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- I'm Dennis McDonald, we're here today at
Yale Appliance and Lighting talking about grills.
I'm joined by Rick Medeiros,
one of the senior staff here at Yale.
Today we wanted to talk about some of the six,
we've come up with six common mistakes people make
sometimes during buying the grill
and then therefore after the grill, they come back
and then said, "Man, I wish I would have thought
"about a few of these other things."
So we kinda categorized them into six key mistakes
that we want to help you avoid or to consider
prior to buying your range.
Rick, why don't you start me off with number one?
- Absolutely, Dennis.
Number one would definitely be the most common mistake
I've run to over the years with most customers
and that's fuel type.
When you consider fuel type, most people think
tank, tank, tank with grills.
It's not always the case.
And it's not even necessary making a mistake
but maybe making the wrong buying decision.
If you could have gone natural gas to tie it in,
man, I would have loved to have that freedom
and flexibility at my home. Absolutely.
So know your fuels and know your limitations.
Are we going to go natural gas and get the gas
from the street or are you going to keep it old-school,
like I like to call it,
with the regular tank where you swap it every single time.
So you wanna make sure that
before you get anything delivered,
you know what you are running into
because there's a chance where if we've shipped it,
there's no turning back.
- Alright, well certainly something
to consider with fuel type.
Why don't you tell me, what's number two?
What's number two on that list?
- Number two is definitely is going to be sizing regrets.
So, I always tell people make sure you're happy
with the size that you have and if you're not, go bigger.
But always measure, measure, measure.
Measure your location because think about a time
where maybe you threw a party
and you had round two of burgers,
well why not just have one round of burgers
and one round of dogs.
So, always make sure you've got a grill
that's big enough for your location
and again, don't forget to measure.
- Alright so there, the yin and yang of just how much
do you need day in and day out
and then how much do we really want to have,
ideally, when we have that party.
Okay great, so you got me through one and two.
Three. What do we got for number three?
- Third one definitely has to tie in with delivery.
Are there any delivery limitations?
So, if we're going to be putting this on an upper deck,
your town or city might actually have strict codes as
to where it can be located so keep that into consideration.
Check with your local town inspector.
Also, if you have it too close to your home,
that might be dangerous.
That may be very well an issue
and I know a few people who are guilty
of that pretty recently.
So delivery site limitations would have
to be number three for sure, Dennis.
- Okay, we got the three on the list.
Take me to number four.
- Number four would be regret
and we call it accessory regret.
So, here you are, you just spent a ton of money
on this brand new grill and uh-oh,
there's something that you can't do on this new grill.
So talk to your salesperson.
Do the research and say "Okay well, you know,
"maybe my next grill I want to have a smoker box
"or side burner and be able to do corn
"and beans or something like that on the side."
So make sure that you've considered all the accessories
that could potentially go with your grill
and not have any regrets, for sure.
- Right, so we're going to talk later on the series about
how long some of these grills last
but if they're going to be around for awhile,
we want to think about, could this grill grow with us?
Could it have some of those things that maybe down the road,
I really think I'd really like.
- I agree. Absolutely.
- Alright, what do we got at number five?
- Number five, assembly.
Think of all the parts involved.
So, here at Yale, we can delivery and we can assemble.
So, make you know your limitations
if you're getting a brand new grill,
who's putting it together?
And if you're not buying it from Yale,
who is putting it together?
- You know that's a good point Rick,
because I was that person that bought
that boxed grill thinking to my wife,
I could put this thing together.
And I'll tell you, halfway through, I waved the white flag.
I called our install people and I was like, just get here.
Whatever it costs.
I would rather you do it.
- I could attest to it, worth every penny. Absolutely.
- What tops it out? What's number six on the list?
- Number six would have to be cheap grills,
buying cheap grills.
So too often we see these grills that are $100, $200
and not knowing that we might be replacing
all these parts or replacing the grill all too often.
I know many times before, you know,
you think of brands that have the name broil in them,
we see that is a key indictor where you're probably going
to be broiling through your cash and your grill in no time.
- Sure, alright well, listen I don't know.
This got me both to laugh but got me
to think about some of the six most common mistakes
you guys see here at Yale.
And I'm really excited for the 2017 season
and hopefully you avoid your mistakes
and we can help me a part of that.
- Absolutely.