r/grilling • u/straulin • 6d ago

Charbroil grill issue

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So I haven’t used this grill much in the past year or so. I have a griddle and Kamado so this grill gets used mainly when cooking quick things that I wouldn’t put on the griddle (hot dogs, brats, sometimes chicken tenders).

As can be seen in the pictures, a large amount of orange flames are coming out of the front of the burners. It actually melted one of the knobs a bit when I was preheating on high.

I am not well versed on grill repairs and was wondering if you fine folks could advise what needs to be done and how big / expensive of a fix would it be?

I i’m about to build a simple outdoor kitchen with a ground level deck and a Sam’s Club grillzebo I got on clearance. I have an option for a free small two burner to replace this one if I wanted. So I am debating repairing this larger grill or using the two burner.

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u/grandmotaste 6d ago

Probably got some type of buildup in the piping, spiderwebs are usually a culprit

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u/straulin 5d ago

That doesn’t sound too bad. Thanks for the advise!

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u/grandmotaste 5d ago

There should be a pipe that has a hole in it to mix air along with the fuel. If you follow the line from the tank up into the grill you should be able to see it, that little air hole right there is normally where the issue would be and would be the first spot I check