5.0 out of 5 stars Captiva Designs 3 gas burner propane and charcoal grill Delivered by FedEx, on time, and packaged well. After unboxing, I read and looked over the assembly instructions. Honestly, the instructions are a little dicey, and unless you are gifted with ESP, you might be left wondering, “what in the hades were these people thinking when they put this instruction manual together?” But like any red blooded American man, I quickly set the instructions aside and just looked the parts and pieces over and started bolting it together. I could write a whole book of tips and helps but I’m afraid you’ll have to have your own “coming to Jesus moment” at some point during your assembly process. I will give you a couple of tips though, just so I can feel better about myself, having had compassion upon my fellow man. #1. You might want to start praying and fasting a few days before you unbox your new project. #2. You must unscrew the lower back strap from off the back bottom of the main grill assembly in order to get the charcoal ash try and the grease tray to pull out so you can remove the plastic wrap from off them. #3. When you get to the point where you are ready to install the main upper grill assembly to the lower cart you must slide the right side burner assembly and the left side shelf assembly in between the main upper grill body and the upper portion of the four legs of the cart before you screw in the eight long bolts that secure the cart assembly and grill body assembly together. If you don’t do that then you will be left pulling back out the eight long bolts and prying the upper legs away from the main grill assembly so that you can slide the right side burner and the left shelf into there rightful position. Don’t ask me how I know this but trust me, it will save you from using foul language if you do it right the first time. #4. When connecting the gas line to the side burner, you will find it much easier if you unscrew the burner from its base and then push the gas line into the burner tube. Then attach the clip that holds the gas line and the side burner tube together. After that is accomplished, reattach the burner (two screws) back into its base. I promise you that it is much easier to do it the way I just described instead of trying to mate the gas line and the side burner tube together with it still screwed to its base.Follow those four steps and you will find that overall the assembly process is not as intimidating and difficult as it first appears to be. Oh, and one other piece of advice, the instruction manual strongly advises that the assembly process should be performed by two people. I put mine together alone, ie by myself, just because #1. I’m a red blooded American man, and #2. Why follow the strongly recommended advice of whoever put the instruction manual together in such a pitiful, confusing, and incoherent manner? Not me!So after hooking up the propane tank to the grill, I did a thorough leak test with soapy water, and then congratulated myself for not fulfilling my wife’s prophecy of, “your going to blow yourself up and burn the garage down trying to put that thing together by yourself!” So hurray, I shall not depart this world in flames and burnt pieces.Well well, my new Captiva Designs duel fuel grill is up and running. I lit the three main propane burners and the right side burner and let her run for about forty five minutes with the main lid down (left the side burner lid up) in order to cure her into grilling perfection. Temperature gauge read nearly 500 degrees and I cooked off all that new grill smell and shut her down.I am well pleased with our new grill and am looking forward to fixing a right fine meal on her soon. Now if I somehow manage to win the lottery, I might even be able to afford a couple of grass fed angus beef ribeyes for dinner sometime before spring. Until then, it’s chicken grilling time and boy oh boy do I have a great recipe for grilled chicken wings!You all have a great day and God bless. Over and out. 4 people found this helpful
