Napoleon Gas Grill Maintenence
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2015
- If you have a gas or propane barbecue, you need to do this simple maintenance procedure to the burner every year or so to keep it working at peek performance. Don't throw away your grill because of uneven heating, fix the problem and save your money. Yes I know the drip tray is all corroded, I went out and bought new sear plates and a drip tray after filming the burner maintenance. The grill looks like new now and it is 10 years old. Canadian made, will last a lifetime. All the parts for this are readily available and cheap. This is how a grill gets after a year of heavy use. This is used at least 3 times a week year round.
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Thank you for making this video! I bought a Napoleon grill recently and was wondering how to use the maintenance kit. This made it crystal clear.
You can get about 90% of the same job accomplished by just using a small hand held Stainless steel wire brush in a fraction of the time. I have similar SS tube type burners and I use a wire brush on them a couple times a year without removing them from the grill. It does a good job of renewing the full flame pattern. Not knocking your methods just pointing out an alternative that works well.
I used to do that and it is more like 40%. Why do you think I started removing the burners and drilling them out? Also Napoleon recommends this and they even supply the drill bit with their own branding.
Good video, some of us are a bit OCD, and kept waiting for you to clean the rest of the BBQ first, drill out the burners and reassemble - but I get it, your focus was on the burner clean out, in which case, just state "that for the purposes of this video, I focussed only on the burners. The drip tray can be cleaned later". Personally, I would have removed the burners took out the drip tray cleaned that and the shell of the BBQ and then drilled out the burners, followed by cleaning the venturi by using the optional Napoleon Venturi cleaner which cleans the venturi portion of the burner and the insides of the burner tubes - eliminating the need to use compressed air.
The drip tray was fubar. Rusted. I had a new one on order and installed it after the burners were cleaned.
I also replaced the sear plates, and put a new grill stone. Which reminds me. I need to get another one because my stone just broke into 3 pieces.
Oh ya great video 👍it helped ! I have the same one and couldn’t figure out how to replace the burner,👍🇨🇦thanks!!!!
I wouldn't laugh at the age of that drill. My Dad still has his old Black and Decker that he got back in the 70's and it still works like a charm.
Meanwhile he's gone through three cordless drills in that time.
That and you could tell it's Canadian. The "Simpsons Sears" gives it away.
Right because in the states it was just "Sears".
It still works, and I still use it.
Really useful. I was wondering how to remove the burner actually that was the only part I wasn't able to do! Thanks
2 screws on the back, they are 1/4" hex screes. The back drip plate lifts off and then the burner just lifts out.
Sorry I didn't explain well... I wasn't able before seeing your video!! I've done it this afternoon really clean job!
What is the model of your grill? I brought a second handed one likes your, but the burner needs to be replaced. I am trying to find part number for it.
Excellent. Thanks so much for sharing this. The Napoleon bbq came with a house we purchased and does not heal evenly. The previous owners left the manual which has the drill bit still in package and stapled to the instruction manual. Was wondering what that bit was for! We don't like putting anything in landfill unless necessary...
The Canadian made Napoleon will probably outlast you if maintained. Mine is about 15 years old now. Changed the IR burner, drip tray and sear plates once. Everything else perfect. Clean it out a few times a year and use it a 2 - 3 times a week year round.
Wow I am a young guy, I was totally distracted because of the beautiful drill, Man I wish I had a well made drill like that, I would shine her up real nice and hang here in my garage and use here for the best of the best home job's, Nice Drill Sir. Ohh about the video, Nice job :o)
Thanks. That was my dad's drill. It was one of the only tools he left me. My thieving brother in-law took all the good ones, like the de-walt radial arm saw, and all the nice ones. I got this drill, and a box of wrenches, with all the common sizes missing.
Great Video Can't wait for the one on replacing melted vinyl siding behind grill
You will be waiting awhile for that one. That happened when a rocket scientist friend over here for a BBQ the weekend after the house was finished pushed the hot BBQ (It was off, but still hot) up too close to the siding. We had just had all the extra siding sent to the dump.
Lol... I had to read the comments to see if I was the only one that noticed. Makes it difficult taking advice from a fella who melts the siding on his home while barbecuing. I get that "he" didn't do it.... but initial impressions and all. 😂
Great video! Can you replace the gas valves on this model? Two of my valves no longer work and don’t even turn anymore?
Yes every part is available through the dealer network.
At 8:06 there is a silver tube with several bends in it - maybe 1/4" diameter. It's called a burner supply tube. There is one for the side burner and/or the rear burner (if you have either). My Rear Burner Supply Tube has a puncture and I can't find the part number of that part for a Napoleon Prestige II model 450. Other model's parts diagrams have them, and interesting that they all begin with n720-00xx.
