Comment to the post above about the CTC 12 year old bbq....they don't make them like they used to..even the cheapies.
At the end of the day every company is off shoring some sort of their building process....now a day's you have to look at how much of it is made in Canada and how much control does the Canadian division have. Napoleon is one of the top of the line bbq's and 90% of the time (I have been fooled) you get what you pay for.
I just bought a Napoleon Prestige I P450 to replace my 6 year old $600 Centro that cooks uneven, is rusted, has warped dial control's, rotted out cast burners and drip tray's.....it's now off to the Garbage. The Frame actually started to rust after
2 years..and I kept it covered..anyway.
I do like the "Big Green Egg" thought...where was that when I was researching bbq's........