Weber Spirit

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130906-654A5-2147452314. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: Weber Spirit. Source model text: Spirit E210LP. Incident: I purchased a Webber Outdoor Grill and severely burned my hand when grabbing the handle to lift the cover while cooking.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150830-A1AF9-2147428866. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: Weber Spirit. Source model text: Spirit S210. Incident: Started a 2015 Weber Spirit S210 propane grill and was pre heating it. After several minutes heard a hiss hear the tank. Upon touching the hose near the regulator propane started spewking out and ignited. Flames burned off hair on right arm and face. Turn off gas with fire proof mitt. Contacted Weber and sent pictures. They claim fault was due to faulty tank. Don't believe it. Suspect bad regulator. Weber is providing replacement parts.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120204-02EB6-2147470601. Severity: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received. Matched catalog product: Weber Spirit. Source model text: 4430301 Spirit SP-320 Grill. Incident: I attached a new propane tank to our outdoor grill and turned on the burners, which lit as they were supposed to. However I heard a hissing noise from under the grill so turned off the burners and opened the doors of the cabinet below the grill. A fireball erupted from under the grill and lit my hair on fire, burning my right hand and face. I rolled on the grass to extinguish the fire, luckily wearing nonflammable clothes, and only suffered first degree burns and loss of some hair.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120813-AA43B-2147464815. Matched catalog product: Weber Spirit. Source model text: Weber Spirit Grill. Incident: Our weber grill (spirit) caught on fire. The fire destroyed the control knobs and the lines from the propane gas to the control knobs. Thankfully, we saw the fire and immediately took the propane gas away and contained the fire. The grill was turned off but the propane gas was not. We are not sure what caused the fire but it could have been out of control if we were not in the immediate area to douse the fire. We only had the grill for two years and used it at least an average of two times during the summer months.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170516-EC9C3-2147400460. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Weber Spirit. Source model text: Spirit Gas Grill. Incident: In September of 2016 I was grilling outside my house using my Weber Spirit Gas Grill (Serial Number NT6307550). I went inside for a moment to get a plate and when I came out I smelled burning plastic. I opened the grill and didn't see anything awry but noticed that there was a flame shooting out of the gas supply line leading from the propane tank to the burners. I immediately turned off the gas at the propane tank and extinguished the fire. Upon examination I found that the ignition switch and one of the burner knobs had melted, dripped onto the gas supply line and eaten through it such that it developed a pinhole leak. This happened in the span of 2-5 minutes. I've dutifully cleaned and service this grill (purchase in September of 2008) and never had any issues. I've reported what happened to Weber but have not heard a response. I googled what had happened and found other people mentioning their igniter switch had malfunctioned and melted the entire assembly as it appears to have done for me. There appears to be a defect and this could have been catastrophic had I not been able to turn the gas supply off.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160628-CF241-2147417437. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Weber Spirit (Webber spirit grill). Incident: My grill was delivered and set up by Lowes. No problem the first time. The second time, I preheated the grill according to directions to 500 degrees. I than took brush to clean grill. I didn't realize that the warming shelf was not fastened down, hit it, and sent it sailing. I had to do a lot of dodging to keep from being hurt. The shelf landed on a rug that I had in front of grill and burned three lines in it. This shelf should be fastened down to be safe. If I didn't have good reflexes, I would have been seriously burned.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130806-E58F7-2147453355. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Weber Spirit (Weber Spirit Grill serial number is NT6389613.). Incident: While cooking on a Weber Spirit grill it caught on fire and burned up the lines to the control panel on the right side and melted the control knobs. The only way to stop it was to turn off the propane tank, which luckily I was able to do. The grill is at least 4 to 5 years old but we have always taken care of it and cleaned it. I would like to re-build it with new parts but have not found replacement parts online.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140620-9B959-2147443515. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Weber Spirit (Weber Spirit Gas Grill). Incident: I've owned this Weber Spirit Grill for about 5 years. Always kept it out of the weather and in good condition. A couple days ago we had just started grilling and got the grill up to temp and had just but burgers on it. We went to turn the burgers down and notice the gas flow control knobs were melted flat to the control panel. We took a look underneath and the valves under the knobs just above the propane tank were spewing in flames! the fire was right at the main propane supply hose to. Another minute or so and this could have been a lot bigger incident if we hadnt went to turn the temp down when we did because when the supply line burned through it would have taken the whole tank with it with my niece standing right next to it!! I looked it up and the same exact thing is happening to lots of these same grills. Once I saw that it was not a matter of seeking replacement parts to fix this grill that should have had another 5 years of life left at least. Me and my families safety is not worth it. I'll just buy a different brand.