LET'S NOT BLOW OURSELVES UP!

We’re playing with gas here!Be careful.ALWAYS open the hood first before lighting your gas grill.Think about it… If you have the hood down and turn on the burners, you’ll be filling an enclosed area with gas.Then if you were to push the starter…. BANG! ALWAYS, and I repeat, ALWAYS open the hood first.
Now, if your igniter isn’t working don’t panic!You can always light your grill the old fashioned way… with a match.These always work unless there is some other problem going on.
Some barbecues, like the PGS and Broilmaster have a hole in the side of the bowl in which you can put a match while others like the Lynx, Twin Eagles, Fire Magic and American Outdoor Grill have spots on the grill where you can insert a match.The warning here is… MATCH FIRST!Again, you don’t want to fill an area with gas and then light the match.Think about it!
The point is that you should learn your grill.
Now, if the fire does not start right away, turn the gas off, allow the gas to dissipate for a minute and then retry. The wind may pose particular problems, but be patient.Again, be careful!
At Wilshire Fireplace Shops we sell several different types of butane lighters which make manual lighting of your grills an easy job.
We also have other accessories for barbecuing like vegetable grids, kabob racks, beer can chicken racks, lights and toolsets to make your grilling experience a lot of fun.
Watch your grill when using it.A gas grill can rage out of control if left alone for very long. Why? This is simple. While cooking, the meat will release fatty juices. These juices will drip to the rocks, briquettes or metal plates below and continue to build up. After a while, these juices will seep down and finally come in direct contact with the flame. At that point the juices become fuel and flare up! Once that begins, if you don’t turn down the heat or move the food over the flare up you’ll toast your food.Watch what you’re doing!
You can buy barbecues at these Wilshire Fireplace Shop locations, 8668 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Tel: 310 657 8183 Fax: 310 657 9399 15335 Sunset Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Tel: 310 454 4444 Fax: 310 454 6056 14619 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Tel: 818 784 7248 Fax: 818 784 7508 134 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 Tel: 310 376 3448 Fax: 310 374 9917 1522 Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Tel: 949 650 2640 Fax: 949 650 7945 162 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road No.E40, Encinitas, CA 92024 Tel: 760 436 8878 Fax: 760 436 8879 4004 Taylor Street, San Diego, CA 92110 Tel: 619 296 2727 Fax: 619 296 7910

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Robert Howard consults in custom fireplace design for Wilshire Fireplace Shops in Sandiego California selling fireplace inserts, mantel and mantels, fireplace accessories, mailboxes fireside entrances/doors, fires creens, chenets, antique andiron, tool sets, gas logs, fenders that come handy for innovative contemporary, traditional, antique fireplaces.

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