well, the rusted-out element is pretty much useless at this point so i never use it. fortunately, my grill lets me control them individually.

i never liked this grill anyway; C. picked it out, and chose poorly. it's bigger than it needs to be, includes a side burner i've never used (and which doesn't work last i checked), and other than the flame, which never did get quite high enough to be really useful for grilling, has two slender rows of ceramic "charcoal briquettes" that are both too close to the gas burners *and* too far from the grill, making them completely useless.

charcoal is a pain in the butt on a balcony, since ash disposal requires carrying through the apartment, but until i can afford luxuries like gas grills, it looks like i'll be having to do that pretty soon.

sigh.