Gas Grill Heat Dispersers by Robert Howard
Have you looked under the grills of different gas barbeques? Many think that you cook with the flame of the fire, but this isn�t so. You are actually cooking with the heat generated by the dispersing material that is between the cooking grill and the flame producing burner.

The flame heats up the dispersers and the heat produced then cook the food. The juices and grease that drip on to the heat dispersers vaporize and the smoke generated flavors the food.

Gas barbecues have changed over the years. The first generation of gas grill used lava rock as their heat disperser. This Wilshire Fireplace Shop worked great, but lava rock is very porous so a lot of the grease was trapped in the rock rather than burning off. This caused a lot of flare-up which could burn your food if you weren�t careful.

After lava rock came what is known as ceramic briquettes. Shaped like your typical charcoal briquette these stones wer ... Read more »