DIY & Home Improvement

...two years without maintenance might be a problem. Did you winterize it after its final use of last season? How often did you lift the cooking grates and clean the gunk from the pans which protect the burners, and from the bottom of the burner pan?

I have a Master Forge, and keeping it clean is a regular part of my use of it. Clean grills don't usually rust out in two years. I've only had this one for a year, but I had the preceeding one for 14 years.

Good luck with Lowes. I've never had anything but very positive experiances with them, but then I haven't approached them quite as pissed off as you seem to be.