What to look for in a gas grill Besides price, what separates an ordinary gas grill from a great gas grill?
Here are a few points savvy grill shoppers should know. The Elements of a Gas Grill The basic underpinnings of a gas grill are really quite simple: First come burners to create heat. Above them you’ll find some type of system to disperse the heat from the burners (Flavorizer bars, ceramic briquettes, lava rock, etc.). Above those lie the cooking grates. Let’s look under the hood to get a better sense of what you should be looking for. The Cooking System Better grills generally have two or more separate burners (not just control knobs) which allow greater control of heat. Most lower-priced grills have only one burner shaped like an H or a bar, some with one control, some with two controls. Grills with one burner don’t allow you to control heat as well as grills with multiple burners and may result in hot and cold spots on the cooking surface. When cooking on a gas grill, juices from the food drip down and accumulate near the heat source until they reach a flash point and burn off. The b
