Weber Spirit 310

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20111004-3F0D4-2147474668. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Weber Spirit 310 (Weber Spirit Gas Grill Model #310, serial # DE1326331). Incident: Weber Gas Grill model#310, serial number DE1326331. Purchased at Home Depot, May 2010. On Tuesday, October 4th at approximately 5:10pm, the #2 control interface on the grill caught fire, flames shooting up out of the control interface and melting the knob. Owner immediately shut off gas, threw baking soda on control pad and put fire out. Called Wadsworth City Fire Department at approximately 5:20pm. Chief [REDACTED] of the Wadsworth City Fire department inspected the grill. His opinion at the time was a failure of the regulator connected to the control interface. He may be reached at [REDACTED]. Called Weber Grill Company at approximately 6:30pm to report incident. Weber representative attempted to indicate it was the fault of owner for not removing burners and running wire coat hanger through them. Advised them we would file report with CPSC and Consumer Reports.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130528-0C925-2147455723. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Weber Spirit 310 (Gas grill). Incident: My Weber Spirit 310 grill caught on fire yesterday, 5/27/2013. It was not a grease fire. The fire was under the control knob area and the flames were coming out of the manifold area. I was able to carefully reach under, avoiding the flames and turn off the gas supply. The flames went out immediately when the gas was shut off. Fortunately, I saw the fire before it burned through the gas supply hose. The fire burned the control knobs, the ignition wiring and the gas supply hose from the gas fuel tank. I contacted Weber and they asked me to send photos, which I have done. I can send those to you as well, if you need them. I am concerned that this is a safety issue that could result in a home fire, or possibly an explosion if other consumers experience the same issue.