Recent content by JimHC

You might as well cook inside on your gas stove. Since the purists would never think of using a gas grill. Since that would be considered a cheat/crutch vs. wood or charcoal... : )

Since the full GG replacement cost was high, I started out by just replacing one of my OEM PECI grates (or one half of the grill surface) with a few GG panels. You can use the grill 50/50 just fine. After doing that for a while, I sprung to swap the other half over to GG. Expensive but...

On my 2000-vintage Silver B, I started with the original OEM SS grates. Very good. Then went to the heavy OEM PECI grates, which I liked better. Then went to the aluminum GrillGrates, which I like the best -- by far. Maybe it makes my Weber gasser a Charbroil, and therefore no longer a...

I started out with OEM SS grates on my 2000 vintage Weber Genesis Silver B. Those were really good. Only drawback was that my wife was constantly bugging me to keep the SS grates completely shiny all the time. Which is basically impossible to maintain if you use the grill. I later...

I replaced my PECI grates (which I liked a lot) with GrillGrates a few months ago on my 2000-vintage Genesis Silver B. Which has three knobs on the side and three burners running east/west. I found that the direct/indirect grilling was a bit of a pain with three east/west burners (one third in...

The Weber cover for my 2000 vintage Genesis Silver B used to be made with a mesh panel on the front like so: http://imagestack.co/18759677-weber-genesis-1000-grill-cover.html The current covers are solid vinyl. Never thought much about it. But maybe that panel was there to allow for air...

Thanks Bob. Krylon or Rust-o-leum paint?

I have the exact same Silver B except that my lid color is green enamel. I really like that this model has the second swing up table. That provides a lot of work space when both are flipped up but with a small footprint when down. I'd like to repaint the entire outside of the firebox. No...

IMHO, Good are the basic stamped metal porcelain coated grates. Slightly better are the stamped stainless steel grates. The advantage here is they last a long time. I kept mine for over 10 years and they were still in fine shape. In terms of cooking, I think they work about the same as the...