I just purchased a Gensis EP-330. I have no issues with it, but I want to protect it for the future.
Background: I had a competing brand of grill for the past 8 years. This is one of those brands that seems to be carried by every big box retailer. This grill rusted from the inside out. It was "stainless" but that was mostly the external parts. Inside the firebox (itself coated steel) was cast iron grates, heat defusers (flavorizers), flame cross over bars. Beside the cooking/heat distribution deficiencies later learned by myself of this grill, it also started rusting immensely.
The grates were shedding rust, the spot weld tabs holding the defusers rusted off and the defusers partially rested on the burner tubes. The flame cross over ignition bars and the tabs that held them rusted apart.
We covered this grill and often when removing the cover (I believe one of the covers we used before being torn was a Weber cover I picked up on clearance) we would often find moisture on grill surfaces in the form of trapped moisture buildup, condensation.
The grill was stored on a western facing heavily shaded patio under a 3 foot eave (partial shelter from rain). My wife thinks we should not cover it. She thinks that covering the grill will trap moisture that evaporates from the rain moistened patio will shorten the life of the grill.
Ideas?
Background: I had a competing brand of grill for the past 8 years. This is one of those brands that seems to be carried by every big box retailer. This grill rusted from the inside out. It was "stainless" but that was mostly the external parts. Inside the firebox (itself coated steel) was cast iron grates, heat defusers (flavorizers), flame cross over bars. Beside the cooking/heat distribution deficiencies later learned by myself of this grill, it also started rusting immensely.
The grates were shedding rust, the spot weld tabs holding the defusers rusted off and the defusers partially rested on the burner tubes. The flame cross over ignition bars and the tabs that held them rusted apart.
We covered this grill and often when removing the cover (I believe one of the covers we used before being torn was a Weber cover I picked up on clearance) we would often find moisture on grill surfaces in the form of trapped moisture buildup, condensation.
The grill was stored on a western facing heavily shaded patio under a 3 foot eave (partial shelter from rain). My wife thinks we should not cover it. She thinks that covering the grill will trap moisture that evaporates from the rain moistened patio will shorten the life of the grill.
Ideas?