Weber Introduces New 2025 Product Collection Designed to Deliver Big, Bold Flavors, Ultimate Versatility, and Effortless Cooking for Everyone

PALATINE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 14, 2025--

Weber LLC, the global leader in high-performance, high-quality outdoor cooking technology and products, today unveiled its 2025 lineup of grills, smokers, griddles, and accessories. Designed to bring more flavor, versatility, and simplicity to every outdoor cooking experience, the new collection blends expert engineering, thoughtful craftsmanship, and quality construction to make Weber’s legendary performance and exceptional culinary experience more accessible to more people around the world. With its innovative offerings for the upcoming barbecue season, Weber continues to set the standard for outdoor cooking while bringing more joy to every backyard.

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The reimagined Weber SPIRIT® gas grill (EP-435 model). (Photo: Business Wire)

At the heart of Weber’s 2025 collection is the reimagined SPIRIT ® gas grill - the brand's best-selling model. Now offering an upgraded cooking experience, greater versatility, and enhanced power through its proprietary Boost Burner technology, the SPIRIT grill features a modern aesthetic to complement its advanced functionality. Additionally, the WEBER SMOQUE™ wood pellet smoker and 28” rust-resistant SLATE ® griddle join Weber’s latest lineup, adding depth to its popular wood pellet and griddle product ranges. These new offerings are tailored to deliver delicious results for a wide range of cooking styles—with new levels of precision and control.

Rounding out the collection is the Company’s expanded WEBER WORKS™accessory system, which includes interchangeable drop-in and snap-on items such as cutting boards, bins, caddies, basins, lighting, and tools designed to simplify and enhance outdoor cooking. These innovative accessories streamline every step of the grilling process— from the kitchen to the grill to the table— and work across all new offerings for the upcoming barbecue season.

“At Weber, we are driven by a deep passion for outdoor cooking and a commitment to making every meal prepared outside simple, creative, fun, and, above all, delicious,” said Michael Jacobs, President of Weber LLC. “Whether it’s your first Weber grill or an addition to your collection, we aim to ensure every cooking experience surpasses the last. This year’s lineup reflects invaluable insights from thousands of cooks across three continents who shared their needs, challenges, and aspirations with us. By delivering powerful cooking systems, premium materials, modern styling, and user-friendly designs at accessible price points, we’re meeting cooks where they are and inspiring them to explore exciting new possibilities in outdoor cooking.”

The Reinvented SPIRIT Gas Grill: Boost Burner Power.Precision. Versatility. Exceptional Results.

Since its debut in 1995, the Weber SPIRIT gas grill has set the benchmark for performance, longevity, and affordability. For 2025, Weber product development and design experts reimagined this iconic grill, combining cutting-edge engineering, sleek design, and intuitive features to elevate every aspect of the grilling experience while preserving the legendary quality and durability that make SPIRIT a household name.

The new SPIRIT grill introduces several new features to enhance its performance, ease of use and versatility:

The new Boost Burners also elevate the grill’s power and control for exceptional evenness and heat management while enabling precise temperature control at levels of fidelity currently unavailable in the small format stand-up gas grill category or price point.

Outdoor cooks can also instantly transform any SPIRIT gas grill into a griddle with a rust-resistant grill insert or rotisserie (sold separately) and expand menu options. Upgraded models include one of the WEBER CRAFTED ®OUTDOOR KITCHEN COLLECTION frame kits that are compatible with custom-fit grillware (also sold separately) such as a pizza stone, sear grate, wok, Dutch oven, and more.

Available in two-, three-, and four-burner models, the SPIRIT line ranges from US$399 to US$799, offering options for every grilling enthusiast; a 10-year limited warranty backs each model. New SPIRIT gas grills are available across the Americas at select retailers and on weber.com. Model availability and pricing may vary by geography and retailer.

WEBER SMOQUE ™ Wood Pellet Smoker: A Low-and-Slow Workhorse for Smoky Perfection

Building on the success of the SEARWOOD ®wood pellet grill in 2024, the Company introduces the WEBER SMOQUE wood pellet smoker, designed for grilling enthusiasts who crave low-and-slow cooking at an accessible price point. Combining precision engineering, versatile cooking options, and hassle-free cleaning, the WEBER SMOQUE smoker is perfect for anyone ready to explore rich, smoky flavors unique to this style of outdoor cooking.

