base and frame are weak! It would be an absolute 5 for the typical quality of the grill itself. Maybe they have built-ins?

I have this grill at home and it has been amazing. Extremely even cooking surface, it has all of the features that we need and then some! The side burner is a great touch. My experience with Broil King Grills has been 10/10, never any issues and withstands the PNW weather.

Arrived with a defective door and missing hing pins for the lid. No response from Broil King support to my request for help. I gave it two days. If I don’t hear back in another three, I’ll return it, and get a Webber.

The assembly instructions that came with this grill are garbage. Each page shows only the hardware used (and isn't specific to what hardware) and doesn't designate other parts used. The illustrations are poorly done at poor angles to actually show where a part or piece of hardware gets installed. Beyond that, and while I'm hopeful the grill performs well, there are definitely some areas of poor engineering. Specifically the area under the control panel where propane feed line and flex tube for the side burner goes leaves a lot of room for improvment as the opening they need to drop out of is an extremely tight bend for the flex tube, combined with the manufacturing process I found it impossible to route the flex tube without disassembling the fitting where it connects to the control valve. And from a usability standpoint, adding a cross brace from the floor of the cabinet to the one side, elimintes the open half of the cabinet (next to the LP tank) as being very useful.

This is a mid level broil king. Purchased this same model in 2016 and it is still going strong (set of grill replacements only), just purchased a new one with the old going to the other camp. Very impressed that the build materials and quality is now even better than 9 years ago. Made in Canada