Do know how to replace / repair the ignitor .. I have same barbecue and one wire was spliced and is now to short to reach the ignitor button
The igniter is available. It is a module that is held on by a plastic nut under the battery cap. There is just a single wire leading to the sparker on the side burner and dual wires on the main ignitor to he sparker on the main burner and rear burner. The sparkers also come off with a single screw.
Holes on sear plates should be positioned to the front.
i have 2 of that same drill
Why not vacuum out the bottom of the grill while the burners are out?
Thats the drip tray. It slides out and then dump the crud into the bin.
Have you ever had to clean the rotisserie burner? If do you, can you post a video of that?
Not yet but I will probably do that this spring when I do the full burner service.
So how do you service the back burner?
Never have had to service that one yet.
that drill bit is for converting the unit to natural gas........... if someone does this with a propane unit it's going to ruin their burner
Very nice video! I have bought a Napoleon T410, i think it's very similar to remove the burners for cleaning. My Napoleon Grill stands outside all the time, what do you think about removing the burners over the winter time and to store them inside of my house so that they won't get rusty?
I use mine year round. At least 2 to 3 times a week. I just throw the cover over it and give it a good cleaning spring and fall. So far the only parts I have replaced is the sizzle burner, sizzle grill, sizzle plates that go over the burner and the grease drip tray. Mine was made in Canada. There are Chinese models also put there sold by big box stores. I dont know how they compare but the ones made in Canada are fully serviceable and the parts readily available at the dealer. They are also really reasonable. The side burner for example was replaced last summer. It was 75.00. I take the burner tubes out each spring and drill out the gas holes. As I said mine gets tons of use. Oh, almost forgot the spark electrode and igniter for the side burner also failed but that was due to a leaking battery.
@@12voltvids not sure what the heck everyone else is talking about, my grill (at least on the inside) looks about the same. I just ordered a new set of SS grills as my 450 came with the porclean ones that have finally gave out after 9 years of consistent use. I also bought a new drip tray and upgraded it to a SS version of it too. I was gonna buy a new burner, but thought Id hold off till next year as the new drip pan and grills cost me $400, but now that you showed out to service it, i dont have to! So thank you to that! Best grill I have owned going on its 9th year in use and was a wedding gift so it has some sentimental value, thats why I didnt mind spending the 400 on it. (vs 1400 plus tax on new) I'll probably vacum out and scrub down the sides a bit to freshen it up a bit. As for your point, the prestiges are typically Canadian made, stay away from the chinese built ones from the box stores as they dont last nearly as long. I should get another 9 years easily out of this beast, although I'll probably clean it more often now. Thanks again for the video.
@@whoanelly-
I have had mine now for 10 years. Last summer I spent money on it. I replaced the drip tray (40.00) infrared burner (90.00) and sear plates (110.00)
That is all I have spent on it. I bought an Island Grill stone. I can not recommend this accessory enough. You will cook the best chicken, fish, kabobs you have ever tasted.
My Napoleon is used year round. At least 3 times a week rain, shine or snow. I am fortunate as I have a large covered overhang so I stay dry while grilling. I take the burners out and drill out the gas holes every year as my spring maintenance. You can not compare any of the chinese made big box grills to the Canadian made ones. First of all the Chinese made grills have no parts available. The canadian made ones have every part for the unit available, and they are very easy to change. I am good for another 10 years and I have 240.00 in parts for it.
Try that with the Canadian tire and Home Deopt specials
@@12voltvids Thanks for the video! Helped me a lot! I have a Napoleon Legend 485 RSIB and replaced the burners, deflectors and cross brackets (at back) today. I acquired the grill used on Craigslist and it was getting pretty worn out. The parts i replaced were all pretty rusted. My drip pan is also rusted and starting to show holes, and I found a source to buy one from, but was wondering how the drip pan is replaced. Is it bolted up from the bottom? In the manual it says it can be slid out from the back, but I can't see how. Any help would be appreciated and thanks again for the great video!
@@mojomohambo
On my prestige the drip tray just slides out from the front. No screws hold it in place. Takes less than 1 minute to replace, and a new one cost me 30.00 last year. My burners are original. I changed the infrared sizzle burner and the sear plates as well as the drip tray. Now it is like new. Bought a grill stone. Just preheating it now. Chicken dinner tonight.
Thanks for the vid. One small note - according to the Napoleon manual, the holes in the sear plates are "installed with holes towards the front". Looks like you had them in backwards and the start and end of the vid.
That's just to lift them out. Makes no difference.
