Napoleon Prestige 665 Connected

The Napoleon Prestige 665 Connected RSIB has the model number P665VXRSIBPSS-DE. In Napoleon’s German Prestige series, as of 25 September 2026 only variants of the smaller Prestige 500 sit alongside it; Napoleon lists the Prestige PRO as a separate series. The brand belongs to Wolf Steel Ltd. of Barrie, Ontario, Canada; the warranty provider for Europe is Wolf Steel Europe B.V. in Tiel, the Netherlands.

In our price box it is listed at Santos Grills at approx. €2,499 (as of 25 September 2026), there under the item number P665VXRSIBPSS-DE. Napoleon itself gives a recommended retail price of €3,199 (retrieved on 25 September 2026), and the buy button on Napoleon’s product page leads to a dealer search. Where the grill sits among the other models in our Gas grill category is shown in the table further down.

Our sources are the German product page, the user manual N415-0800CE-DE (revision A-0 of 11 November 2024) and the assembly instructions N415-0801CE. The manual covers four models, P500V, P665V, P500VX and P665VX; anything it describes only as “if equipped” we adopt only if the product page confirms it for the 665 Connected.

How the grill is built

The five main burners are stainless steel; the maintenance chapter speaks of thick-walled 304 stainless steel. They are lit with JETFIRE: without a battery, each burner individually via its own jet of flame. On the cross-lighting brackets Napoleon writes: “If a burner goes out or does not light, cross-lighting brackets automatically ignite the neighbouring burners.” Such cross-lighters basically pass the flame of a burning burner on to its neighbour. The rear and side burners, by contrast, have an ignition button with a battery. If those two do not light, the troubleshooting section lists a flat or incorrectly inserted battery as the cause.

Above the burners sit two-stage stainless steel searing plates, also called sear plates in the manual. They are meant to distribute the heat and vaporise dripping fat. On top go the WAVE cooking grids made of stainless steel, 8.5 mm thick according to Napoleon. The main cooking area measures 94 x 46 cm; Napoleon gives the total cooking area as 6,867 cm². It also includes a removable stainless steel warming rack that can be stored in the grill.

The side burner is called SIZZLE ZONE by Napoleon and works with infrared. On a high setting it is intended for searing; for pots and pans the manual recommends a diameter of at most 25 cm. While the side burner is running, the supplied wind deflector must be fitted. It is meant to keep operation even in wind of up to 11 km/h and sits under the side burner lid when not in use.

At the back of the cooking chamber sits the second infrared burner, described in the manual as a rotisserie burner for the spit.

On the body, the product page stays general and writes of a “stainless steel construction with powder coating”; the English version says “powder coat trim”, so powder-coated trim parts are what is meant. The lid contains a thermometer that Napoleon calls ACCU-PROBE. The base cabinet has adjustable doors, and six tool hooks are built in out of sight. The grill is carried on lockable castors that can be adjusted in height and locked. Because the gas bottle stands close to the ground, you raise the castors before you push the grill over uneven ground; otherwise the bottle or the bottle holder can be damaged.

Assembled, the Prestige 665 Connected is 188 cm wide, 66 cm deep and 129.5 cm high, 147 cm with the lid open. Packed, it weighs 122.45 kg according to Napoleon.

In detail: what part of the 30.7 kW runs at the same time

Napoleon gives 30.70 kW for the grill. The figure comes from the burner table in the manual: 20.0 kW for the five main burners together, 5.7 kW for the rear burner and 5.0 kW for the side burner. All three values apply to butane (G30).

In Germany Napoleon sells the grill as a propane gas grill, and for propane (G31) the same table gives lower values: 17.5, 5.0 and 4.5 kW, 27.0 kW together. However, all three may never run at the same time. “Do not use the rear burner when the main burner is in operation,” says the manual. With propane that makes at most 22.0 kW when the main and side burners run, or 9.5 kW with the rear and side burners. The 25.7 kW that used to be given as the total output on this page was the main plus the rear burner, exactly the pairing the manual rules out.

