MikeRTR, I hope you’re right. I won’t actually see/get it for a couple of weeks, so until then my fingers are crossed. I’m hoping for the “shocking” experience after using razor blades and elbow grease in the bowl. I’ve seen enough pictures on this forum to know that miracles happen, but still can’t quite believe that such great clean-ups are really possible!
Many thanks for the link to a replacement tank at Ace – good to know I can get one when the time comes. Actually, I was kinda hoping for a charcoal-only SSP (first world problem, as the college kids say), so I’m in no hurry to get the propane thing going – so long as I can find a way to control heat and suitably block whatever gas-delivery holes are left uncovered in the bowl when running it with a chimney rather than a tank.