The original enamelled grates on my Weber has started to fall apart after
8 years. I see that Home Depot carries both those grates and enamelled
cast iron one, which cost about twice as much.

Is there any good reason to get the more expensive ones, since if the new
regular ones last another eight years, I would be content with that.

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Jerry Bank
Trenton, New Jersey
Music is the language of the gods.

I have a Silver Genesis B which came with cast iron grates. They quickly
rusted. On the advice of a friend I replaced them with the enameled steel
ones that come with most Weber gas grills. Mine are about eight years old,
as well. I doubt, because of its limited BTU output, that the enameled cast
iron grates would be worth the money. I haven't done that.
If you have a 22" charcoal, the original steel grates, I think, work almost
as well as cast iron. The whole problem with cast iron is maintenance,
ongoing.
"Jerry Bank" > wrote in message
.. .
> The original enamelled grates on my Weber has started to fall apart after
> 8 years. I see that Home Depot carries both those grates and enamelled
> cast iron one, which cost about twice as much.
>
> Is there any good reason to get the more expensive ones, since if the new
> regular ones last another eight years, I would be content with that.
>
> --
> Jerry Bank
> Trenton, New Jersey
> Music is the language of the gods.

I have a Silver Genesis B which came with cast iron grates. They quickly
rusted. On the advice of a friend, who had the above problem as well, I
replaced them with the enameled steel ones that come with most Weber gas
grills. Mine are about eight years old, as well. I doubt, because of its
limited BTU output, that the enameled cast iron grates would be worth the
money. I haven't done that.
If you have a 22" charcoal, the original steel grates, I think, work almost
as well as cast iron. The whole problem with cast iron is maintenance,
ongoing.
Kent

"Jerry Bank" > wrote in message
.. .
> The original enamelled grates on my Weber has started to fall apart after
> 8 years. I see that Home Depot carries both those grates and enamelled
> cast iron one, which cost about twice as much.
>
> Is there any good reason to get the more expensive ones, since if the new
> regular ones last another eight years, I would be content with that.
>
> Jerry Bank

As I said above my grates, after 8 yrs., have reached the end.
I am going to cough up the $ and buy the porcelin cast iron grates.
As I have posted in the past, my primary bitch about the Silver B is
its low heat output at the grate. Cast iron should help that a bit.
I will post a road test, or grill test.
Kent

Kent wrote:
> "Jerry Bank" > wrote in message
> .. .
>
>>The original enamelled grates on my Weber has started to fall apart after
>>8 years. I see that Home Depot carries both those grates and enamelled
>>cast iron one, which cost about twice as much.
>>
>>Is there any good reason to get the more expensive ones, since if the new
>>regular ones last another eight years, I would be content with that.
>>
>>Jerry Bank
>
>
> As I said above my grates, after 8 yrs., have reached the end.
> I am going to cough up the $ and buy the porcelin cast iron grates.
> As I have posted in the past, my primary bitch about the Silver B is
> its low heat output at the grate. Cast iron should help that a bit.
> I will post a road test, or grill test.
> Kent
>
>
>
I have the porcelin coated grates and like them.

I must have missed your post about the SilverB temp. Mine
gets hot enough to blacken most anything. You sure that you
have the air adjusted correctly?

--
Steve

Now that I have them, how do you clean them? Can they take the standard
brass brush, or do you have to do something different to keep from
destroying them?
Also, do you have the flat side on the top, or the reverse. I put them in
"flat side up" tonight, and salmon were less fragmented than ever before.

Kent

"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
...
> Kent wrote:
>> "Jerry Bank" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>>
>>>The original enamelled grates on my Weber has started to fall apart after
>>>8 years. I see that Home Depot carries both those grates and enamelled
>>>cast iron one, which cost about twice as much.
>>>
>>>Is there any good reason to get the more expensive ones, since if the new
>>>regular ones last another eight years, I would be content with that.
>>>
>>>Jerry Bank
>>
>>
>> As I said above my grates, after 8 yrs., have reached the end.
>> I am going to cough up the $ and buy the porcelin cast iron grates.
>> As I have posted in the past, my primary bitch about the Silver B is
>> its low heat output at the grate. Cast iron should help that a bit.
>> I will post a road test, or grill test.
>> Kent
>>
>>
>>
> I have the porcelin coated grates and like them.
>
> I must have missed your post about the SilverB temp. Mine gets hot enough
> to blacken most anything. You sure that you have the air adjusted
> correctly?
>
> --
> Steve

"Kent" > wrote in message
...
> Now that I have them, how do you clean them? Can they take the standard
> brass brush, or do you have to do something different to keep from
> destroying them?
> Also, do you have the flat side on the top, or the reverse. I put them in
> "flat side up" tonight, and salmon were less fragmented than ever before.

I have porcelain coated grids on my VC grill. I burn them off first, then
use the brass brush. An alternative is to soak them in a solution of water
and ammonia and they look like brand new. Use care not to breath the fumes.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Kent" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Now that I have them, how do you clean them? Can they take the standard
>>brass brush, or do you have to do something different to keep from
>>destroying them?
>>Also, do you have the flat side on the top, or the reverse. I put them in
>>"flat side up" tonight, and salmon were less fragmented than ever before.
>
>
> I have porcelain coated grids on my VC grill. I burn them off first, then
> use the brass brush. An alternative is to soak them in a solution of water
> and ammonia and they look like brand new. Use care not to breath the fumes.
>
>
I do the exact same thing. I fire it up and burn them while
it's heating up and brass brush just prior to the cook.

--
Steve