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forthefunofit94's avatar
Oct 10, 2016

Grills?

I have a Weber Q 100 and have loved it. It seems to be on its' last leg. I was looking at Sam's Club and they have a stainless steel Aussie Grill for $80. It gets great reviews. My question is has anyone compared it to the weber? It says it has 12000 BTU's. I like the price, but not if it is a poor substitute.
  • forthefunofit94 wrote:
    The burner seems to be done for. I have taken a wire and cleaned the holes, but it still barely has a flame. I did the reset on the regulator. That did not help. Can you get a new burner? I checked Home Depot and they did not carry one.


    In less than the time you wasted wandering around Home Depot looking for replacement parts that no big box store carries you could have contacted Weber directly for replacement parts for your Q. How the burner could fail is a mystery to me as it's stainless steel ... perhaps you have a regulator issue.
  • Did you look in Webers web site? New parts are readily available.
  • forthefunofit94 wrote:
    The burner seems to be done for. I have taken a wire and cleaned the holes, but it still barely has a flame. I did the reset on the regulator. That did not help. Can you get a new burner? I checked Home Depot and they did not carry one.


    Very strange, shame on home depot, lowes too.

    Sears / K-Mart seems to have them, I don't know about in-store but they showed up online.

    Weber might send you one for free, I think the burner had a pretty good warranty on it.
  • The burner seems to be done for. I have taken a wire and cleaned the holes, but it still barely has a flame. I did the reset on the regulator. That did not help. Can you get a new burner? I checked Home Depot and they did not carry one.
  • My question too - what did you do to your Weber? Have you called them about the problem, their customer service is really nice.

    If the burner isn't firing right, read your manual, it explains how to easily clean it. If the burner is somehow rusted out, a new one can be ordered.

    If the inside is all gunky because of poor maintenance, remove the burner and ignitor, and pressure wash the rest, or just scrub it up with a lot of Dawn dish soap.

    The rest of it is aluminum and cast iron, impossible to wear out and hard to break.

    IMHO avoid "stainless steel" grills under $1000 ... the stainless steel sheet metal body is a distraction from the rest of its' sub-standard parts.
  • Walmart is making these available for all their overnight RVer's.

  • forthefunofit94 wrote:
    I have a Weber Q 100 and have loved it. It seems to be on its' last leg.


    Can't help you with the Aussie Grill but since many of us regard our Q as a "family heirloom" I have to ask - how could yours possibly be "on it's last leg"? ... you run over it with a truck? :W

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