Originally Posted by
satman40
If you are buying a grill at Lowe's do not forget the 10% off coupons offered on EBay, get a cover Webers do rust, and repair parts are more expensive than a new grill.
Most grills are too large,, the Weber Performer works best for me, and the e310, big Genesis just sets,
What? Not in my experience. I've had my Silver B since 2001. I've replaced the burners once and the grates a couple of times (more because I couldn't clean them enough to my liking after several years of heavy use). I might have replaced the flint for the auto-start once. I think I bought new casters for one end of the grill at some point because they got flat on one side because someone (not mentioning who in my house) did not realize that you could unlock them and easily roll the whole thing to where you wanted it.
No way did those purchases come to more than the cost of a new Weber grill. Maybe the Smokey Joe, but that hardly counts.
Originally Posted by
csufabel
Those are some good tips. Most of them I knew. I am not as concientious about cleaning the grates as I probably should be, but it gets used almost daily from May 1 to October 31.