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Fits DCS Models: 27, 27 series, 27A-BQRSS, 27A-BQSSN, 27D, 27FS-BQFN, 36A-BQSSN, 48A-BQSSN, BG27-BQN, BG27-BQRL, BG27BQL, BG27BQRN, BG36-BQARL, BG36-BQARN, BG48-BQARL, BG48-BQARN, BG48-BQRL, BG48-BQRN, BGA27-BQ, BGA27-BQL, BGA27-BQN, BGA27-BQR BGA27-BQRL, BGA27-BQRN, BGA36-BQAR, BGA36-BQARL, BGA36-BQARN, BGA48-BQR, BGB30-BQR, BGB30-BQRL, BGB30-BQRN, BGB36-BQARL, BGB48-BQARL, BGB48-BQARN, BGB48-BQRL, BGB48-BQRN, BQA27BQRL, DC27D-8QRN, DCS27-BQ, DCS27-BQR, DCS27-BQRS, DCS27-BQS DCS27A-BQ, DCS27A-BQR, DCS27D-BQL, DCS27D-BQRL, DCS27D-BQRN, DCS27D-BQRS, DCS27F-BQL, DCS27F-BQN, DCS27F-BQRL, DCS27F-BQRN, DCS27FS-BQ, DCS27FS-BQR, DCS36-BQAR, DCS36-BQARN DCS36-BQSL, DCS36A-BQA, DCS36A-BQARN, DCS36A-BQRN, DCS36B-BQAR, DCS36D-BQARN, DCS36D-BQRN, DCS36DS-BQA, DCS36DS-BQAR, DCS36DS-BQR, DCS36E-BQARL, DCS36E-BQARN, DCS48-BQARN, DCS48-BQRN, DCS48A-BQ, DCS48A-BQAR, DCS48A-BQARN, DCS48A-BQARS, DCS48A-BQR, DCS48A-BQRN, DCS48D-BQRN, DCS48DS-BQA, DCS48DS-BQAR, DCS48DS-BQR, DCS48E-BQARL, DCS48E-BQRL, DCS48E-BQRN, DCSE30BQR, DCSE30BQRSR, DCSE36BQAR, DCSE36BQR, DCSE48BQAR, DCSE48BQR, EDV27-BQ, EDV27-BQR, EDV27-BQRN, EDV36-BQA, EDV36-BQAR, EDV36-BQARN, FG27D-BQRCL, PC-2600, PC-26001, PC-2600L, PC-2600N, PCA-2600L, PCA-2600N

To ensure you choose the correct replacement part for your DCS grill you will need to know the model of your bbq grill. If you are unsure please email us and or call us we will be able to verify you will be ordering the correct part.

An OPD Cylinder Valve is indeed a part of your propane tanks’ inherent safety design. However, it does not have a “Bypass” as your regulator does, nor is it designed as a safety mechanism during usage. This device is required on all 4 to 40 pound DOT cylinders.

OPD stands for Overfilling Prevention Device and its first function is to do just that, prevent the user from overfilling the device. In addition, the device disallows Propane from flowing out of the cylinder if the triangular handwheel is opened and there is no gas line connected. It does this because there is no connected regulator to push open the valve’s orifice. Moreover, Propane OPD valves operate inside the bottle and are activated as the cylinders liquid propane rises in level pushing the float upward, therefore, stopping the flow of gas into the tank. This action is similar to that of a toilets float valve; once the water in the bowl rises to a certain level, the flow of water stops.

The OPD Valve is one of the main focuses regarding the fact that tanks are to be recertified 12 years after original manufacturer dates and every 5 years thereafter. Inside, there are what you can call “O-Rings” that need to be changed out at those predefined intervals. Also, the mechanism itself can be swapped out for a new one. Tampering with this device is NOT RECOMMENDED. If you suspect there’s an issue call your local propane delivery supplier and they will deal with it properly.

The flame on a propane-powered gas grill is fed by gas that starts in the propane tank. When it leaves the tank, the propane gas passes through a regulator that controls the pressure. It then travels through a manifold that divides the gas up between the burners before it passes through the control valve where you can adjust the flow rate to control temperature. From there, the gas continues through venturi tubes where it mixes with oxygen so it can burn, then into the burners and out through the burner ports where flames are visible. There is also typically a heat plate located above the burners to help distribute heat evenly and catch food drippings.

If your bbq isn’t getting hot enough or it’s heating unevenly, the first thing you should always do before troubleshooting is to turn off the tank valve and disconnect the propane tank from the grill. If your grill was on, make sure it’s completely cooled before disconnecting the tank. If the gas was on, give it 5 minutes so the gas can dissipate before you troubleshoot.

