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Gas grill question hallerb@aol.com 04-23-2006
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on April 23, 2006, 5:15 pm
My gas grill is over 20 years old, I have rebuilrt it several times.
replaced burners, hoses, regulator, dissembled completely and ran
alunimum castings thru self clean cycle of gas stove, it came out like
new. I have kept it for sentimental reasons, it is one of the few
things of my moms, she died almost 9 years ago, plus it appears to do a
better job than current grills. mine uses lava rocks.

Now a friend bought a brand new grill and reported their old lava rock
one worked better, appeared hotter.

anyone know why the newer grill dont appear to work as good?

my friend is thinkingf of returning their new grill and fixing the old
one

my wife is pushing for a new grill and i dont want to buy a poor one


anyone have any knowledge about this? anyone still make a older style
lava rock grill?


Posted by Kevin Ricks on April 23, 2006, 6:07 pm

> My gas grill is over 20 years old, I have rebuilrt it several times.
> replaced burners, hoses, regulator, dissembled completely and ran
> alunimum castings thru self clean cycle of gas stove, it came out like
> new. I have kept it for sentimental reasons, it is one of the few
> things of my moms, she died almost 9 years ago, plus it appears to do a
> better job than current grills. mine uses lava rocks.
>
> Now a friend bought a brand new grill and reported their old lava rock
> one worked better, appeared hotter.
>
> anyone know why the newer grill dont appear to work as good?
>
> my friend is thinkingf of returning their new grill and fixing the old
> one
>
> my wife is pushing for a new grill and i dont want to buy a poor one
>
>
> anyone have any knowledge about this? anyone still make a older style
> lava rock grill?
>

Is there a difference in the grills? I thought it was just personal
preference rather than a difference in the grill?
You can buy replacement bags of lava rock, or the molded brick type at Wal
Mart. Use whichever you prefer.
It seem though that 1 bag is not enough, I need 1.5 to 2 bags.
Kevin



Posted by Joey on April 23, 2006, 6:17 pm
hallerb@aol.com wrote:

> My gas grill is over 20 years old, I have rebuilrt it several times.
> replaced burners, hoses, regulator, dissembled completely and ran
> alunimum castings thru self clean cycle of gas stove, it came out like
> new. I have kept it for sentimental reasons, it is one of the few
> things of my moms, she died almost 9 years ago, plus it appears to do a
> better job than current grills. mine uses lava rocks.
>
> Now a friend bought a brand new grill and reported their old lava rock
> one worked better, appeared hotter.
>
> anyone know why the newer grill dont appear to work as good?
>
> my friend is thinkingf of returning their new grill and fixing the old
> one
>
> my wife is pushing for a new grill and i dont want to buy a poor one
>
>
> anyone have any knowledge about this? anyone still make a older style
> lava rock grill?
>

My guess is they just don't make anything to last like they once did.
My new Sears stainless grill is not lasting like my older lava rock
grill did. I had a relative that worked with GM and his job was to
research old parts taken off cars under warranty not to see why they
failed, but instead to see why they lasted so long !!

J

Posted by Mark and Gloria Hagwood on April 23, 2006, 6:36 pm
Speaking of gas grills, anyone in the market for a SS-type
owes it to themselves to check Sam's Club. Their selection
ranges from a smaller 3-burner portable to several "kitchen"
types with side cabinets. Their prices are much less than
Sears and all the SS grills I've seen at Sears and Sam's
Club seem to come out of the same factory. I simply cannot
understand how some of those "Barbecue" stores stay in
business with their grills costing 3-4 times as much.

Mark

Posted by Jack on April 23, 2006, 7:27 pm

> Speaking of gas grills, anyone in the market for a SS-type owes it to
> themselves to check Sam's Club. Their selection ranges from a smaller
> 3-burner portable to several "kitchen" types with side cabinets. Their
> prices are much less than Sears and all the SS grills I've seen at Sears
> and Sam's Club seem to come out of the same factory. I simply cannot
> understand how some of those "Barbecue" stores stay in business with their
> grills costing 3-4 times as much.
>
> Mark

They must have special pricing for contractors at 50-75% off. Or they have
customers like my BIL thinking the more expensive the item the better the
product must be - he has deep pockets so money is not a factor. I'm
surprised there are so many people like that who doesn't even look at the
price tag.



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