I dearly love my small Force 10 log style propane marine grill. Your opinion may differ but I haven't seen one I like better for size, temperature control, and lack of flame out in breeze. I cooked a nice steak on it a few years ago in a tropical storm with 35 knot breeze.
Anyway, when I went to use it this weekend to cook Chicken Georges (recipe below), the air mix plenum assembly was almost detached from the grill body. It was originally tack welded to a flange ring which was also tacked to the grill body. It worked but I was worried the assembly, regulator and propane bottle was going to do a MOB thing. This grill has been out of production for several years. I saw one on eBay for $250. :( The Force 10 marine grill entity has been taken over by Kuuma. They make nice grills. Normally I would do the research and by a new grill from Magma, Kuuma, Dickinson, etc. but I really like my old Force 10. So I decided to try to resurrect it. Dis-assembly showed the rotary air/fuel valve completely gone, plugged slots in the burner tube, propane supply orifice partially scaled, in addition to the plenum hanging by a single small tack weld. Well, 6 hours of restoration later, it works again. Tack welds replaced with self tapping pan heads, orifice in the gas supply cleaned out, slots in the burner tube cleaned and a new inner air/fuel rotary mix valve made from a piece of 1 inch stainless railing. Test burn showed 475F on the thermometer on the lid. :) Good for a few more years! Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA Chicken Georges Chicken breast marinated in Worcestershire sauce, grilled Cooked bacon Sliced swiss slice of pineapple Lettuce Mayonnaise Stack on hamburger bun. Eat! Derived from the Gorgeous George and Chicken George burgers from High Alpine mid-mountain restaurant at Snowmass, CO.
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