Engineered specifically to excel in the 180°F to 275°F / 82°C to 135°C degree temperature range, the WEBER SMOQUE wood pellet smoker delivers exceptional performance for low-and-slow cooking. With a maximum temperature of 500°F / 260°C, it also offers outdoor cooks the versatility to roast and bake, opening new culinary avenues for them to explore.

At the core of this novel smoker experience is a proprietary cook engine, purpose-built for consistent, low-and- slow cooking. Its innovative SMOQUEVENT™system, which sits between the burn pot and the cooking grates, circulates smoke and air evenly around food and throughout a cast aluminum cookbox, ensuring perfectly smoked meats, fish, vegetables, and more.

Similar to the SEARWOOD pellet grill, the WEBER SMOQUE smoker is equipped with a RAPIDREACT™ PID Controller, which works as the grill’s activity hub. This intelligent system continuously monitors key components to maintain consistent heat and adjusts automatically for optimal performance.

Additional benefits of the WEBER SMOQUE wood pellet smoker experience include:

Unique front-folding, side, and bottom shelves, also sold separately, provide extra prep space or storage, further optimizing grilling setup.

This new line includes two models: the 22" for US$699.00 and the 34" XL for US$899.00; both models are supported by a five-year limited warranty. WEBER SMOQUE smokers will be available this year from select retailers and on weber.com. Model availability and pricing may vary by geography and retailer.

SLATE Rust-Resistant Griddles: More Sizes For More People, Spaces, Places

The award-winning SLATE griddle, introduced in 2024 as the industry's first rust-resistant griddle with consistent, even heat, provides cooks with another size option in 2025. The new, smaller 28” stand-up SLATE griddle offers the signature Weber griddle cooking experience at a more accessible price point, joining a family of rust-resistant griddles that includes the 30” and 36” stand-up SLATE griddles and the 22” and 17” SLATE tabletop griddles.

SLATE griddles are ready to use right out of the box, with no pre-seasoning required, and remain ready to use over time and usage. In addition, these griddles offer fast, high heat, capable of reaching temperatures over 500°F / 260°C in as little as 10 minutes. The SLATE griddle’s rapid and precise temperature accuracy is possible through a redesigned, patent-pending valve and burner system that improves heat consistency across the cooktop.

The new 28” SLATE griddle comes with a rail for snap-on WEBER WORKS tools and accessories, a hinged cover, wind guards, and a high-capacity, removable grease tray. It will be available across the Americas in early 2025 at select retail stores and on weber.com for US$549.00. A five-year limited warranty supports each SLATE griddle. Availability and pricing of the new 28” SLATE griddle will vary by retailer and geography.

For more information about the full Weber product line, please visit weber.com.

ABOUT WEBER LLC

Weber LLC, headquartered in Palatine, IL, is an iconic global barbecue brand. The Company’s founder George Stephen, Sr., established the outdoor cooking category when he invented the original kettle charcoal grill more than 70 years ago. Weber offers a comprehensive, innovative product portfolio, including charcoal, gas, smokers, and accessories, designed to bring people together to create amazing memories and delicious food. Weber offers its products, services and experiences to a passionate community of millions across 70 countries.

WEBER , the kettle silhouette, the kettle configuration, SPIRIT, SEARWOOD, WEBER SMOQUE, SLATE, WEBER CONNECT, RAPIDREACT, SMOQUEVENT, SMOKEBOOST, WEBER CRAFTED, and WEBER WORKS are all trademarks owned by Weber-Stephen Products LLC.

The new Weber SLATE® rust-resistant griddle (28" model). (Photo: Business Wire)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed has proposed “TrumpCare,” a golden insurance card providing universal healthcare, dangling the president's name on the ambitious Democratic plan.

James Talarico has suggested Donald Trump could become a man of history like Lyndon B. Johnson, who was seen as a master of congressional dealmaking.

And even Hakeem Jeffries, in line to become the House speaker in January, has left the door open to working with the other side of the aisle “wherever and whenever possible” to deliver for the American people.

