Grill Problems
September 3, 2010 by Rebecca
Filed under In the News
Hm. I’ve only owned two grills in my life, and both had problems with the ignitor immediately after I bought it. Is it some flaw in the designs of these things???
The ignitor is a tiny, battery-operated ignition. It provides a small spark that lights the flame of the grill. The ignitor for my old Char-Broil grill died after TWO uses. And now I have the BBQ Grill grill, and the same thing: the ignitor died after two uses.
What the?!?!
I now have to light the grill by hand. With a match.
THE WHOLE REASON I GOT A NEW GRILL WAS SO THAT I DIDN’T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE!!!!!
I hate lighting the gas burners by hand! I’d rather spend the day scouring the Inernet for jobs in healthcare, ykwim? It’s hard to light the burners manually. I have to crank up the gas, turn the dial, light the match and HOPE that the match doesn’t go out and that my eyebrows don’t blow off. And with thhis new grill, there are THREE separate burners to light. None of them are connected, either. GAH! So I have to light matches THREE times and light the burners THREE times.
*whine, moan*
I know, I know… I’m bellyaching. Children in Ethiopia are starving and here I am, complaining about my grill.
Well, anyway. I called the manufacturer, and they are sending a new ignitor. The grill is *only* a few weeks old. Oddly enough, they were very quick, processing my complaint. As if they had gotten numerous complaints about the issue, and were like, “Here’s another one! Send them a new ignitor!”
*sigh*
The only problem with this is that this stuff happens ALL THE TIME with things we buy today. My expensive Temperpedic mattress and foundation set showed problems 3 months after we got it– already it’s had 3 replacements (and due for another) because the foundation squeaks so much. My coffeemaker basket was defunct one month after I bought it. And I coul dlist a whole bunch of other things. Why is the market glutted with JUNK? And it’s expensive junk, too! 
I really miss good old, American made products.
So the new ignitor will be here in a week or so.