The total figure says little about how much heat reaches the grid anyway, because a larger grill also has more area to heat. We therefore divided the output of the main burners by the main cooking area, multiplied out as 4,324 cm². That gives 4.6 W per square centimetre with butane and 4.0 W with propane. According to the same manual, the Prestige 500 has 16.0 and 14.0 kW of main burner output; on its main cooking area, multiplied out as 3,266 cm², that is 4.9 and 4.3 W. So the 665 Connected heats more area, but not more densely. Both calculations are ours, and how hot the grid actually gets also depends on the lid, wind and outside temperature.

For preheating, according to the manual all main burners run for about 10 minutes on the highest setting with the lid closed. If the grill heats up too weakly, the troubleshooting section advises 10 to 15 minutes.

According to the manual, you grill directly anything that needs a short time, such as hamburgers, steaks, chicken or vegetables: sear over the heat, then lower the temperature. It recommends indirect cooking for larger pieces such as roasts, chicken or turkey and for anything prone to flare-ups. For that, one or more burners are lit and the food sits where there is no flame; anything that needs longer than 30 minutes can cook indirectly while the opposite burner runs. Because each of the five main burners has its own knob, you set up both zones side by side. How the principle works is explained in our guide to direct and indirect heat. If it flares up, you move the food out of the flames, turn the heat down and leave the lid open.

Does the Prestige 665 Connected come with a rotisserie?

No. In Napoleon’s technical data, “rotisserie included” says no, even though an infrared burner for the spit sits at the back. So you buy the spit and motor separately.

The accessory list on the product page helps little with this. A rotisserie set with an item number is not listed there, only a stainless steel grill basket for the rotisserie with a recommended retail price of €74.95. Which spit and which motor fit the P665VX is something you ask the dealer.

The manual nevertheless has a section for grills with a spit. The motor is rated for 15 kg there, and you should never overload it. The rear burner is lit like this: open the lid, take out the warming rack (the strong heat can damage it), press the rear burner knob and slowly turn it anticlockwise to HIGH, then hold the ignition button down until the burner lights, or light it with a match. If it does not light, you turn the control clockwise to OFF, wait 5 minutes and repeat the last two steps. In operation the rear burner runs on high until the meat is brown, and then lower with the lid closed. For a 1.4 kg chicken it gives about an hour and a half at medium to high heat.

The general installation rules apply to the motor: the grill is installed according to local regulations, a rotisserie motor must be electrically earthed according to those regulations, and with an external power source this also applies to the appliance.

Because the main burners stay off during spit roasting, we would plan side dishes for the side burner or for the time afterwards.

Display, probes, app: what “Connected” means here

Only the VX models have the electronics. The parts list in the assembly instructions ticks the display assembly, probe socket and probe tray for the P500VX, P500 PHM and P665VX, but not for the P500V and P665V.

The display measures 5 inches and, according to the parts list, belongs to the right side shelf. It shows the temperatures of the meat probes and the grill, plus the fill level of the gas bottle, a timer, the charge level, the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connection and the unit. After 5 minutes without input it switches off. When a probe reaches its target temperature, the system can sound an alert at the grill, and on the display you see which probes have a target.

The probes hang on cables; in the parts list they are called “thermoprobe, wired” (N680-0003). They plug into integrated, shielded sockets. For some models the manual describes two temperature readings in the cooking chamber: the lid thermometer for the air and a sensor mounted at the bottom that measures at the grids and counts as the preferred reference value for direct grilling. The two react at different speeds, show different values while heating up and are close to each other only once the temperature in the grill is stable. If a large piece of meat, a griddle plate or a plancha lies over the sensor, heat builds up there: the sensor then reports more, the lid thermometer less.

