I bought this grill four years ago in Illinois.  The reason I bought it was my two previous grills rusted out.  I loooked at this and did not see anything that would rust out.  I did buy new grill grates for the q3200 and periodically cleaned the burners.  Twice this grill was blown across Street and neighbors yard due to tornado like weather and it still worked.  I am buying a q2200 because we now live in Florida and wanted something we can use at home and take to the beach.