Since the mid-90s, all gas grills regulators must also come equipped with a safety device called a flow-limiting device, or “Overfill Protection Device” (OPD). The flow-limiting device prevents the grill from being overfilled with gas or releasing more gas if it senses there is already gas trapped in the line or manifold. It’s easy to inadvertently activate this safety device even if you don’t have a gas leak, especially if you turn on the control knobs before you turn on the propane tank valve. In this case, the safety valve will not fully open until the gas pressure has been equalized between the tank and the grill, and your grill is in something called “bypass mode”. When this happens, your grill will only ever reach temperatures between 250 and 300, even with all the burners turned to the highest setting.

Start by checking that the burner tube is properly seated on the gas valve. If it is not realign the burner tube so that the valve sits inside the opening of the burner. If the burner alignment looks okay, remove the burners and usea bottle brush or special venturi brush to clean out the venturi tube of each burner—spiders and insects like to set up shop in these tubes and are a common source of blockages. Left unattended these blockages can lead to flashback fires, where the gas is forced toward the control panel, in which case you may see flames at the front of the grill or find that the control knobs are hot.

Although BBQ grill repair service and DCS grill repair parts are needed less often than 99% of the barbecues on the planet, Dynamic Cooking Systems gas grills will always be repaired. These gas BBQ grills are very valuable and manufactured better than most of the barbecue grills in the world.

When DCS barbecues were first fabricated there were not many barbecue manufacturers using high grade materials like American made 304 stainless steel. There were not many barbecue grills available to the homeowner that could cook above the eight-hundred degree minimum suggested for restaurant-quality searing flavor and there were not many bbq grills with the features of a DCS that came standard with an infrared rotisserie burner and heavy-duty spit rod motor and a smoker with a dedicated burner for the wood chip smoker. DCS was the first to make this high-quality barbecue grill and put a lifetime warranty on it. DCS barbecue grills have always been among the most expensive gas grills available but they have also always been among the highest grade of materials, workmanship and grilling quality available anywhere.

Early DCS gas barbecue grills were simply referred to by the size of the barbecue head. The bbq head is the part of the gas grill that gets built-in to an outdoor kitchen, the part with all the important stuff. For instance there used to be a 24" wide DCS model barbecue grill. The model number was "DCS24" with "bq" as a suffix to designate the model was part of the outdoor barbeque models. Finally an "n" was used if this model was made to use natural gas or an "l" was used to designate liquid propane. DCS24BQN was the early model just as the DCS27BQRSL would tell us this model is a 27" wide gas grill with a rotisserie("R") and a smoker ("S") that was made to use liquid propane ("L") containers.

As more models came to feed the growing demand for these high-end gas grills the different features were designated by the use of a letter of the alphabet. The model DCS27BQRSL was replaced with DCS27bBQRSL and then with DCS27cBQRSL and DCS27dBQRSL with each iteration correlating with some new feature and benefit added to the gas bbq grill models.

The original DCS model barbecue grills and the next iteration "B" models ("C" models were so quick they are no longer used at all) manufactured and sold over twenty years ago are still in use today. The original DCS BBQ grills had heavy, thickly made cast iron burners that were a huge improvement over the "H" burners ubiquitous at that time. Most barbeque models had "H" burners made of thin stainless or thin castings but after DCS utilized the size, weight and material of the BBQ burner to help conduct additional heat lots of BBQ fabricators started altering their own "H" burners.

Above the "H" burner in the early DCS model barbecue grills was a stainless steel heat shield that could hold a bag of lava rocks and just above the lava rocks was the porcelain coated grilling grates that were over a half-inch thick diameter rods grids. As the gas burned in the cast iron burner the cast iron would evenly heat up an augment the rising heat. American made 304 stainless steel and real lava rocks further radiated heat augmenting the cooking temperatures at the grilling surface. The thick heavy rods also helped by radiating heat conducted through heavy steel rods, coated in porcelain to protect the steel from the weather and from grease and dirt created while grilling.

When the "D" model was released DCS had built a considerably strong reputation for its outdoor gas grill. The "D" model introduced more reliable ignition grill parts and cast iron "finger grates" that used a concave surface to hold or channel greases while cooking. The concave grids could be laid perfectly flat for high-heat grilling when minimal grease would drip from food, stay in the grates and vaporize during the first few seconds of searing -- when high heat sealed the surface of the food locking moisture within the food. For lower temperature barbecuing and smoking the concave grates could be left at an angle so moisture was directed to a trough in the front of the grill that dropped grease into the lower drip pan. This lessened the grease that dripped through the grilling grates and caused flare ups inside the firebox.

The "D" model also saw the end of lava rocks as effective heat conductors for reaching higher heat. Temperatures conducted in the DCS grills through porcelain rods that locked into a stainless steel tray. The evenly distributed porcelain rods conducted heat for an even distribution of radiant temperature just below the cooking grates. These porcelain rods were much more effective than lava rocks and the ceramic briquettes that many barbeque models used to mask hot and cold spots in poorly made bbq grills.

With the "D" model DCS was widely acknowledged as the best barbecue grill on the planet. The owners became both rich and famous. For a short amount of time a "E" model was sold through FrontGate magazine. The DCS E model was an electronic ignition model that used technology never used in barbecue grills previously.

