My wife bought me this grill to replace another rectangular non-Weber brand charcoal grill.  I was unsure about the propane lighter function and after wasting coals five times I went back to using my chimney starter.  The gas lighter which is $50 more than the non-gas lighter model is useless.  It just does not burn the coals hot enough.  I tried brand new coals, leaving the burner on longer but nothing worked.