Weber® Igniter Kit, Push-Button Igniter

I tried to grill something the other day and the igniter on my Weber Genesis Silver B wasn't working any more. I had to use one of those gas lighter wands to get the grill going, which is irritating to say the least. So I ordered this igniter kit, and just put it in, and now everything is back to normal with the grill lighting on the first try. I feel like I just did this recently! Wrong! The last igniter kit I put in was in 2009, and 2005 before that. The grill was bought in 2001. I'm starting to see a pattern here. Every 4 years, I need a new igniter. Good thing they're only about 10 bucks. It takes about 10 minutes to put one in on a Genesis Silver B. You will need a phillips head screwdriver, and a small adjustable wrench. Once I started to install mine, I realized the grill needed to be cleaned, so I actually spent 30 minutes, but the grill is now ready to go when it is called upon. Weber's philosophy is to make a grill that will last you a lifetime, as long as you're willing to replace a few parts now and then. In the 12 years I've owned the grill I have replaced the grates a few times, the burner assembly once, the drip guards a few times, and it looks like 3 igniters now. The rest of the grill is still solid as a rock. Love my Weber grill!

The device works as designed. Over time, the electrical push connections have required pulling on and off motion to clean any built up corrosion. Sometimes it doesn’t spark and you have to go under and push-pull on the connectors, then it works again.

Great price. Easy to install. The correct part for my 30+ year old Weber grill. This completed a full rebuild of the inside of grill, and I'm looking forward to another 30 years of using it.

I have a Weber Spirit E-210 grill, and this ignitor is not the correct one! There is some very ambiguous information on the internet regarding which ignitor I needed; the one with the black button or the one with the red. I made an informed decision and went with the one with the black button. It is too big to fit in the slot it is supposed to fit in! That's okay, I really just needed the fire catcher box that came with this, so I installed that and re-used my old ignitor. It works great, so for $10 I'm happy. I just wanted to get it out there that if you have a Weber Spirit E-210 grill, order the ignitor with the red button, not the black one!

I picked up an older Weber Summit 450, made sometime between 1997 and 2001 by my estimate (serial # is long gone from the sticker, so I'm going by photos in old owner's manuals found online). The grill has held up pretty well over the last 20ish years but the crossover burner tubes and the igniters were completely shot and needed to be replaced. Weber usually stands behind their products and sells replacement parts, but since the Summits from this time period never sold nearly as well as the cheaper Genesis and Spirit grills, information and parts are a little more scarce. I had to take a bit of a gamble on these igniters because while some sources claimed they would fit, the Weber literature would not come out and say so. But the good news is they do fit perfectly, without modification. And the quality is very good, as expected for a Weber product. Good installation instructions too. I hope to get 10-20 years out of these. Incidentally I found the crossover burner tubes too... under 20 bucks for those, so all told I spent less than $50 to restore two decades' worth of wear and tear on this well-built grill. Gotta love Weber!

After way longer than I expected our weber grill stopped lighting when using the starter. This little gem did the trick! What happened in my case is the metal cage on the end of the wire rusted away leaving no way to capture propane to spark at. Start by disconnecting the wiring terminals from the old snapper switch on the grill. Next, you will need to remove your grill grates and the heat bars to get access to the starter. One of the tabs that goes through the grill to the outside is bent down to hold in place, bend it back with a screw driver or pliers (it is really soft metal, not hard to do) and remove the old starter. Feed the new wire through and then align the tabs with the slots in the grill, then bend down to fasten it again. Connect the wires to the snapper button and reinstall the grill bars and grates. Its been working for a few months now, good as new. If you also want to replace your snapper, there is a speed nut behind the control panel that you can unscrew, pop the switch out, and replace with the new one. This round style snapper is the same one that hids behind the rectangular button style control panels.

I used this as a replacement on a 10+ year old weber that I just got. It works perfect. I have no idea how long they last but I assume it will be years, I'm a little dissapointed weber doesn't make a electronic model as an upgrade for the older grills, I mean they make stainless grates, stainless flavorizer bars...why not an updated electronic ignition....This is extremely easy to install and seems to light the grill instantly. I was a little surprised that it has always started on the first press...maybe it's the box design to hold the gas but I remember on other grills (non weber brand) they never started on the first push. Just when you buy this make sure your buying the correct one as weber makes 2 models, the black button and red button model

Easy to install, mostly intuitive especially as you remove the old one, it's not hard to figure out how to install the new. The instructions are okay, but drawings a little confusing to me. But I got it installed and it works on my Genesis 1000 Series. Funny thing that I searched for this igniter kit on the Weber website and couldn't find it, so was very happy to get it through the Amazon Weber Store.

Great product. Works like a charm on my genesis 1000

perfect

Saved the cost of a new BBQ. Very satisfied with installation, a bit fiddly but I did it. Thanks

Works perfect on an older Weber Platinum II.

Fitz Weber barbeques and works very well