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By Oren De M.
Published 18 Sept 2026
Last updated 18 Sept 2026
Weber Spirit E-425C Gas Grill Review
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Weber sells two four-burner Spirits that photograph as one grill. One is the E-425. The other is the E-425C, model 1502067, and it asks twenty dollars more.
Read the two specification tables line by line and almost nothing differs. Same 35,000 BTU. Same 428 square inches of primary grate. Same weight, same width, same warranty schedule, same cast-iron cooking surface.
Two lines change. The E-425 lists two all-weather wheels. The C drops those and prints casters on all four corners, two locking. Weber prints the letter and never glosses it, so what is the C?
4 castersAll four swivel, and two of them lock
$20What the C adds over the E-425 at Weber
25.5 inDepth lid down, where the E-425 wants 26.6
2 yearsCover on casters, under all remaining parts
First Impressions of the Weber Spirit E-425C Gas Grill
Roll it onto paving and the answer turns up at ankle height. Four casters, one under each corner. Red foot levers ride on two of the four.
Nothing above that line reads as new. Flat black lid, one badge, one dial gauge. A door fills the cabinet front and swallows the tank. Two tables flank the cookbox, the right one recessed for something to sit down into.
Then you push it. It goes sideways, then diagonally, and it stops dead when the levers drop. No moment comes where you lift an end to start it.
The knobs carry the other piece of news. Four across the fascia, two of them ringed in red. Each dial is marked past high, into Boost Mode. Take a red knob round there and Weber claims 40 percent more power.
Our first cook made the cart stop feeling like a footnote. Afternoon sun crept across the terrace and the grill simply went with it. Chops took their crust on the red pair, then moved left to finish. No plate travelled and no burner was relit.
Key Features of the Weber Spirit E-425C Gas Grill
Almost every feature here is shared with the cheaper E-425. Saying so is the honest introduction. Two entries on this list are genuinely particular to the C. The rest is the current Spirit cabinet, described from the object rather than the badge.
- Four swivel casters, two of them locking: This is the specification that separates the two models. Every corner steers, and half of them brake. Weber’s listing gallery gives a full panel to the casters and none to the burners. When a maker spends artwork on the feet, the feet are the product difference.
- A side table that takes drop-ins: The right-hand table is built to accept accessories that drop into it. Both flanks carry rails for parts that clip on. Weber’s page for the E-425 lists the rails and not the table. That is the second difference, and nobody advertises it.
- Cast-iron: All 428 square inches sit under enamelled cast iron. These grates flip, and the underside is shaped to hold Weber Crafted cookware. A griddle or a grilling basket runs $99.99 each and none is included.
- Stainless steel: Two stainless components live inside the fire. Flavorizer bars span the tubes, catching fat before it hits flame. The four burner tubes below them hold the longest warranty Weber writes for this grill.
- Snap-Jet Ignition: Each knob lights its own burner, one hand, no separate button. Nothing on the panel fires the whole grill at once. With four burners that is a lot of combinations, and the two red ones are adjacent.
- Cabinet with a door: A 20 pound tank hides behind the door, and it is sold separately. Four tool hooks hang off the body for tongs and a brush. The cookbox above is cast aluminium.
- Grease management system: Fat the bars miss ends up in a removable tray. Pull it from below the cabinet and empty it. You will touch this part more often than any other.
- A rotisserie Weber mentions but does not specify: The feature bullets on the product page name a rotisserie accessory, sold separately. The specification table for 1502067 lists no rotisserie, no motor and no mount. One page, two answers, and Weber leaves them both standing.
| Metric | Figure | What it means |
|---|
| Burner output | 35,000 BTU per hour, four stainless burners | Weber prints the identical figure for the wheeled E-425. |
| Cooking area | 428 sq in primary, 533 sq in total | Both match the E-425 exactly. Nothing above the cart grew. |
| Sear Zone | Two Boost Burners, 40% more power claimed | Weber calls it largest in class and prints no area. |
| The cart | 2 swivel casters plus 2 swivel locking casters | The E-425 lists two wheels and no caster at all. |
| Size and weight | 46.3 x 51.8 x 25.5 in, 103 lb | Same width and weight. The E-425 stands 26.6 inches deep. |
| Capacity | 18 burgers, Weber's published figure | A count, not an area. Treat it as a rough guide. |
| Warranty | 10 years on cookbox, lid and burner tubes | Casters are unnamed, so they fall under all remaining parts. |
| Shipping | Free from Weber above $99 | Angi will build it for a fixed $99 instead. |
Nothing in the fire changed when the letter was added, and the numbers say so plainly. Four stainless burners, 35,000 BTU per hour between them, under 428 square inches. The E-425 publishes those same three figures.
