Weber Gas Grill Lava Rocks

Lava rocks require some air circulation to keep the heat even.

Weber gas grill lava rocks.

You can find this grate at any home improvement store. Even after hearing using lava would not be really a good idea i had to find out for myself i am pretty stubborn when i get something in my head. Weber genesis 1000 gas grill lava rock conversion since i bought this i have not been very satisfied with the heating control. Since lava stones are porous they retained a lot of heat on the barriers allowing the barrier to remain at extremely high temperatures.

You may also just place them on your grills grate just make sure you have some space between the rocks and the top of your grill. As mentioned above lava rocks were used to build a barrier on gas grills. All you have to do is take out the burner guard and install a new grate for the rocks. Sufficient for most grills.

That was before weber invented the flavorizer bar and put the lava rock cartel out of business. None of our grills feature lava rocks ceramic briquettes and when we made our first line of genesis gas grills back in 1985 we specifically designed them to not feature lava rocks ceramic briquettes. Lava rocks were nothing more than grease catchers resulting in flare ups galore. You ll need some expandable grill grates that are easy to remove and replace if your grill doesn t have them already and enough lava rocks to form a tightly packed layer around the gas burners.

Every weber spirit genesis and summit gas grill made today use flavorizer bars to direct grease and drippings away from the burner tubes which cuts down on flare ups tremendously. You ll still use the gas to heat the grill but the lava rocks store the heat better and distribute it throughout the grill more evenly. Yep i remember my wife then girlfriend so many years ago had a gas grill with lava rocks. To be used in conjunction with a rock grate as a heat medium in gas grills.

If your gas grill doesn t heat up like it used to or you just want a change lava rocks make a great addition. Pretty much any gas grill made prior to our invention used lava rocks which were a mess to clean and maintain not to mention prone to flare ups. Using lava rocks ceramic briquettes in a weber gas grill will void the warranty on the unit and could present safety issues.