The Grill You Stop Replacing.

Yes, and it is the thing to understand before anything else. A PGS comes as the grill and the thing it stands on, and the gas connection is built into the stand rather than the grill. A grill on its own has nothing to bolt to and nothing to connect, which is why our listings say so plainly in the title. The builder at the top of this page exists for exactly this reason: choose a grill and it offers only the stands that will take it, and it will not let you check out with a grill and nothing underneath it.

It depends on the family, and the two families work in opposite directions, which is what catches people out. On the A Series a natural gas grill takes a post, either the 48 inch permanent one or the 24 inch post and base kit, and a propane grill takes a pedestal kit with a base. On the Legacy range it is reversed: the permanent pedestal is the natural gas route and the cart is the propane one. Get it backwards and you have bought two things that will not connect, so the builder keeps you on the right list from the start.

FuelStop is a one hour gas timer built into the grill's own control panel. It shuts the gas off by itself after an hour and needs no electrical supply at all, which is why it turns up on grills that live in shared or unattended spaces. The ESTOP09 is a different piece of equipment entirely: a 120 volt solenoid valve in its own weatherproof enclosure that shuts down the gas feed to a whole area on a schedule, and it can govern fireplaces, spas and heaters as well as grills. One is a feature of a grill. The other is a control for a property. They are not substitutes.

Size, material and money, in that order. The A Series is cast aluminum, 30,000 or 40,000 BTU, with 330 or 434 square inches of cooking surface, and it is the park style grill you see mounted on a post. The Legacy range is 304 stainless throughout with the VARI GRID cooking system, and runs from the Newport at 540 square inches of main cooking area up to the Big Sur at 960. If the grill is going into a shared space and needs to survive being ignored, the A Series is built for that. If it is the centerpiece of somebody's outdoor kitchen, the Legacy is.

It depends on how the grill is mounted, not just on which grill it is. One cover is cut for a grill standing on a cart or a pedestal and another for the same grill built into masonry or an island, at a different size and a different price. Build yours at the top of this page and the right one is chosen for you once you have said where it stands, which is the simplest way not to get this wrong.

No. Each cart is built to its own grill, at 31 and a quarter inches for the Newport against 39 and a quarter for the Pacifica. The same goes for the pedestals and the Gensun Modano islands, which come in a 57 inch size for the Newport and a 67 inch size for the Pacifica. The builder keeps them apart so the combination cannot be ordered by accident.

The Legacy grills and the electric one, yes, and there is a published opening for each of them. Tell us which grill you are using and you get the opening and clearances in writing before anything gets built, because this is the one mistake that costs real money to undo. The A Series is different: those are sized by hand rather than looked up, so ask us first and we will work it out with you.

PGS warrants the grill for residential use, and two conditions matter. The first is that the enclosed registration card has to go back to PGS for the warranty to be in place, so do not throw it out with the packaging. The second is the limit: the manual states these grills are designed for a residential setting and not intended for commercial installations, and that commercial, common area or apartment use carries no warranty. That is worth reading twice if you are buying for a clubhouse, a pool deck or a rental property, because it is exactly the sort of place these grills get specified. Tell us where it is going and you get the position in writing before you order.

No, and PGS says so directly: the side burner kit and the rotisserie motor cannot run simultaneously. If both end up on your build, the page tells you. It is not a fault, it is a gas supply limit, but it is better to know before the first time you try to spit roast while somebody is making a sauce.

When gas is not allowed. The E27T is a 30 inch, 240 volt electric grill with the same one hour shutoff timer, made for properties facing gas restrictions. It draws 24.5 amps and needs a NEMA 6-30 outlet within reach. Have your electrician confirm the circuit before you order, because that is the part that decides whether it can go where you want it.