Grates for Silver A?

[Dave Maze]

Good morning everyone! Running into a little problem looking for grates for my Genesis Silver A grill. They have some on the Weber site, but that's about all I can see. I tried checking the sticky thread links but they either don't have them or are discontinued. Can anyone link me to a site where I could purchase some quality grates? Part number on Weber site is 65904. Thanks!

 

[Jon Tofte]

I don't think there a lot of great choices for the Silver A, although Dave Santana "rcplanebuyer" may make grates for it. Here is a set from Amazon that doesn't look too bad and at a decent price:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MH7DJBR/?tag=TVWB-20

Here is a cast iron one that looks better than some other ones I have seen, but I don't have any first hand experience:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0785JRHMJ/?tag=TVWB-20

 

[Joel Z]

I bought these a couple months back.. so far they seem ok.

 

[Dave Maze]

Thanks Jon. Yeah I didn't see a whole lot there either. Wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something.

Thanks Joel, good to know.

 

[LMichaels]

Those stainless ones with .43" spacing are nuts IMO. You could easily lose an entire steak through them. Let alone if you want to get adventurous and grill smaller things. The CI ones look better IMO

 

[Jon Tofte]

Larry,

Just for the record, rcplanebuyer grates have a .403" spacing, so you are talking about only a .027" difference. There are definitely cheap grates out there with spacing as much as .6" inches, but I am not so sure that .43" is bad at all. As a matter of fact it is virtually identical to the spacing used by Lynx on their extremely nice thick stainless grates.

I measured personally and carefully all the grates I reviewed:

Stainless Steel Grate Throwdown Challenge Results

I am still hoping someday to make my first "This Old Grill" episode, but hurricane and family stuff make that unlikely for a while. So, I decided I should at least publish my findings here so that you all can review them and maybe ask some questions. I did a separate page on each set of grates...

tvwbb.com

 

[LMichaels]

He said he uses the same spacing as the old heavy duty Weber ones. Like on the 1st gen Summit and if so they're way tighter than that. At leasat my Summit grates are way tighter than that. Mine are only just over .3" And if you recall the custom ones he did for me they are slightly less than .25. Another thing that plays in is when the spacing might be one thing but the wires are so thin anything can slip off them as well. So unless Dave has cheapened up on his quality I could not say. But find a set of standard 1st gen Summit grates and they're sweet

 

[Greg M]

I have a silver A. I put BBQPARTS stainless rod grates on mine several years ago. I've been very happy with them.

Weber Grill Parts for Weber Silver-A Grills from Grill Parts Distributors, the Gas Grill Parts Specialist for Gas Grills.

 

[BobH-SCW]

I have RCP grates for my A and no regrets whatsoever!