I never go crazy with my barbaque purchases. I live near enough to a bay on the ocean that I have to constantly clean the salt spray off my windows. I'm not close enough waves are actually splashing up or anything but you'd be surprised how far that stuff carries on the wind.
Even taking care to keep it covered, the salt eats through my barbacues on a regular basis. Even stainless steel. Stainless can last a very long time in a salt environment if you have the time to keep rinsing it clean but I'm just not that ambitious and the steel parts will still fall apart around it anyways.
This story is of no help to you I guess but thanks for letting me rant.
