I have a small gas grill problem and I'm looking for input from any seasoned gas grillers around here. The grill is a 6 month old, 3 burner gas grill with one of the exchange fuel tanks you buy from the front of Lowe's.

When I fired it up for some chicken tonight, the flame on two of the burners wasn't my usual small, blue flame. It was yellow and very large. By large, I mean it was licking up through the cooking grates about an inch or so. It's never done this before.

A few google searches later and it seems to be either a low fuel tank or an obstruction of some kind in the little tube between the control knobs and the burners. I unsucessfully tried to check the gas level using some stupid little sticker on the side of the tank that is supposed to change colors to indicate the fuel level. The flames seem to be strong and heated very well, so I'm leaning away from the low tank theory.

Any help is appreciated. I have a big bbq on Saturday to gear up for and I don't want the grill konking out or blowing up.

Check the venturi's for spider webs. The venturi is the little nozzle that the gas comes out of before it goes into the tubes that feed the burners. Yellow flame is an indication usually of lack of oxygen. Spider webs cause havoc with gas grills.

http://bbq.about.com/cs/replacementparts/a/aa071100a_3.htm

It was the spider webs. I didn't realize this was such a problem. It even had a full page spider web warning in the grill's instruction book. Tearing the grill apart to clean them out gave me a reason to clean the whole grill. What a mess.

I then promptly greased it all up again with sausages and cheap hamburger.

YUMMY!!

also I've noticed that the spiders were most fertile this year.they're every where!
our grill had a lighting problem but it was just grease build-up on the sparker(igniter).

A neighbor gave me a great tip which applies to gas grills as well as gas fireplace inserts, etc.:

To prevent insects and debris in the nozzles, when not in use, cover the tip with a balloon. Just don't forget it is there and do not replace them while the nozzle is hot! (DUH!)

Hmmm....boon(as my son used to say). Might do that in the Winter to keep em out and also the weather.

Maybe you could use a condom instead of a balloon.

Oh, wait a minute, according to another thread on this forum, condoms don't work.

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Okay, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

c'mon...Condoms work sometimes...

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Webbie,

I don't know about your gas grills, but on all that I've ever owned the nozzles (male) are inside the (female) burner tubes, so how do you cover them with a balloon -- or condom -- w/o taking it apart and changing your fuel/air mix in the process if you're not careful?

Yoss,

Hypothetical question: If you knew a girl had AIDS (or herpes or...) would you still have sex with her, trusting a condom to keep you safe? Would you want your child to?

Snoop,

No. No.

With all due respect, what's your point?

On the other hand, wouldn't you rather be "safe than sorry", when you don't know either way? Isn't it better to use a condom in those instances where kids aren't going to rush out before having sex and get tested (which most of them probably don't)?

oh, I agree with 'ya phish. a condom is better than nothing.

Just that you were kinda laughing about folks who don't trust condoms in an earlier post:

"Oh, wait a minute, according to another thread on this forum, condoms don't work. "

Unless I took that wrong, you were poking fun at the idea that condoms don't work. You know, using sarcasm. (I can usually recognize sarcasm. )

Didja see me use the :sarcasm: smilie?
Huh?
Didja???

That's kinda like saying, if you're gonna pull the trigger, better the revolver with only one bullet in it than the one with six. I've got a better idea: don't pull the trigger!

I like the saying that when you have sex with someone it's like having sex with everyone that person ever had sex with before. THAT ought to make you think twice.

P.S. Amazing, the things we get into in the homeowners forum!

Some of these threads take so many turns, you have to read any new ones, even if the title isn't something you're interested in. You never know when spiders in your gas grill will turn into a condoms/abstinence conversation.

"condoms are removable, usable, and replaceable" ewwwww! Oh wait, it means replace with new ones!

Greedy!!!

Get back on your meds!