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Grilling has become more than just an American tradition. More and more people have gotten into this fine way of cooking food, mainly because grilling really does produce delicious meals. Although it can be quite tedious at times, grilling today has become a lot easier with the advent of modern grills. One such grill is the Napoleon LEX 485RSIBNSS-1 Natural Gas grill. Made by a Canadian company, this grill offers exemplary performance mixed with providing a convenient grilling process. The Napoleon is Canada’s premier grill makers. This grill maker is known for its new and innovative patented technology: luxurious gas grills. Napoleon make grills using state-of-the-art technology, innovative engineering and design and advanced manufacturing techniques. Plus, they have dedicated customer service, outstanding product quality and superior warranties. Now let’s find out why the Napoleon LEX 485RSIBNSS-1 Natural Gas Grill is considered one of the best luxury gas grills.
Main Characteristics
The Napoleon LEX485RSIB-1 Gas Grill with Rear and Side Infrared Burners is made of durable stainless steel that allows it to look good while brushing aside even the harshest weather. It has everything you need to cook delicious meals with an artistic flare. It has a storage space that provides just the right amount of space to store all your favorite grilling accessories. Its side shelves make preparing tender meats a snap. Aside from that, this grill has stainless steel cooking grids that retain the heat and produce even cooking. For a novice at grilling, that is all you really want for your grill to do. You can even grill after dark with this because of the i-Glow™ feature. The iGlow feature gives backlit control knobs that will shine a brilliant blue so you can easily see the knobs.
Pros
- Very durable
- Provides even cooking temperature
- Cooking grids have excellent heat retention
- Very easy to use
- Easy to move around
- Sleek and stylish design
- Made of high grade stainless steel
- Provides excellent value for your money
Cons
- Cast iron grill on the side burner is more difficult to maintain
- LED lights on the knobs do not glow very brightly compared to newer models
- Always needs to be cleaned if you don’t want it to look messy (because almost everything is made of stainless steel)
- Slightly expensive
Design
The Napoleon LEX485RSIB-1 Natural Gas Grill with Rear and Side Infrared Burners has four main burners that provide an outstanding burner to grilling surface ratio.
For the uninitiated, that means better and more even heating. The cooking area has a whopping total of 815 square inches. That means you can grill up to 24 hamburgers at once. The grill is designed to sear steaks, roast holiday meals, bake desserts and breads, smoke, and even rotisserie meals. It has a double-walled lid that holds heat well if you want an oven-like performance. It is also designed to provide excellent heat with its ceramic infrared burners. You can make perfect crust and juiciest meat if you use the infrared side burner or rear rotisserie burner. Plus, Napoleon added its patented JETFIRE™ ignition system into this grill so you can have fast and easy lighting every time you grill.
Special Features
What s
ets this grill apart from its competitors is its special features. The LIFT EASE™ stainless steel hood and WAVE™ stainless steel cooking grids help ensure the evenness of heat distribution.
Pair that with Napoleon’
s trademarked JETFIRE ignition system and you’ve got a winner. With just a simple click of the control knob, you will be able to ignite the LEX 485 tube burner. That’s how easy and reliable it is. As an added bonus, this grill uses i-GLOW™ Backlit Technology. This technology allows you
to grill even in the dark. The control knobs emit cool blue integrated lighting that isn’t excessively bright. It’s a very practical addition to the already luxurious grill.
Beverage cooling space on the side is a nice and handy feature
Warranty
The Napoleon LEX 485RSIBNSS-1 Natural Gas Grill has a 15-year limited warranty. The aluminum castings, stainless steel base, stainless steel lid, porcelain enamel lid, and stainless steel cooking grids are warranted for 15 years. The stainless steel tube burners though, are only warranted for 10 years, plus half off up to 15 years after the date of purchase. The stainless steel sear plates, porcelain-enameled cast iron cooking grids and ceramic infrared burners (excluding screen) are warranted for 5 years, plus half off up to 15 years after the date of purchase. All the other parts are warranted for 2 years.
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Summary
The Napoleon LEX 485RSIBNSS-1 Natural Gas Grill is one of this season’s top selling grills and for good reason. This grill is tough to beat for its price. It packs high end features in an aesthetically pleasing design. Although Napoleon did cost saving construction on this, you’ll still get some of the same features that can be found on high-end grills. Add it to the fact that Napoleon’s own President’s Limited Lifetime Warranty is one of the best in the business, you will surely get a grill you’ll be proud to show off at the next barbecue session.