I have had cheap BBq's over the years where they fell apart...except the acutal cooking grills. So, I spent the money on a "quality" bbq and my cast iron cooking grills have totally disintegrated after only 2 years. The rest of the BBq is fine...totally opposite than the cheap BBQs. I cover the BBQ and even bring it into the garage over the winter. I season and clean the grids as directed. Extremely disappointed in this.