Abstract: A burner for a conventional gas burning barbecue of the type having a pair of gas feed valves. The burner comprises a pair of gas burner tubes, a portion of each of which is rectangularly configured. The rectangularly configured portion of one of the burner tubes is centrally positioned within the rectangularly configured portion of the other. Each of the burner tubes has an air/gas inlet tube, communicating with its rectangular portion, which is positioned to receive a gas outlet tube from a different gas feed valve of the barcecue so as to enable independent control of the gas flowing to each rectangularly configured portion.

Abstract: A flare reduction buffer to be situated between a burner element and a grill in a gas barbecue to provide even heating in the barbecue and reduce flare-up during cooking. The buffer comprises a plate having an upper and lower surface, made of impervious heat resistant material and formed with a plurality of pockets spaced from each other in regular fashion over the plate. The pockets each have an entrance, side walls and bottom being oriented so that their entrances open towards the lower surface, perforations being provided in the plate in the bottoms of the pockets.