What is worth understanding is where the Sear Zone lives. Boost is no fifth burner and no separate part. It is a position on the dial, past high. Only the two red knobs reach it.
Weber’s instruction is to turn those knobs all the way round. That makes the zone a setting, not a region you can point at. Weber describes it as class-leading in size. The class goes unnamed and so does the area.
Half the burners reach the zone and half never will. Capacity is given as 18 burgers. Read that as a headcount for a Sunday, not as geometry.
Build, handling and durability
Everything the letter buys is under the cabinet. Four castering corners carry 103 pounds differently from two wheels and two legs. The cart also sits 25.5 inches deep, against 26.6 for the E-425.
Clearance matters differently once a grill rolls. Open the lid and the top reaches 60.5 inches, over a 30.97 inch footprint. Lid down it drops to 46.3 inches tall. A cart that steers needs a path, not only a parking space.
Then read the warranty schedule with the casters in mind. Only three parts get the decade: cookbox, lid and burner tubes. Five sits on the grates and the bars in the flame. Casters appear nowhere in that document, which leaves them under all remaining parts, at two years.
Running costs, upkeep and value
Price is the cleanest way to see what the C buys. Weber’s store shows $649.00 against a $699.00 original. The same store prices the E-425 at $629.00. Twenty dollars, all of it below the cookbox.
The sticker is the start of the spend, not the end of it. No tank ships with it, so budget propane separately. A premium cover is $89.99, drip pans and grate cleaner $10.99 each. Orders over $99 ship free, and Angi will do the build for $99.
Set the twenty dollars beside that accessory list and it shrinks. A premium cover alone is $89.99. On this grill, the cart is the cheap decision.
Upkeep divides along the same line. Above the cabinet it is enamel discipline. Brush the grates warm and keep wire wool away. Empty the tray before it needs a scraper.
Below the cabinet it is grit. Casters sit where a grill sheds fat and ash. A wheel that swivels has bearings a straight one does not.
Possible Weber Spirit E-425C Gas Grill Complaints
- The part you paid extra for has the shortest cover on the grill: Cookbox and tubes get ten years, grates and bars five. Casters are not named, so they inherit the two-year catch-all term. A caster is also what a cart grill tends to lose first. Keep the locks clean and release them before you move it.
- Weber never says what the C means: Two SKUs, twenty dollars apart, and no sentence anywhere on either page defining the letter. The only route is opening both specification tables and diffing them. A buyer should not have to do that, and most will not. Until Weber writes it down, read the C as a cart and nothing else.
The verdict
7.7/10
How we scored the Weber Spirit E-425C Gas Grill
Six categories on a fixed weighting, applied the same way to every grill. How we score.
Heat Performance 8.0
Weight 25%
Boost is a position past high on two of four knobs, not extra hardware and not extra published input.
Long-term Reliability 6.5
Weight 20%
Ten years reaches the cookbox and the burner tubes, while the casters you paid extra for sit in the two-year bucket.
Build Quality 8.4
Weight 18%
A cast-aluminium cookbox and 103 pounds ride on four castering corners, inside a footprint shallower than the E-425 cart.
Ease of Use 8.8
Weight 15%
Four swivel casters steer in any direction, where the $629.00 E-425 pivots on two wheels and drags two fixed legs.
Value 7.0
Weight 12%
Twenty dollars buys a cart and nothing above it, and Weber never explains the letter you are paying for.
Maintenance 7.5
Weight 10%
The grease tray pulls clear in one motion, but 428 square inches of enamel and four casters both collect fallout.
Best for
- The Cook Who Never Leaves It in One Spot Some patios have shade at six and sun at four. This cart follows the shade. Four steered corners beat two wheels and a lift every time.
- Owners of a Tight Side Return Depth is where this cart differs from the E-425. It sits 25.5 inches deep with the lid down. The wheeled model wants 26.6 inches of the same passage.
- The Weber Works Tinkerer The right-hand table is built to take drop-in accessories, not only snap-ons. The E-425 page offers side rails alone. If clip-on kit appeals, this is the SKU with both.
Skip it if
- You already put the E-425 in your basket Every cooking figure is the same on both. Same burners, same grate, same Sear Zone, same warranty. If the grill lives in one place forever, keep the twenty dollars.
- Your paving slopes All four casters swivel and only two are specified to lock. On a slope that is half the brakes you might want. Park it across the fall, not down it.
Bottom line
The C is not in the fire. It is on the floor. Buy the E-425C if the grill must move, the E-425 if not. Every figure that touches the food is the same.