The app is called Napoleon Home app and is available in the App Store and on Google Play. According to the product description it monitors the temperature, has a timer, helps with grilling and warns of excessively high temperatures. In the ACCU-PROBE cooking assistant you programme the food, target temperature and cooking time and get a message when it is ready. Burner control via the app does not appear in the product description or the manual; you set the heat on the control knobs.

The grill is set up via Wi-Fi first. If your Wi-Fi is not available, the manual says Bluetooth connects you to ACCU-PROBE. Another sentence on the same page, however, reads: “after that only Bluetooth® is available”. That does not fit the rest and reads to us like a translation error.

The control knobs are illuminated, and the light is switched on via the light bulb symbol on the control panel. When a burner is running, its knob glows red, the others stay blue. A forgotten burner stays recognisable even at dusk.

According to the manual, only the propane VX models have the scale for the gas bottle. It shows the fill level in colours: green for 100 per cent, orange for 50, red for 20 and flashing red for a low level. For the display to be right, you select your region in the app, for Europe from a list of bottle types, or enter the empty and full weight yourself. The whole bottle change takes place away from any ignition source: you close the bottle valve, release the regulator from the bottle valve and take off the empty bottle. Then you press the scale’s button, wait out 20 seconds of tare, put on the new bottle and connect it according to the instructions. In the app the new value appears after about a minute.

For the radio equipment Napoleon declares conformity with Directive 2014/53/EU. In operation there should be at least 20 cm between the transmitter and the body.

Gas and placement: what the manual prescribes

Above everything, the manual says in capital letters: use only outdoors in a well-ventilated area.

If you smell gas, you shut off the gas supply to the appliance, extinguish open flames and open the lid. If the smell persists, you keep away from the appliance and call your gas supplier or the fire brigade immediately.

The same page also carries these warnings: do not light before you have read the ignition section; do not store or use petrol or other flammable liquids or vapours near this or any other appliance; do not store a disconnected propane bottle nearby; read the manual before use; remove packaging material, promotional labels and cards before use; point out hot surfaces to adults and children and supervise small children at the grill. According to Napoleon, anyone who does not follow the instructions exactly risks fire or explosion with property damage, injury or death.

The grill is intended for an outdoor patio or the garden. It may be used only in an above-ground open-air environment with natural ventilation and no stagnant areas, in which gas leaks and combustion products are quickly dispersed by wind and natural convection. Buildings, garages and other enclosed areas are not permitted, nor is installation in a built-in or slide-in structure. The ventilation openings of the cylinder enclosure must not be blocked; the manual prints this point twice.

Under a shelter the grill counts as outdoors in three cases. First, with walls on at most three sides but no roof. Second, with a roof and at most two side walls, which stand parallel like a windbreak or at right angles to each other. Third, with a roof and three side walls, as long as 30 per cent or more of the horizontal perimeter is permanently open. In all three cases the openings must be permanently open; sliding doors, garage doors, windows and grille openings do not count.

As a bottle, Napoleon requires a propane bottle of at least 6 kg or a butane bottle of 13 kg, built and marked according to national and regional regulations and with enough fuel for operation; if in doubt, ask your gas supplier. It may go on the lower shelf in the cabinet only at up to 310 mm in diameter and 590 mm in height; larger bottles stand outside on level ground. The ten steps for connecting are in the gas section of the manual.

The warning box on the same page as the bottle dimensions also says: do not keep a spare gas bottle under or near the appliance; route the flexible hose so that it is not twisted; do not use a gas bottle that is filled to more than 80 per cent; disconnect the grill and its shut-off valve from the gas supply piping system during any pressure test of that system at more than ½ psi (3.5 kPa); follow all instructions exactly to avoid fire, explosion, property damage, injury or death. Which bottle size makes sense for a permanent garden grill and how long a filling lasts is explained in our guide to the gas bottle for the grill.

