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Uneven heat — one burner cold

One cold zone is almost never the tank. Check the tent gap, clogged ports, a tube off its orifice, or a half-open valve.

easy PT45M Updated 2026-09-04

Clean versus clogged burner ports Left tube shows even open ports and a blue flame sketch. Right tube shows grease-clogged ports and a yellow uneven flame. BURNER TUBE · PORTS CLEAN Even blue cones. Every port open. CLOGGED Grease in the holes. Yellow, lift, dead spots. Ream with a bit smaller than the port. Do not drill oversized. Brass brush the row. Keep liquid out of the venturi / inlet. If the tube wall is lace under the ports, replace the set — do not patch holes.
Fig. — Burner tube: clean ports (left) versus clogged ports (right).
Top-down gas firebox layers Cooking grates on top, inverted-V flavorizer bars over the burner tubes, electrode at the left tube. TOP DOWN · GAS FIREBOX 1 cooking grates 2 flavorizer bars 3 burner tubes + ports 4 electrode (left tube) LAYERS (top → bottom) 1 Grates — food sits here 2 Flavorizer / heat tents 3 Burner tubes + ports 4 Electrode at left port Lift grates, then tents, to reach tubes. Gas off.
Fig. — Firebox, top down: grates, flavorizer bars, burner tubes, electrode.

Map the cold spot with an IR thermometer or toast test. All burners weak: tank vs regulator. One burner yellow: flame color.

Procedure

  1. Lid open. Preheat 10 minutes. Note which zone stays cool.
  2. Look under the grate: tent missing/shifted over that tube?
  3. Cold. Remove grate/tent. Shine along ports — black pinholes need cleaning.
  4. Confirm the tube inlet fully covers the orifice. Flashback smell → reseat or replace the tube.
  5. Valve only half open / stripped knob: fix the knob/valve before buying tubes.
  6. Spider nest in the venturi: spider webs.
  7. Metal lace in the tube: replace — measure first.
  8. Model pages via guides index / brand hubs.

FAQ

New regulator?

Not for a single cold zone.

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