Weber Reveals New Searwood Smart Pellet Grill, But Have They Learned From Their Mistakes?
After lots of rumors,
The new lineup includes the Searwood 600 ($899) with 648 square inches of grilling space and the Searwood XL 600 ($1,199) with 972 square inches. That price is better than the current 2nd Gen SmokeFire, although you do give up a tiny bit of space.
The Searwood is replacing the SmokeFire, so we’re excited to see if
We just got our hands on the Searwood and have made a first look and burnoff video where we share our initial thoughts of this grill.
Weber Searwood Key Features
- Versatile Temperature Control: Offers a full temperature range from 180° to 600°F ideal for smoking and searing.
- DirectFlameâ„¢ Cooking Technology: Ensures bold, flavorful sear marks and delicious golden browning for a superior cooking experience.
- Full grate sear zone: Allowing for more food to be cooked directly on the flame, enhancing flavor and efficiency.
- Advanced Heating System: Equipped with Rapid Reactâ„¢ PID technology, the grill heats up quickly (in 15 minutes or less) and efficiently regains temperature after the lid is opened.
- Smoke Boost: Allows you to increase smoky flavor
Weber’s shakey history with pellet grills
Way back in 2020,
After much fanfare, the original SmokeFire was a colossal letdown.
If you bought the Gen 1, you likely suffered from several design flaws, from the faulty app to pellets failing to slide down the hopper. Oh, and there were the grills that caught fire…
With subsequent versions,
What we’re excited to see on the Weber Searwood
One of the most interesting features with the New Searwood is a new mode for cooking with the lid open.
After setting to lid open mode, rather than setting a grill temperature like you normally would you set an intensity level from 1-10. This could be a good way to improve the versatility of the grill.
We’re also interested to see how they’ve redesigned the grease and ash management system. It appears that the flavorizer bars are gone, so fingers crossed
Both grills are currently listed on the