The pressure regulator and hose are meant to come from Napoleon. If they are not included, you use a regulator and hose that comply with European standards and regional regulations. A hose of 0.9 m is recommended, it must never be longer than 1.5 m, and it is replaced before the printed expiry date. For Germany the gas table lists liquefied petroleum gas at 50 mbar, and you use only regulators that deliver the pressure listed there.

The manual has its own warning box on the gas connection: connection and installation of the gas and hose connection must be carried out by a licensed gas installer, and it must be checked for leaks before the grill is operated. Fuel hoses must not touch hot surfaces of the grill and must also stay away from sharp edges and dripping fat. Accessible parts can get very hot; keep small children away.

The manual requires a leak test before every use, annually and after replacing gas components, and the maintenance chapter additionally whenever a smell of gas occurs. After every refill and refitting of the bottle you also check the point where the regulator sits on the bottle. The procedure: do not smoke, remove all ignition sources, set all burner controls to off, open the gas valve and apply a 1:1 mixture of liquid soap and water to all connections and fittings of the regulator, hose, manifold and valves. If bubbles form, there is a leak there. Then you tighten loose connections. If the leak cannot be stopped, you close the gas supply immediately, disconnect the grill and have it checked by a certified installer or dealer; it is not used again until the leak is fixed. You never look for leaks with an open flame.

In addition there are the 24 additional safety precautions in the manual, close to the wording; anything repeated there or in the text above appears here only once:

• Do not route the hose under the drip tray and keep sufficient distance from the bottom of the appliance.
• Position the sear plates correctly according to the installation instructions.
• The burner controls must be off when the gas bottle valve is opened.
• Do not light the burners with the lid closed.
• Do not close the side burner lid while it is in operation or hot.
• Do not deep-fry on the side burner.
• Do not adjust the cooking grids while they are in operation or hot.
• Do not move the appliance during use.
• After use, shut off the gas supply at the connection.
• Do not modify the appliance.
• Carry out maintenance only on a cooled grill.
• Do not keep lighters, matches or other combustible materials in the cabinet or in the spice compartment.
• Keep electrical cables and fuel hoses away from hot surfaces.
• Clean the grease tray, drip tray and sear plates regularly, against build-up and grease fires.
• Check the infrared burners and the venturi tubes of the main burners regularly and keep them free of cobwebs and other dirt.
• Do not let cold water (rain, sprinklers, hose) reach the hot grill; the sudden temperature change can make the porcelain chip off and damage the ceramic burners.
• Do not use a pressure washer on any part of the grill.
• Do not place the grill where it can be exposed to strong wind, especially wind directly from behind.
• Cover no more than 75 per cent of the cooking surface with solid metal.
• Always keep the correct distance from combustible materials: 68.6 cm (27 inches) at the rear and 17.8 cm (7 inches) at the sides (the manual mentions this point three times in its list).
• The minimum ambient temperature for safe use is minus 17.8 °C (0 °F).

Cleaning and care according to the instructions

You clean the stainless steel grids by preheating the grill every time you use it and removing the residue with a wire brush. The high temperatures discolour them permanently over time. Other stainless steel parts also turn golden or brown when heated, which according to Napoleon is normal and does not change performance.

On the infrared side burner, most drips and food residue burn off immediately because of the high heat. No wire brush goes near the ceramic tile. Water and other liquids are off limits for cleaning, because the sudden temperature change can make the ceramic crack. Every 3 to 4 uses you light it and let it run for 5 to 10 minutes on the highest setting to remove the residue.

Under the grill, the drip tray catches fat, with a disposable grease tray beneath it. Only liners approved by Napoleon belong in the drip tray, never aluminium foil, sand or other materials, because otherwise the fat drains poorly. It is cleaned about every 4 to 5 uses: pull it out and scrape it with a spatula. You replace the disposable tray every 2 to 4 weeks depending on use; you can get replacements from the Napoleon dealer.

