I love my BBQ . It holds the heat and cooks evenly. I like the lights in the hood and how the knobs light up and change colours. I like the when the burners are on the knobs light up red this really helps the one who forgets to turn the bbq off. I have and will continue to tell people what an excellent bbq this is and we’ll worth the money.
PRO500RB was purchased for Father's Day in 2013. Right from the get-go this grill performed. It's gotten us through many Family Feast-ivus', power outages where no other cooking appliances were operational and quite a few quick summer time dinner rushes. When I had to replace parts, a quick email request with an order response and call in for payment and I had my parts quickly with minimal effort. The grill is still going strong almost 10 years later and while she's not as shiny as she once was, she definately has it where it counts.
Old guy just bought his first gas grill...and can't say enough positive things about his Napoleon Prestige Pro 500. My buddy told me in advance that it so chef friendly, that it does all the work.
I was able to produce a "High End restaurant quality" result with a 2 inch, 2.7lb Tomahawk Steak over my Sizzle Zone. Only comment would be that you should include a WIND ADVISORY" in your manual. What we thought would be a 4 minute total cook time, actually took 9 minutes due to the windy conditions.
Once the winds diminished and a few beers later, I placed 2 - 1.5 inch 1lb Prime Strip Steaks on the Sizzle Zone and cooked both to perfection (med-rare) in a total of 4 minutes.
Awesome taste and texture. My neighbor said it was the best steak he has had in 30 years.
Extremely well made. You know when you make do with an older or cheaper bbq thinking how different can an expensive one be…you have no idea…! Excellent!