The Green Grilling Story
Over the years, an unfortunate grill energy story has evolved - led largely by the mass merchants who were looking for an easy way to sell grills. Gas grill value became synonymous with BTU levels and the number of controls on the grill. Multiple burner grills with higher BTU consumption were slotted with higher retail prices. While this has created perceived value, it in fact has created negative issues: unnecessary energy consumption, multiple components that can go bad and end up being replacement part sales (i.e. valves, burners, igniters, etc), and last but not least - too much unnecessary energy consumption.
According to the HPBA (Hearth Patio & Barbeque Association), there are (115 million households in the US, 77% have a grill or a smoker, 98% of those own a grill and 68% of those are gas grills) approximately 59 Million gas grills owned by households in the US. Read More (pdf)
Green Grilling Story (pdf)
