My EC (El Cheapo) Charmglow grill is just about shot, but I thought
I'd give it a last chance by replacing the totally failed grill grates. The
originals are porcelein coated cast iron. The porcelein blistered an
peeled over large areas allowing the CI to rust. The grates became
unuseable when bits of the grate began sticking to the food. Google
brought up "thepartsbiz.com" and I got new identicql grates delivered
for $49.20 including $9.77 shipping. The local stores didn't have
anything even close to fitting the grill. Although these grates are listed
as "Universal", they are identical to the grates I took out.(Except
these are new)

--
Brick(Too soon old and too late smart)

Brick wrote:
> My EC (El Cheapo) Charmglow grill is just about shot, but I thought
> I'd give it a last chance by replacing the totally failed grill
> grates. The originals are porcelein coated cast iron. The porcelein
> blistered an peeled over large areas allowing the CI to rust. The
> grates became unuseable when bits of the grate began sticking to the
> food. Google brought up "thepartsbiz.com" and I got new identicql
> grates delivered
> for $49.20 including $9.77 shipping. The local stores didn't have
> anything even close to fitting the grill. Although these grates are
> listed as "Universal", they are identical to the grates I took
> out.(Except
> these are new)

Good for you, Brick. Give the old girl one last fling :-)

--
Dave
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:32:37 GMT, Brick wrote:
>
>> My EC (El Cheapo) Charmglow grill is just about shot, but I thought
>> I'd give it a last chance by replacing the totally failed grill grates.
>> The
>> originals are porcelein coated cast iron. The porcelein blistered an
>> peeled over large areas allowing the CI to rust.
>
> How long did the grates last before they started blistering? (How
> many cooks, approximately).
>
> (ABF snipped - many news servers will discard posts that are
> crossposted to a group they don't carry)
>
> -sw
>
>
I replaced the original steel grates on our Weber Silver Genesis B with a
porcelain coated cast iron grate from Home Depot. They're holding up well
after 500-600 grills. As you probably know they turn a marginal product into
a fairly decent one. There's a lot of porceleinized cast iron grates out
there these days, probably of substantially different quality.

Kent

On 6-Jun-2011, Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:32:37 GMT, Brick wrote:
>
> > My EC (El Cheapo) Charmglow grill is just about shot, but I thought
> > I'd give it a last chance by replacing the totally failed grill grates.
> > The
> > originals are porcelein coated cast iron. The porcelein blistered an
> > peeled over large areas allowing the CI to rust.
>
> How long did the grates last before they started blistering? (How
> many cooks, approximately).
>
> (ABF snipped - many news servers will discard posts that are
> crossposted to a group they don't carry)
>
> -sw

That's an excellent question. On the one hand, I use the grill very
infrequently. I doubt I actually grilled with it more then a dozen times.
What I did use it for was to clean all my smoker and grill grates by
cranking it all the way up and leaving it for an hour or two. The grates
didn't like that much. I think it's fair to call it "Grate Abuse". The
grates on my Kitchen "Jenn Air' range have suffered a similar fate,
but I can't explain why they have blistered. The worst abuse they get
is to run with high heat under a 22 qt pressure canner for an hour or
so. but they haven't rusted and thus remain useable. The outdoor grates
began to flake off on the food. Not good.

--
Brick(Too soon old and too late smart)

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 02:16:16 -0700, Kent wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:32:37 GMT, Brick wrote:
>>>
>>>> My EC (El Cheapo) Charmglow grill is just about shot, but I thought
>>>> I'd give it a last chance by replacing the totally failed grill grates.
>>>> The
>>>> originals are porcelein coated cast iron. The porcelein blistered an
>>>> peeled over large areas allowing the CI to rust.
>>>
>>> How long did the grates last before they started blistering? (How
>>> many cooks, approximately).
>>>
>>> (ABF snipped - many news servers will discard posts that are
>>> crossposted to a group they don't carry)
>>>
>> I replaced the original steel grates on our Weber Silver
>
> I don't care about your grill, Kent. I'm sick of hearing about it
> year after year.
>
> -sw
>
>
I was responding to the group. I think your question is a good one. After
the BTU output of the burner the grate is the most important component. It's
important to have porcelein covered cast iron grates on a gas grill. You'd
like them to hold up. My Weber non porcelein grates are rusting in the
garage. Steel grates and stainless steel grates don't belong on a gas grill.

Kent

On 7-Jun-2011, Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:32:07 GMT, Brick wrote:
>
> > On 6-Jun-2011, Sqwertz > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:32:37 GMT, Brick wrote:
> >>
> >>> My EC (El Cheapo) Charmglow grill is just about shot, but I thought
> >>> I'd give it a last chance by replacing the totally failed grill
> >>> grates.
> >>> The
> >>> originals are porcelein coated cast iron. The porcelein blistered an
> >>> peeled over large areas allowing the CI to rust.
> >>
> >> How long did the grates last before they started blistering? (How
> >> many cooks, approximately).
> >>
> >> (ABF snipped - many news servers will discard posts that are
> >> crossposted to a group they don't carry)
> >>
> >> -sw
> >
> > That's an excellent question. On the one hand, I use the grill very
> > infrequently. I doubt I actually grilled with it more then a dozen
> > times.
> > What I did use it for was to clean all my smoker and grill grates by
> > cranking it all the way up and leaving it for an hour or two. The grates
> > didn't like that much.
>
> So why buy new grates if you just need something to hold up the smoker
> grates? You just paid $4/cook if your previous history with the grill
> repeats itself.
>
> Sorry, I'm just trying to be practical :-)
>
> I don't clean my smoker grates except putting them, over the last of
> my lum,p and letting it burn off after the cook. What's left is
> sanitary, polymerized carbon.
>
> -sw

If I had a practicle bone in my body, I'd have a few hundred thou in the
bank by now. Fortunately, I don't have the hassle of worrying about what
to do with that much money.

Your practice would be fine if my cooking grates would reasonably fit
in my fire box. Alas, although they theoretically fit, in practice it isn't
reasonable to do that.

This particular grill is going to a new home before the week is out. I
donated it to an assisted living facility.

--
Brick(Too soon old and too late smart)