Before you clean, all burners are off and the grill has cooled down. Oven cleaner belongs on no grill part, grids and other parts do not go into a self-cleaning oven, and cleaning is done where the solution harms neither patio nor lawn. Barbecue sauce and salt attack the components quickly if you do not remove them regularly. When cleaning you always wear protective gloves and safety goggles. According to the manual, accumulated fat is a fire hazard.

The control panel gets only warm soapy water. Its lettering is printed directly on, and abrasives or stainless steel cleaners wear it off over time.

On the outside you clean the grill once a month with moderate use, more often if needed. Only a non-abrasive cleaner is permitted, since abrasive cleaners and steel wool scratch the surface, and you always wipe in the direction of the grain. You treat porcelain-enamelled parts carefully: the fired enamel is glass-like and can chip if something knocks against it. On the coast, in warm and very humid regions or next to a pool or hot tub, stainless steel takes on a rust-like discolouration through chlorides and sulphides; to counter this you clean stainless steel and chrome surfaces every 3 to 4 weeks with warm soapy water.

The display, probe connections and probe cables are water-resistant, but should not lie in the rain, and you must never submerge the unit. When preparing, the probes lie in their tray on the side table; when not in use you unplug them and bring them indoors, and they go back into the holder only once cooled. You wash the metal part by hand after every use and dry it thoroughly; it does not belong in the dishwasher. The probes are stainless and corrosion-resistant; apart from mild soapy water you use no chemicals or cleaning agents, and they are cleaned before first use.

Once a year a qualified specialist should inspect and service the grill thoroughly. The combustion air is set at the factory, only a qualified gas installer may change it, and the infrared burners have no adjustment for it. When set correctly, the flames burn dark blue with light blue tips and occasionally yellow. A nozzle maintenance tool and a drill bit are included for the burner nozzles.

What the warranty covers and what comes on top after purchase

On the product page the warranty is called “Limited Lifetime Warranty”. The manual graduates it by component, in a table for all Prestige carts and built-in heads, which is why it also lists parts that the 665 Connected does not have according to the product page, such as cast iron grids. Napoleon defines lifetime as 30 years, and it applies to cast aluminium parts and stainless steel frames, stainless steel lids, porcelain-enamelled lids, stainless steel cooking grids and stainless steel side tables. Ten years plus l.d. apply to stainless steel tube burners and to cooking grids made of porcelain-coated cast iron. Five years plus l.d. apply to stainless steel flame guards, the stainless steel infrared burner for the rotisserie, the lower ceramic infrared burner or ceramic infrared side burner and the ceramic infrared burner for the rotisserie, the ceramic burners each without grille. Electrical components have three years, other parts two. “Plus l.d.” means: after the period expires, you get the replacement part for the lifetime of the grill at 50 per cent of the current retail price.

There are also conditions. The warranty applies only to the original buyer and only if they bought through an official Napoleon dealer. It is not transferable and cannot be extended. The gas grill must be installed by a licensed, authorised service technician or contractor, according to the supplied installation instructions and all local and national building and fire safety regulations. Damage caused by improper operation, lack of maintenance, grease fire, environmental influences, accidents, modifications, misuse or neglect is excluded. Replacement parts from other manufacturers void the warranty. Plastic parts discoloured by chemical cleaning agents or sun are excluded, as are scratches, dents, paint defects, coatings, corrosion or discolouration from heat or abrasive and chemical cleaners, chipping on porcelain-coated parts and components that were used during installation. Napoleon excludes incidental, consequential and indirect damages in every case. Napoleon also accepts no responsibility for overheating and for a flame that goes out because of strong wind or insufficient ventilation, and no liability for damage caused by weather, hail, improper handling, aggressive chemicals or cleaning agents. The warranty is valid in the EU, Switzerland, Andorra, San Marino, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Your statutory rights in respect of defects under sections 437 ff. of the German Civil Code (BGB) remain unaffected.

