A current project of mine is the rebuilding of a large propane fired grill. It was built by a local good ol' boy, but it needs new burner tubes, as the old carbon steel ones have rusted out. I will need to fabricate new ones. I considered stainless, but I don't really want to drill the 800 holes needed in stainless. So I would like to use aluminum, as the material is on hand and it will be easy to drill. I've looked at commercially available grills, and they all seem to use plated steel or stainless. Anyone know of any reason aluminum would be a poor choice for this application?