Bruce
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
I thought I would throw this out there in case someone was thinking of upgrading their E3xx grates.
The Qulimetal 9mm grates I just bought for my Silver B are currently $105! Adding the SS flavorizer bars with the grates saved me a few dollars but not many. I checked out the Shinestar stuff but didn't see them in the size I needed.Savings from what? THeir regular price. That is true, but MUCH lower than most any other 9mm offering out there.
The parts that take the most abuse and the first thing to wear out in a barbecue is usually the flavorizer bars and the grill grates. To me it's worth the investment for quality parts that will last especially in this area.The Qulimetal 9mm stainless grates arrived today and, I must say, they are heavy! Seemingly well finished. Installed and saved the old stamped stainless Weber grates I'd been using for all these years. Those were in a little worse shape than I thought with broken welds but I bagged them and tossed them on a shelf in the garage. You know, just in case. The Qulimetal stainless flavorizer bars are due Thursday or Friday so I'll save the next cook with the Silver B until the weekend. After I install the flavorizer bars, I'll take a clean (before first use) photo and post it up. Is it worth $150 all in? Meh, probably.
Well said JonThos high quality parts are worth it for "keeper" grills and most likely for grills you do for family or friends. I would say it is rare for flipping that you could come out ahead using top drawer stuff for them. The vast majority of rehabbed grill buyers won't pay the extra cost you would incur vs. going with decent 7mm stainless rods and middle of the road stainless flavorizer bars. Members here have tried "upselling" with no success.
Hopefully it pays off!Yep, Jon is right. I am working on a SS Platinum right now and it will be listed for 30% more or so than my regular Silver B's. I still have 4 sets of those 9mm grates that were on close out on Amazon this past spring and I thought this might be a good grill to throw a set on. However, I am already going to be pushing an already weak market by adding the 9mm grates and bumping the price even more.
You’re almost better off adding the 9mm to a grill that is weak in an area or lacking in some way so that you can advertise them as the “These incredible 9mm heat retaining revolutionary grates” to minimize or compensate for the lacking somewhere else.Yep, Jon is right. I am working on a SS Platinum right now and it will be listed for 30% more or so than my regular Silver B's. I still have 4 sets of those 9mm grates that were on close out on Amazon this past spring and I thought this might be a good grill to throw a set on. However, I am already going to be pushing an already weak market by adding the 9mm grates and bumping the price even more.
Both sure are nice.For solid bar 9mm 304 SS the spacing is pretty tight at 1cm. The 17 lb weight of them is also a dead giveaway. I really like my Weber #9930 grill grates but they are getting rare, hard to find and pricey. The 3/8" 304 SS bars are just a tiny bit thicker than the QuliMetal 9mm with the same number of bars making the gaps between bars just a tiny bit tighter and the average price as far as I can find if you can find them is about $350 a set. That price just doesn't make sense with these QuliMetal 9mm available at the prices they are offered for. Here is a comparison of QuliMetal 9mm vs Weber #9930.
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Looks great Chris!I got the Qulimetal stainless flavorizer bars today the 9mm stainless grates the other day. Here's a not great photo of them inside the grill. Pretty accurate fit and, seemingly, well made. The distortion in the photo is from old iPhone camera's wide lens.
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