While today high-end barbecue grills have electronic transformers that can be plugged into normal electrical outlets and high-end glow-plug igniters that can light no matter how windy or wet they become these features were originally used in the DCS E model. DCS was the only barbecue grill manufacturer with glow-plug electrodes that could light the gas burners in hurricane strength winds. Stainless "U" burners that started being installed towards the end of the "D" models were continued into the "E" models with stainless rod trays and electro-polished cooking grates that were heavy steel coated in stainless steel.

After the short term "E" models and a tremendous number of transformer complaints (after ten years of working on DCS gas grills I have seen many very old "E" model transformaers still working well. I assume the complaints were because the world was not ready for the technology and having to plug in a bbq grill) the next iteration was the BG models. Again the size of the barbecue grill came into the model so we have BG26BGn and the the letter "A" was used BGA36BQaRSn but there was also and "A" added onto some of the 36 and 48 models to designate the DCS gas grills that did not have double range side burners included in the grill head. A BGB48BQARn meant the grill did not have side burners while the model BGB48BQRn showed the features included a double side burner range top attached to the gas grill by DCS.

The BG, BGA and current BGB models also started using an advanced gas grill ignition technology (although not as advanced as the "E" models). The DCS igniter module accepted a 9-volt battery that sent sparks to each burner. Each electrode was protected by a stainless steel collector box so a few drops of grease would not be enough to slow down the arc of the barbeque igniter. Cast stainless steel finger grates were no longer a very expensive upcharge but came standard on the 36 and 48 inch models with high-quality stainless steel used on the rod grates of the 26, 27 and 30 inch models.

When the BGA models first came out DCS was still considered the best barbecue grill in the world although infrared technology at TEC was slowly changing some minds. The inventors sold the company just after the BGB models integrated all the best technology that had been evolving. DCS was the only company well-known for reliable heat and searing temperatures without the new infrared technology and DCS treated home builders, contractors, retailers, distribution centers and barbecue grill stores like partners such that loyalty continued to spread the DCS name long after the new technology was disseminated. The new owners of DCS Appliances were not a grill company or even an appliance company but an investment firm. The 24, 26 and 27 inch grill models all disappeared as less profitable brands. The company was sold to Fisher and Paykel and has had few (or none) useful changes since.

However, the BGB models were built like beautiful tanks that grilled better than almost any other barbecue on the planet. DCS was easily 10 years ahead of most barbecue grill manufacturers and has only recently (8 years later) started to lose popular market share.

The DCS 30 inch barbecue grill was made overseas. Although this is common in today"s marketplace the DCS 24, 26, 27, 36 and 48 models were all manufactured in California by Americans using American materials. When the rest of the barbecue grills had porcelain coated grill parts and cast iron burners the 30 always had stainless steel "U" burners and porcelain rods. The sizes are a little bit different from the 27, 36 and 48" models that were released when the 30 was born (around the time of the "D" models) because the plans were always to have a mass-produced model meant to be an entry level grill for custom home builders and designers. The 30" grill replacement parts are not as widely disseminated because a lot of retail companies who are not actual gas grill service companies or warranty providers do not know anything about these barbecue grills. They are not so different and are easy to repair.

DCS - Dynamic Cooking Systems -- was and is one of the best gas barbecue grills ever made. Most of the high-end gas barbeque grills that sell for thousands of dollars today got their start by copying the DCS business model and by copying the DCS fabrication strategies. The Alfresco "Builder Box" and the Lynx 27 models and the technology for how these models cook are directly linked to the DCS evolution as are most others.

While there are gas barbecue grills that are not worth the expense of repairs for DCS models this is never the case. Although older DCS gas bbq grills can cost thousands of dollars for a cleaning and replacement grill parts they are worth every penny because with one good repair that 20 year old DCS will be "new" for another 10 years. For repairs there are 2 main differences and that is before the "D" model and after the "D" model. Early models were built different and the depth and height of the grills were different. The grills had lava rock trays and cast iron burners that are still available today. After the D model DCS gas grills used the porcelain rods that were so much more effective. The locking trays made the grills easy to clean and, when cleaned, able to last much longer without repairs.

Gas BBQ grill service providers who have worked on barbecues for over ten years will have more experience with DCS gas grills than any other brand because DCS has been making high-quality gas grills for longer than anyone else and because the original owners made a point of knowing and communicating personally with every distributor, dealer, retailer, service provider and distribution center. DCS has published better instructions, parts breakdowns and manuals than anyone else because even 20 years ago they knew the homeowner who bought this gas grill was buying their last barbecue grill -- if they chose to keep it the DCS was going to stand the test of time.

After the hurricane the control valve on the right was bent upwards to stop the knob that had zero damage. I used a locking pliers and broke the valve. It is a 17 year old DCS 30.The valve has flat shaped brass to the knob. The broken part is cast or pot metal that broke. I hope I can retro the part or use newer design which would be 2 sets.