Some Democrats who swept into power by riding voter backlash to Trump are now pitching ways to collaborate with the president, playing to his vanity and his love of making deals to propel their own agenda.

Not everyone in the party is on the same page, but the offers represent one strategy for showing that the party is serious about the hard work of legislating and acknowledging that Trump's signature is needed for new laws.

Trump himself has said he doesn't want to spend the final two years of his presidency simply vetoing bills from the Democrats in control of Congress. It was only a few short years ago, during his first term, that Trump stunned Republicans by cutting deals with the Democratic leaders he called “Chuck and Nancy” — Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Before the next Congress begins in January, Democrats are trying to entice Trump with the prospect of timeless glory to a president fixated on making his mark on Washington.

All he has to do, they say, is work with them to deliver sweeping policies like Medicare for All.

“Donald, this is on the table. Guarantee healthcare for every American, from cradle to grave,” El-Sayed, who won the U.S. Senate race in Michigan after Trump branded him a terrorist sympathizer, wrote on social media.

He attached mock-ups of a gold-colored card, with Trump’s name and signature far more prominent than the small text reading “Medicare for All.”

Universal healthcare has long been anathema to Republicans, although Congress — and even the Republican president himself — will face pressure to deal with rising costs.

“If slapping Trump’s name on it and putting it in gold letters would get it through, then hell yes I’m for it,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, El-Sayed's fellow Michigan Democrat, said Friday.

About 6 in 10 voters nationally said the federal government should play a bigger role in helping Americans get healthcare than it does now, according to The AP Voter Poll, a survey of more than 100,000 midterm voters.

The costs of expanding Medicare to cover more people would depend on the scope, and Democrats have considered plans that include dropping the eligibility age to below 65 or including children and young people. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2022 that various so-called single-payer options could increase federal subsidies for healthcare from $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion by 2030, while the total out-of-pocket costs for patients would decline.

Trump’s willingness to slog through extended negotiations with Democrats is an open question, and his past promises of dealmaking have been hit and miss. He reiterated Thursday he is willing to work with Democrats.

“I’m going to be vetoing a lot of things that they’re going to send me initially that are bad for the country, and I think eventually they’re going to call in, they’re going to say, ‘Let’s make a deal,’ and we’ll be able to make deals on healthcare, on drug prices,” the president told commentator Stephen A. Smith in an interview.

Trump's choice of Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff may foreclose some of those opportunities, however. Jeffries described Miller as a “stone-cold racist” and said he has “zero interest” in working with him.

The pitches from some of Democrats’ most high-profile new arrivals in Washington will help shape the party's approach for the rest of Trump’s presidency.

Talarico, the Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas, described the ways that Johnson is memorialized on Capitol Hill and remembered for shaping civil rights and social services as a senator and president.

“If President Trump wants the same plaques and portraits and busts as LBJ, we can help make that a reality,” Talarico said Thursday at the What’s Next conference in Denver, where many Democrats gathered to plot their way forward.

Talarico made his pitch to Democrats as much as to Trump. After getting the fulsome repudiation of Trump they’ve been seeking for a decade, the party’s base voters may not be eager to see their newly elected leaders standing with him for a bipartisan signing ceremony at the White House Rose Garden that he paved over to create a patio resembling his Mar-a-Lago resort.

However, Talarico said Americans are counting on bold changes before the next president takes office after Trump’s second term ends.

“Some of these reforms may not pass until 2029, but the American people cannot wait two years for change,” he said. “So we must work with President Trump.”

The eagerness to work with Trump is notable from El-Sayed and Talarico, who were among the president’s most frequent targets as he hopscotched the country for Republicans ahead of the midterms. He singled them out for especially personal attacks, questioning El-Sayed’s loyalty to the United States and labeling the Texan as “Talafreako.”

Talarico's pitch to help Trump make his last two years in office “the most productive of any presidency in American history” got a cold reception from current and future Democratic governors who took the same stage the next day.

Democrats should pass bills they think will help Americans live better lives and dare him to veto them, said Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger.

“Frankly, he likes attention," Spanberger said. "Eventually he'll want to do a signing ceremony, and eventually he might sign a couple of them.”

Cooper reported from Phoenix.

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