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Kevin S. Wilson Kevin S. Wilson is offline
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Default Gas grill side burner question

On Wed, 31 May 2006 07:51:25 -0400, wrote:

>So, I usually cook on a Kamado, but I have a cheapo Fiesta gas grill I
>use for side dishes and for the wife to make quick lunch burgers/hot
>dogs (and, since the house came with an electric range and oven, cooking
>and heating snow for water when the power goes out in the winter <g>).
>
>The Fiesta has a side burner- the gas connects to the tank with a "T"
>connector, one hose goes to the grill, one hose goes to the side burner.
> This spring, the side burner is burning real inefficently- large 4-6"
>yellow flame that puts an incedible amount of carbon dust on the bottom
>of my wok, etc. The propane doesn't seem to come out of the burner
>holes with the same pressure (it even sound weak or slow before
>lighting). Is it worth taking the burner assembly apart for cleaning or
>more likely a problem with the on/off valve? (The grill side seems to
>work fine, so I don't think it's a matter of the tank or the safety
>feature).


See "Why is the flame in my gas grill yellow?"

http://bbq.about.com/od/grillsfaq/f/f070604d.htm