Craig, if you can, buy the Weber's from a specialty shop instead of the big box stores. The Genesis that THEY sell will be about the same $$, but have stainless flavorizer bars and stainless cooking rods. (Instead of porcelain coated mild steel) Far better for longevity.
Ours is a Weber Genesis S-320 that we bought from Home Depot which included the stainless flovorizor bars and stainless cooking rods, great grill ... we also sprang for the Weber grill cover which is very impressively made. This grill, so far, looks like it is the perfect grill for the harsh salt water environment where we live.
As far as grilling great tasting food, it's hard to beat a charcoal grill. We had one of
these $129 charcoal grills from Lowes for about three years that we were extremely happy with but the steel just didn't last in this environment ... it cooked better tasting food over our $850 Weber gas grill, hands down.
