[432bartman]

My little Weber Q1200 grill was fairly new and on my last trip it would not heat up like it should. Weber says their grills should hit 500-550 in about 15 minutes. I knew something was wrong with mine. I cleaned it really well, but it still would not get past 400, and that was after 20 minutes. I did a Google search and found this is a common problem with this grill and other variations of it. One link I found https://alexmeub.com/weber-q-grill-upgrades/ found a cure for this problem. The key was to drill out the burner holes to 1/16th size, which is just slightly noticeable over the factory size and to swap out the restrictive regulator with a high pressure 0-20 psi regulator. The grill now performs like it should. On the low setting of the new regulator it hit 550 degrees in 8 minutes. Take a look at his post, it gave my Weber new life.