I had a grill like that once myself. Got rid of it and got a used Vermont castings that needed a burner, its been a great grill. When you start with a $600 grill you can build it into something. My other one was a super cheapie.
My uncle claimed to have done the same as you opening the jets with similar results. I wonder if weak flame output is a "safety" feature? -Curt Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:49:37 -0400 From: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: [MBZ] OT Voiding the Warranty Message-ID: <4fcbdbf1.4040...@constructivity.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I have this pretty nice gas grill I got from Lowes a few years back, 4 burners. I think a JennAir brand (they have some now quite similar under some other brand). Anyway, I have always thought the heat output to be somewhat anemic. Hard to grill a steak properly, but OK for fish and veggies and such. So the other night I was cooking some chicken and the thing just would not get hot, just a bit of flame from the burners. I figured some bugs got in the works somewhere, so today I decided to clean everything out, which I did. Then I decided to see what I could do to get a bit more output on a couple of the burners. Took out the orifices and inspected them, they did not appear to be clogged or anything but I did run some wire through them to make sure. So then I decided to increase the orifice size on 2 of the burners. Found a tiny drill bit just a bit larger than the orifice holes and reamed them out. Putting all back together, them suckers is now in full nukuler mode! I am getting some serious fire out of them, nice and hot, just perfect for searing steaks! They still throttle down to about med-high compared to the other 2 I left stock, so should be fine for general use. Interestingly there was green fire coming out of those 2 improved burners in a couple of spots. Might have been some shavings bits from the brass orifices burning off? When I cleaned out the burners they had quite a bit of some kind of white powdery stuff in them, I was thinking it might be from whatever they used in the casting process? Maybe that was burning off green? Kids, do not try this at home! Homeland Security might show up! The EPA might show up! The Consumer Product Safety Commission might take interest! The Food and Drug Administration will fine you for making nasty stuff on grilled steaks! I am sure there are at least six other gummint agencies that would frown strongly upon this sort of thing -- it could harm national security! Anyway, have at it guys. --R _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