As accessories, the product page lists with recommended retail price (retrieved on 25 September 2026): the grill cover for the Prestige 665 models for €109, the base cabinet set left and right (68003) for €549, a multifunctional warming rack (71504) for €119, a cast iron charcoal insert with smoker basket (67732) for €54.95, a stainless steel smoker box (67013) for €29.95, large grease trays in a 5-pack (62008) for €11.95, drip tray liners in a 3-pack (62071) for €16.95 and the JETFIRE maintenance kit (62050) for €8.95. Added to that is the grill basket for the rotisserie already mentioned.

Running costs are mainly gas and wear parts. For the main burners at full setting, the manual table gives 1455 g of gas per hour, for the rear burner 415 g and for the side burner 364 g. Only one gram value is given for each; by our calculation it matches the butane output of the burners, so with propane consumption is somewhat lower. If you apply the 1455 g anyway, a 6 kg bottle is empty after a good four hours at full load; with propane and a smaller flame it lasts longer. With the replacement rhythm from the care section, a 5-pack of disposable trays lasts 10 to 20 weeks. On top of that come the hose replacement before the expiry date and the annual inspection; you find spare parts via the parts search on napoleon.com.

The following details appear neither on the product page nor in the manual or the assembly instructions, or the sources contradict each other:

• the net weight of the grill; only the packaging weight is given
• how many temperature probes are in the box
• a maximum temperature in the cooking chamber and a target temperature for preheating
• what the total cooking area includes besides the main cooking area, and for how many people the grid is enough
• whether pressure regulator and hose are included in Germany: in one place the manual speaks of the parts “supplied with this grill”, in another of “if not included”
• a smartphone warning at a low gas level; the product page promises monitoring of the gas bottle, the manual describes the colour display
• type and number of batteries for the display, knob light and scale, and for the igniter of the rear and side burner
• the radio range of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and an ingress protection rating of the electronics
• the material of the lid and undercarriage in detail, and whether the rear burner is a stainless steel or a ceramic infrared burner
• assembly time, country of production and market launch
• whether registration is a condition of the warranty; the manual only asks for it

Three alternatives compared on data

For the three alternatives, the prices come from our price box and change. For the Prestige 665 Connected the recommended retail price according to Napoleon is shown, because the value in our price box is not substantiated for this grill (see above). The technical details come from the manufacturer pages of Napoleon, Broil King and Burnhard, retrieved on 24 and 25 September 2026. The rating is our editorial assessment from the data comparison and not a measurement result.

When the Prestige 665 Connected suits you and when another grill does

Space first. If you add the clearances from the safety list to the outer dimensions, you need a free area of around 2.24 x 1.35 m, calculated by us, and air above for the open lid. We would not put it on a balcony, if only because of its size, and in general house rules and the tenancy agreement have a say there.

Then the group at the table. According to Napoleon, 41 burgers fit on the main cooking area of the 665 Connected, and 31 on the Prestige 500. If you mostly grill for a few people, in our view the Prestige 500 is enough: according to Napoleon it is 22 cm narrower, and the rear and side burners are equally powerful according to the shared manual. In our price box it is listed at approx. €1,799.

Do you need the electronics at all? With the Prestige 500 you have the choice: Napoleon lists it as RSIB with a recommended retail price of €1,999 and as Connected RSIB with a recommended retail price of €2,499, which is €700 below the recommended retail price of the 665 Connected. Napoleon does not list a Prestige 665 without Connected in Germany; if you want the large area, you take the display along with it. According to Burnhard, the GRANT Pro also has a temperature display on the grill, with two insertion probes and one ambient air probe.

If you choose the Broil King Regal 590 for the rotisserie, you look for the variant 998282, because only for that one does the spare parts list include the motor.

The budget includes, besides the grill, the cover, a propane bottle and, if they are not included, a pressure regulator and hose. Before buying, also ask whether the seller is an official Napoleon dealer and who installs the grill; the manufacturer’s warranty depends on both, see the warranty section above.