"Phil" wrote in message
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So ... I'm looking at all the nice new shiny gas grills (LP, that is) out
there ... and
wow, there's a *lot* of choices. Been a long time since I've bought one
of these things.

Let's see .....

Burners: Stainless Steel vs. Cast Iron vs. Brass vs. Aluminum (I think)
..... what's
better, and why?

Splash Shields / Flavorizer Bars: Some of the burners have them, some
don't. Why?
Does it really matter?

Cooking Grates: Stainless Steel vs. Porcelain over something vs. Enamel
over something
What's better, and why?

Lava Rocks and other ceramic / cement briquettes seem to have gone the way
of the dodo
bird. Is the "new" model just cooking directly over the burner?

Firebox? What do you look for?

We like our three burner Weber. Important features to me include fuel guage
(by weight, or line guage) thermometer, flavorizer bars (keep the drippings
off the burners), resistance to corrosion (we are on the coast). St Steel
will not cook better but s.s. key parts last much longer. Had I to do it
over, I would buy St steel flav. bars and st steel body, plus heavy cast
iron grill (cooks more evenly) vs current stamped-sheetiron porcelained
grill.