Nonnymus > wrote:
> [ . . . ]
> I took the three burners to my shop and measured the holes in the least
> used and least obstructed one. Then, I chucked a drill bit in my DeWalt
> drill, rolled up a comfortable chair, put on my safety goggles and
> started drilling out the holes. My god, are there a lot of holes and
> some are very difficult to reach. Those, got a hand "picking" with a
> piece of wire. The completed burners were then taken out back and blown
> out with 175 psi compressed air until they were clean as a whistle
> inside.
>
> I reassembled the grill and can report that it's working perfectly. In
> all, I used up about a half day, and the result was a grill that has a
> more even temperature now across the grates than I recall having when it
> was new. I attribute that to having round, perfectly formed holes in
> the burners, now, rather than "dents" created by just casting the holes.
>
> If your old grill is acting like mine was, I really recommend investing
> some time and giving my solution a try.

When I was a welder, back in '53, we had a hand tool for cleaning the
orifices on acetylene torches. It had a number of different size gimlets or
augers or whatever they're called.

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