[mike31154]

Broil King "Sovereign" natural gas model still cookin' after at least 15 years. This thing owes me nothing, but glad this thread came up, after so many years, may be time for a change.

Purchased in Ottawa when I was there & brought it along when I moved to Vernon 2004. Grills are cast iron, original burners, no sign of issues there. Piezo igniter is the only thing that's not working. The stand/frame is painted steel & only a few minor rust spots visible. It sits outside all year & I have been known to fire it up in the winter. Most of the snow free season I leave it uncovered. Surprised to hear folks have rust issues with their cooking enclosures. Fairly certain my Broil King cooking enclosure is cast aluminum, so not possible for it to rust. Paint on inside of lid is finally starting to peel. Side burner cover & mounting plate are stainless steel, so no rust there either. Burner on that still good as well. Thought it was shot a few weeks ago when it wouldn't fire properly & a flame ignited in the feed tube, but reaming out the tube solved that issue. Seems a spider or some other bug had plugged things up.

Every couple of years I clean out the bottom thoroughly, probably about time again. Roll it over to the driveway, dismantle, scrape out grunge, pressure wash.