I see this posting is pretty old, but I have to throw in my 2 cents. I used to swear by my old Webber kettle grill. Cooked many a great steaks and turkey’s on it. Went to a Webber natural gas grill about 10 years ago for the convenience – I have 6 kids, and we like to BBQ year round. Only had to rebuild it once after it caught fire. Bought a Treager upon several recommendations, and we love it. There are a lot of great grills out there I’m sure, and a real grill master can BBQ great food on just about anything. What we love about our Traeger is 1) the taste of BBQ when grilled or smoked with wood (and yes, it’s real wood – just compressed into pellets). 2) just as convenient as gas – as long as I keep the hopper full of mesquite/oak/apple/hickory/whatever – all my wife has to do is flip a switch and she’s grilling or smoking 10 min latter. The pellets probably cost more than I was spending on natural gas. I go through about 20 bags a year, and negotiate a good price break by buying them all at once and throwing them in a plastic toy bin under the deck.
A lot of good grills out there. We sure love how easy our Treager is to use, and my old Webbers (kettle and gas) can’t touch the flavor.