As for the ignitor I have never seen one go bad on these. My bet is once you get the burner thoroughly cleaned up pay particular attention to the holes in the ignitor area as they continue underneath the burner you will find it will light up just fine
I was on the Weber site this morning and it said the igniters are battery operated. I figured they were piezo igniters, but I’ll check the battery today.
I searched the q grill section of the forum for grate cleaning and saw some suggestions to use a wire cup brush with an angle grinder. Sounds aggressive, but if a good wire brushing doesn’t do the trick I may pick one up and try it.
I was on the Weber site this morning and it said the igniters are battery operated. I figured they were piezo igniters, but I’ll check the battery today.
I searched the q grill section of the forum for grate cleaning and saw some suggestions to use a wire cup brush with an angle grinder. Sounds aggressive, but if a good wire brushing doesn’t do the trick I may pick one up and try it.
When you look up information on the Weber site make sure you are looking at the Q200 information and not the Q2000. The 200 has Weber on top of the hood, solid grate and a white sleeve around the burner control knob. The 2000 has a Q on top of the hood, split grate and a black sleeve around the burner control knob.