Steve Hoch
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The ones you bought will be just fine, I think Danny is just messing with you a little.I asked if spending the extra money was going to get me any better burner tubes and every one said no.
The ones you bought will be just fine, I think Danny is just messing with you a little.I asked if spending the extra money was going to get me any better burner tubes and every one said no.
I think I may have one of those in my big box of grill junk. I believe the original burner tubes that came with my 1998 Genesis lasted about 7 or 8 years. The porcelain coated flavorizer bars less than that.Find yourself a middle burner that has holes/slots on both sides..... now THATS a challenge.
My neighbor has the OEM one...... still.
The ones you bought will be just fine, I think Danny is just messing with you a little.
Not everyone. I said the well reviewed (on here) tubes I bought for my dad's Genesis were corrosion fiends. Holes constantly clogged up with corrosion. Not one lick of corrosion on his original tubes.I asked if spending the extra money was going to get me any better burner tubes and every one said no.
I think that not all imported non-OEM burner tubes are the same. I bought a set for a front control Genesis 300 that were cut backwards! Then I got a set from Qlimetal that fit perfectly and were non-magnetic stainless.Not everyone. I said the well reviewed (on here) tubes I bought for my dad's Genesis were corrosion fiends. Holes constantly clogged up with corrosion. Not one lick of corrosion on his original tubes.
Then explain why the original burners on my dad's grill (always ran on LP) for 25 years had no corrosion. Yet as soon as I installed the aftermarket ones it started showing upI've been fighting that same 'white corrosion' on my OEM tubes --- I was cleaning the crossover of it and there was quite a bit on the main burners too --- always has been a problem necessitating periodic cleaning with a brass brush. I don't think its the burners fault...
Along those lines --- I picked up some SS flavor bars back ~7 years ago (a whole new discussion on bars..) and I had noticed them getting coated with a white and yellowish residue underneath mainly, but some on the topside too..... I read complaints about it happening to others in the amazon reviews and they somehow equated that with the 'quality of the metal'..... I just wrote it off to the sulfur 'smell compounds' that they add to propane for leak detection interacting with the fresh metal surface forming 'metal sulfides'. You wouldn't see that/those reaction happening on a porcelain coated bar. I'm thinking that the white powdery 'corrosion' on the burners is from the same process - only with more heat.
Don't you think the quality of steel might have changed just a tad with all the knockoff burners out in the big internet world for sale and being made from steel over seas ?Then explain why the original burners on my dad's grill (always ran on LP) for 25 years had no corrosion. Yet as soon as I installed the aftermarket ones it started showing up
Jim, that happens on my RCPlanebuyer flavorizer bars. But, who cares. It doesn't hurt anything.I've been fighting that same 'white corrosion' on my OEM tubes --- I was cleaning the crossover of it and there was quite a bit on the main burners too --- always has been a problem necessitating periodic cleaning with a brass brush. I don't think its the burners fault...
Along those lines --- I picked up some SS flavor bars back ~7 years ago (a whole new discussion on bars..) and I had noticed them getting coated with a white and yellowish residue underneath mainly, but some on the topside too..... I read complaints about it happening to others in the amazon reviews and they somehow equated that with the 'quality of the metal'..... I just wrote it off to the sulfur 'smell compounds' that they add to propane for leak detection interacting with the fresh metal surface forming 'metal sulfides'. You wouldn't see that/those reaction happening on a porcelain coated bar. I'm thinking that the white powdery 'corrosion' on the burners is from the same process - only with more heat.
Nice to know I am held in such high regard. How far do we have to stoop?!Yeah - I know..... I just remember seeing lots of complaints with (uneducated/ignorant) concerns about it in the reviews when I bought mine..... my first set of SS bars.
Don't you think the quality of steel might have changed just a tad with all the knockoff burners out in the big internet world for sale and being made from steel over seas ?
And what about a link?Wow....WOw....WOW!!!!!!
I just got the new burner tubes and I am AMAZED at what I got...... These tubes are TOTALLY different than what the pics portrayed on amazon --- they are SO MUCH BETTER!!!! I'm really impressed with the quality of these tubes!!!!
I will take pics tomorrow in the sunlight to show the difference between what I got and what I thought I ordered --- hopefully the quality of these tubes will come thru. I'm sitting here giggling at what a steal these burner tubes were for $8.50..... I got really lucky!
I couldn't pass up that deal for the 9mm grates. My Platinum project thanks you!Its in the first post...... the wild card option.
Go look at their store --- thats where the 9mm SS rod grates are - see what you can find that you need.
If those grates exceed my expectations as much as the burner did ---- that is ONE HELLAVA deal! My expectations were so low....