Wind makes BBQ flame go out??

[Feneant]

Hi,

I am wondering, is it normal that the wind makes my BBQ flame go out? I never have a big flame and it hardly cooks at times, but the second there is the least bit of wind, the damned thing goes out.

I can't see this being normal?? Is there something wrong with the grill maybe? It's just a low priced BBQ I bought a couple of summers back, 33 or 40k BTU but it never seems to have worked well. I didn't use it all that much last summer because this was already happening (basically, I left salmon on the grill for 20 minutes and it was still uncooked), but this summer I try to BBQ 4-5 times a week and this is driving me mad.

Would someone with more experience be able to tell me if it's normal that it goes down and also if I bought a better BBQ, would this also happen?

Thanks

[Justin C]

That sounds like my old Centro that I bought a couple years ago. I live in a pretty windy spot and on days with 10+ km/h winds it was almost impossible to cook. My particular bbq had holes/opening in lots of dumb places so the wind could easily affect the flame/heat output. I replaced it with a Weber and the problem was instantly cured.

[Feneant]

Are there any with no holes at all? Or holes where the wind cannot easily make its way in?