"I got a 4-burner model for Father's Day. I was reaaaaly skeptical about it, and had my heart set on a Weber Summit. But the Summit's price is insane, so I decided to give the Red a try.
This thing is HOT. I put mine on "clean" (the hottest setting) and used a laser thermometer to measure the temp. After 15 min, the grate was around 800F and the tub was 913F! I am NOT kidding.
How does it cook? This is the best grill I've ever owned! It is taking some getting used to (it cooks fast and I am overcooking things), but even the overcooked stuff is still pretty moist. Pork chops, brats, dogs, steaks, burgers, all turned out great. I've never had a grill that seared steaks decently before this one. The juices are fairly well sealed in, and the grate marks make them look great. All I did was dry rub them with some McCormick's Montreal Steak Seasoning (basically kosher salt, black pepper, garlic, and caroway?)
But the BIG shocker was rotisseried chicken. I had an 8+ lb bird, and dry rubbed it with Famous Daves chicken rub (no oil, baste, or anything). Loaded it onto the supplied rotisserie, turned the grill all the way down, and tossed a handful of soaked mesquite chips into the tub. I also put a small tub of water on the remaining grate to boost the humidity. After 2-1/4 hours of turning and smoking (no basting), I pulled out the BEST, most tender, beautiful looking chicken I've EVER had. The skin was crisp, while the meat fell off the bone. My fiancee and our kids LOVED it.
This grill is huge. That big chicken only took up 1/2 of the grill. (It is built with two "tubs" side by side, with a bar running down the center, front to back, between them. You couldn't really rotisserie anything in the "center" even if you wanted to.) So that still leaves the other half available for another rotisserie item, or to cook something on the grates, at a different temperature.
This grill is SMOKEY. When grease drips on most grills, a little spatters and smokes up, and the rest runs to a catch can. There is no outlet on the Red's tubs, so everything burns off. I have a blast making my neighbors smell my artwork. Sometimes, I toss in wood chips just to make it worse ;)
Is it free from flareups? No, but it is MUCH better than my previous gas grills. Just use the "clean" setting to preheat the grill and burn off buildup, and minimize oily or buttery bastes. The manual says to keep wood chips away from drip areas, which is generally good advice.
The chicken turned out so well that my next "experiment" is going to be a rotisseried turkey. We have taken over Thanksgivings and Christmases, and if I can get a turkey to turn out anything like the chicken, I will become a legend of family holiday cookery :)"