John Meyer
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Genesis 1000 Center Gas Control Doesn't Provide Much Variation (**Solved**)
I have a natural gas Genesis 1000 that I purchased in 1995. It is in fine shape, and I just replaced the original porcelain grates with new stainless grates, installed a new crossover tube, and got a new cover.
Everything still works great, but when I tested the BBQ after installing the crossover, I noticed that the control for the center burner doesn't seem to be able to change the gas flow much. The front and rear burner controls seem to provide about 5x the amount of gas on high as they do on low, but the center burner control only seems to change the gas flow by, perhaps, 2x. In other words, there just isn't much difference between high and low compared to the difference I get with the other two burner controls.
I can still get the grill up to 450-500 degrees, but I get the feeling that the center of the grill is not as hot as it could be.
I inspected the holes on the burners and also the burner tubes themselves when I had the grill apart when I replaced the crossover. The tubes are completely clear; the spider guards are clean; the burner holes are in perfect shape (unlike the crossover which was completely trashed). So, it seems to me as though the problem might be in the valve itself.
Perhaps the unit ALWAYS worked this way and I just didn't notice until now because I don't usually run the BBQ with all the flavorizer bars removed (something I did when I tested it, just to make sure the crossover was installed properly).
So, can the valve itself go bad? There is no leak (I'd smell it), and the burner lights easily and quickly and burns uniformly from one end to the other, and the flames are blue with little orange tips. The only issue is that when I turn it to high, it just gets a little hotter, not a lot hotter.
Thanks!
I have a natural gas Genesis 1000 that I purchased in 1995. It is in fine shape, and I just replaced the original porcelain grates with new stainless grates, installed a new crossover tube, and got a new cover.
Everything still works great, but when I tested the BBQ after installing the crossover, I noticed that the control for the center burner doesn't seem to be able to change the gas flow much. The front and rear burner controls seem to provide about 5x the amount of gas on high as they do on low, but the center burner control only seems to change the gas flow by, perhaps, 2x. In other words, there just isn't much difference between high and low compared to the difference I get with the other two burner controls.
I can still get the grill up to 450-500 degrees, but I get the feeling that the center of the grill is not as hot as it could be.
I inspected the holes on the burners and also the burner tubes themselves when I had the grill apart when I replaced the crossover. The tubes are completely clear; the spider guards are clean; the burner holes are in perfect shape (unlike the crossover which was completely trashed). So, it seems to me as though the problem might be in the valve itself.
Perhaps the unit ALWAYS worked this way and I just didn't notice until now because I don't usually run the BBQ with all the flavorizer bars removed (something I did when I tested it, just to make sure the crossover was installed properly).
So, can the valve itself go bad? There is no leak (I'd smell it), and the burner lights easily and quickly and burns uniformly from one end to the other, and the flames are blue with little orange tips. The only issue is that when I turn it to high, it just gets a little hotter, not a lot hotter.
Thanks!
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