I used to cook with gas....
I took my gas grill and converted it to charcoal...
I took out the burners, cut some one inch pipe and laid them side by side in the bottom. Then I welded them together. This gave me a bottom (with an air space below) to place the charcoal....
The draw on this grill is out of this world....
I can get about 650 degrees.
I put the charcoal on one side so that I have a "cool" side for slow cooking after searing...
Once you switch to charcoal you will never go back to gas...........
wstakelin