"Steve Calvin" wrote in message
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Mine's sat out in rain and snow for eight years uncovered.
no worse for the wear.

We had a very "light" but steady rain here for the last two days. I went out
and took the cover off awhile ago to do some steaks. It took 15 20 minutes
of sputtering to dry the burners out, the storage area was totally flooded
and the cast iron smoke box I had stored in the bottom had rusted and made a
mess of everything I had in the bottom. I never had that kind of a problem
with my 10 + year old charbroil which also was kept covered and is still in
great condition. RM~