In this video I demonstrate how to replace the regulator in a Weber Genesis 1000 propane gas grill. It's a projection that anyone tin practise!

I also discuss options for adapting former "quick connect" regulators to modern QCC-1 propane tanks.

Mold inside Weber grill

You've got your steaks seasoned and ready for the grill. Yous get out to the patio, remove the grill cover, and open the lid.

What greets you is a colony of fuzzy white/greenish mold on the grates and certain areas of the firebox. Or worse, a fuzzy creature of a different sort, the kind with eyes and nose and whiskers and tail, that's sitting on the Flavorizer bars, staring up at you through the cooking grates, just as surprised to see you as you are to see him.

Put those steaks dorsum in the refrigerator. You've got work to practice earlier you'll exist set to melt.

Dead mouse in Weber gas grill

It's no fun to find mold or a live or dead critter in your grill, but it happens. I've discovered a live rat making its home inside the cookbox of my gas grill, with feces and urine and footprints all over the exterior of the grill. Gross, for sure, but no reason to throw your grill to the curb.

Both mold and critters thrive on the grease and bits of leftover food found in a dirty grill. For mice and rats, it's likewise about building a safe, cozy dwelling house inside the confines of your grill.

So what should yous practise to put your grill back into service? And how do yous forbid information technology from happening once more in the future?

Read on to find out.

Go on reading Mold, Mice & Rats in Weber Gas Grills

In the June/July effect of Cook'south Country magazine, the editors announced the results of testing eight popular grill brushes ranging in price from $5 to $35 in a variety of styles and construction.

The winner: The Weber 6494 12-Inch iii-Sided Grill Brush for simply $8.99! Proceed reading Best Grill Brush: Weber 6494 12-Inch

Introduction

Pushing igniter button

Information technology's common to hear someone say that their old Weber gas grill is still going stiff, only it doesn't light properly. They have to light information technology with a match through the manual lighting hole in the front end of the grill.

Sadly, it's as well common for some grill owners to think it'southward fourth dimension to toss and replace an old grill when it won't calorie-free.

Difficulty in lighting is a common problem every bit a gas grill gets older. The solution is to install a new igniter kit. Doing so is cheap and easy on older Weber grills and just slightly more expensive and difficult on more than recent Weber grills. Either style, it's cheaper than buying a new grill and it's a job that I'm confident y'all can do…so read on!

Ownership The Correct Igniter Kit Is Primal

Electronic igniter kit vs mechanical igniter kit
Electronic igniter kit (left) vs. mechanical igniter kit (right)

Weber has used a diverseness of igniter kits over the years for different grills. Some kits are mechanical, some are electronic. Some include multiple igniters, some include just one. The wires may be longer in some kits and shorter in others. It's important to get the right kit for your grill because even kits that look alike may not work properly in your specific grill.

Weber does not list the replacement igniter kit part number in your grill's owners manual because these part numbers may change over time. The best fashion to brand sure yous get the right kit is to call Weber Customer Support at 800-446-0171. Give them your grill'due south model name and serial number and they'll tell you which office number you demand. Alternatively, if you're buying at a habitation heart or online, read the box characterization or product description carefully to make sure the kit covers your specific grill model and year.

Types of Ignition Systems

Prior to the mid-2000s, Weber used a mechanical piezo ignition arrangement in gas grills. When you lot depress the ignition button, a bound-loaded hammer hits a crystal, generating a loftier voltage discharge that travels through wires to a ceramic igniter in the firebox, creating a spark next to the burner tube and lighting the gas. These older systems make a loud metallic "bang" noise when you depress the rectangular ignition button. Each time y'all depress the push, a spark is generated. Continue reading Replacing Weber Gas Grill Igniters

Smashing a burger

Sometimes I like to use a bandage iron griddle or skillet in my Weber gas grill. I employ a griddle to make smashed burgers or to practice a contrary sear on a steak.  I've used a CI skillet on the grill to fry extra-thick bacon and pork belly to avoid setting off the fume detector in the business firm! Both are great tools that you should try onetime on your gas grill.

Cleaning Cast Atomic number 26

When information technology comes to cleaning a bandage fe griddle or skillet, information technology's actually non that difficult. Just follow these easy steps. Continue reading Cleaning Cast Iron Griddles & Skillets

Are the gas grill valves in your old Weber Genesis or Summit grill potent and hard to turn? Practice they no longer lock in the Off/Loftier/Medium/Low positions? Practise they non pop back upwards later being pushed down?

If yous answered "Yes" to whatever of these questions, you can probably solve the problem by cleaning and lubricating the gas valves.

Continue reading Cleaning & Lubricating Weber Gas Grill Valves

We're well into Spring and it's time to give your gas grill the love and attention it deserves with a good spring cleaning. It will cheers with months of great grilling!

Cleaning burner holes
Cleaning burner holes

Continue reading Spring Cleaning For Your Gas Grill

To the untrained eye, this circa 2005 Weber Genesis Platinum C gas grill looks like a piece of junk, fix for the bit heap. But Scott P. from Porter, TX knew better. He picked information technology up on Craigslist for $50, gave it some spit and polish, and it'due south set for many more years of grilling.

Genesis Platinum C as purchased by Scott P.
Genesis Platinum C as purchased by Scott P.
Rusted floorpan in storage enclosure
Rusted floor pan in storage enclosure

Scott gave the grill a thorough cleaning within and out, then removed the storage enclosure and did some repair to the floor pan using a rust converter, bonding primer, and graphite spray paint.

Genesis Platinum C post-rehab
Genesis Platinum C post-rehab

A niggling more than polishing of the stainless steel and gray painted surfaces and this gasser was ready for action!

"The burners all piece of work well. It got up to 500°F in about half dozen minutes and 600°F a chip later on," says Scott. "I could take spent more time sanding and grinding to smoothen out the rust and quondam paint, merely I was looking to practise this quick."

What Scott calls "quick" I telephone call "looks great"!

You can read more about this Weber Genesis Platinum C make clean-upwards and repair on The Virtual Weber Message Lath.

It'southward not uncommon to encounter a rusted-out screw pigsty when restoring an old Weber gas grill. How do yous repair a rusted-out screw pigsty? In some cases, it's easy plenty to make clean-out whatever remains of the pigsty and replace the original screw with a bolt and nut. But in some cases, you'll want (or demand) to repair the spiral hole so the original screw can be used again.

Continue reading Repair Rusted Screw Holes With QuikSteel

Did you know that your Weber gas grill contains spider screens? Did you know that you demand to occasionally inspect and clean them? If you didn't know these two facts, read on.

When the performance of your Weber gas grill seems to exist defective—for example, it's not achieving the high temps it used to—the showtime thing you should cheque is the condition of the burner tubes. If the tubes are covered with cooking debris and calibration and the flame design is more yellow than bluish, the burner tubes need to be cleaned.

Proceed reading Spider Screens: Inspection & Cleaning