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Originally posted by pocon1
If your grill used to cook nice, you may just need to repalce the burners. They do rust out, and sometimes you get flames bursting out when a hole rusts through the side. That is fun trying to shut off the tank at that point. But if your grill used to be nice, just replace the guts. New hoses, safety valve, and burner. You can also buy new lava rocks, so you don't get old grease flareups.
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Thanks for the thought pocon1, but this grill never worked very well. Instead of having something covering the burners, they provided cheap ceramic briquettes. All those did was provide a place for the grease to collect and flare up.
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Originally posted by viejo gringo
My neighbor just bought a George Forman gas grill from Target for under a $100. It looks great and has a place for the grease to run off, and the flame does not come in contact with the meat.
That will be my next one.
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BTW, to show you how cheap the construction was on my grill... it has a place for grease to run off. When I put it together the kit provided a wire loop, it said to put an old tin can in the loop to collect the dripping grease.
Which I did, just to stop the grease from dripping on the patio.
I'm still shopping around at this point. I have looked at Weber grills. It seems they run $50 to $100 more than others with the same features. I hate to pay the extra just for the name. BTW, I remember my father using a Weber kettle grill when I was a kid. We didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up, but the grill was one thing my Dad didn't skimp on. Hmmm... maybe that's food for thought.