"James Nipper" wrote in message
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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.

Now, I can't find any grills that use briquets !! They seemed to have
been
replaced by a "vaporizer" , instead of briquets.

How does a vaporizer take the place of the briquets, or is this just a
cheaper way for manufacturers to make a gas grill ?

Anyone have any comments or knowledge about this ?

I will appreciate any helpful comments.

The vaporizer is just a better design IMO. There were several problems with
the old lava rocks that were improved upon with the vaporizer. The biggest
is flame ups. Flame ups were impossible to prevent with lava rocks. I
remember many times when I would leave a steak on the grill only to come
back in a few minutes and find a meteor where my steak used to be. With the
vaporizer, flame ups are almost non-existent.