That's mean - you never showed us the steak afterwards!!!
GadgetUK164 You know I never quite figure out people that take pictures of their food and post it on facebook.I cook it, sit down, and enjoy it. I can assure you that it was perfect. That grill cooks as well as it did when new. But then that is a really good barbeque. Made in Canada, from heavy gauge stainless steel. Every year during spring clean up I see tons of gas grills tossed out. Like some people buy a new one every year, and that is just wasteful.
Where do you buy the parts
Johnston's bbq sales and service in north Vancouver and Surrey
Actually looking at the BBQ, it looks like that's the first time it's been cleaned "in a couple of years". Buddy, its really OK to clean it once a week or so....just saying!
It had been sitting all winter. Still going strong and it is 9 years old now.
@@bearinch
I ignore the trolls.
@@12voltvids Yup I get it. And like you, I clean the grill before every use and like you, I don't always worry about the drip tray and clean that usually at the beginning of the new season. Just to avoid some of the comments you could have avoided by cleaning the drip tray or see my comment above. You have to try head them off at the hills trolls will find obvious things to comment on, the more you eliminate the harder it is for them to comment on and their comments are irrelevant. It is kind of like doing a video of cleaning your floors while your house is a mess and claiming you know how to clean a house. You do, but people don't take you credibly.. I mean that in all sincerity - otherwise, it was a good video as I stated before.
@@dreamydaze
It gets cranked up to 900' at the end of each use to burn off what remains. Then it is scrubbed before each use. The grill that is. The grillstone which is what I cook on allot was not shown here because it was in the house. I cook steaks on the bars generally, and everything else is on my slab of lava. The drip tray was pretty much shot on this one so I had ordered a new one. Nice thing about the Canadian made Napoleon grills is all the parts are replaceable. I actually dump out the drip tray a few times a year, but it was rusted when I did this video to drill out the burners which needs to be done about once a year here due to high sulfur in the gas. Remember that this was my spring maintenance of the grill. I use my grill year round. It is used about 3 times a week so my grill has much higher than average use. Considering it is 10 years old, it is doing pretty good. I replaced the drip tray, and sear plates as they were rusting through, and the infrared burner. That is all I have done to it, after 10 years of service.
Wish you had included the maintenance on the sizzle zone also!
The sizzle zone is pretty much replace it when it fails. I have changed it once and will attempt to clean up the current one that is also now reaching eol. There is little one can do to it. Might try something today and see if i can improve.
@@12voltvids Thanks! Mine stopped working and doesn’t even receive power to the igniter!
@@iveywin the igniter is a seperate module. I just did a maintenence video to clean up the burner. I did it a few years ago but didn't shoot it but I needed to do again so there will be a video on that later today. Mine was all clogged up again.
@@12voltvids do I need to replace the module if it doesn’t provide the click-click-click sound?
@@iveywin is yours a battery powered model or one you crank. The battery one you just unscrew it from the chassis and unplug the wires.
did you ever clean this grill???? ugh..... that´s horrible
+Franz von Baki
Yes it gets cleaned every time before it is used. It had been sitting unused for awhile. I don't clean under the burner every time but the cooking grill is scrubbed before every use. I give the burner a service every year.
@@12voltvids Yeah but you don't clean it properly and side tables are filthy.
@@nikokovac7423
Don't use the side table on left, and right side is a cover for the infrared sizzle zone burner.
I do clean it properly, I heat that sucker to 900' to incinerate anything on the grill and then scrub it down with a scraper that takes everything off the grill bars. The drip tray comes out every few weeks and is scraped clean. In this instance the drip tray was rusted, and I replaced it after the video was shot of the burner maintenance. As far as splatter into the back, who cares, that doesn't touch food. If you think mine is bad you should see my friends. He uses his even more than me, and his is 10X worse. He doesn't even scrape his, just burns off the residue and wipes off the ash when cool.
Melting your home 😂😂😂
That happened when I had company over and someone pushed it too close to the siding when it was still hot. I can assure you the person that did it (not me BTW) certainly felt like as ass afterwords.
The plastic siding behind your grill is melted. BBQ way too close. Lucky you have not burnt your house down. Yet…
It's not that the BBQ is too close. My idiot son pushed it up against the house after using it before it had cooled. It's never used pushed up against the wall. Also on this model the rotisserie which is what was being used throws fire on the back using the entire steel back as an infrared radiator so the back gets extremely hot when that is being used. Not so much when the grill burners.
What a shambles of a grill. Go buy a Weber
This is a great grill. had it 10 years now and still going strong.
Webbers blow, they dont hold a candle to Napoleons.
@@whoanelly- And by that you really mean they suck.