On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:44:44 -0400, "James Nipper"
wrote:

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===I went shopping this week to replace my old gas grill. For many years, I
===used a gas grill from Sears (small grill, low-cost) that used briquets that
===heated up and helped with the cooking.
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===Now, I can't find any grills that use briquets !! They seemed to have been
===replaced by a "vaporizer" , instead of briquets.
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===How does a vaporizer take the place of the briquets, or is this just a
===cheaper way for manufacturers to make a gas grill ?
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===Anyone have any comments or knowledge about this ?
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===I will appreciate any helpful comments.
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===Thanks !!
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===--James--
I have seen em both ways. The grill we have now when we bought it came
equipped with vaporizer bar and ceramic briquettes, but the later
model (identical in every way) only comes with vaporizer bar. From
what I was told the vaporizer bar does essentially what the briquettes
did and that is to catch and burn off the grease and other drippings.
Briquettes can always be added if need be in addition to a vaporizer
bar. We prefer having the vaporizer bar, and of course briquettes, as
they heat up and help make the heat more uniform and add a bit of
flavor to things on the grill. Of course this may all be in our
imagination, but after a meal or two on the grill without briquettes,
we soon replaced the worn out briquettes with some good quality
ceramic ones and things are back the way they used to be.

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