How to Decide Whether You Should You Repair or Replace Your BBQ Grill
Your trusty BBQ grill has cooked many meals for you and your guests throughout the years. From summer cookouts to birthday BBQs, your grill has been a dependable sidekick when it comes to grilling up delicious burgers, veggies, and more.
Unfortunately, all grills are susceptible to wear and tear. Even the most high-quality grills break down, their once roaring heat dwindling down to a single flame. What’s a hungry grill master to do?
If your BBQ grill isn’t working how it used to, you face a choice: restore your old grill or buy a new one. And while repairing your grill may seem simple enough, sometimes the costs are comparable to buying a new one.
Sings It’s Time To Replace Your Grill
Bigger Holes on The Burners
Proceed your inspection with the burners. These are small tubes mainly made of stainless steel of good or poor quality depending on the grill. They are designed with small holes that let the gas out when needed. If these holes are enlarged or if they are so big that they now form only one hole, start shopping.
The Grill is Unstable or Falling in
Damaged Deflector
Remove the grids and look at the heating parts. Just above the burners, you will find the deflector, the plate that spreads heat evenly. When it’s punctured by rust, it’s not doing its job properly. It brings hotspots, that is to say, places where the temperature is much higher,