For the $$$ you would spend to make those square bars I cannot imagine spacing that far apart. GG are like vented aluminum grill pans no danger of your expensive steal falling through them. 3/4" is just WAY WAY to far apart. It's your $$$ to waste though but there are no "give backs" from Dave. So like he told me. If he makes them and you hate them you bought them and I can guarantee you'll hate them square bars or not.
Dave does tend to be a little "short" in his communications but he's alright. I love the work he did for my Wolf, fantastic marks BTW, even without trying and have not lost food to the grilling gator yet thanks to that tight 1/4" spacing. Next to buying the grill itself the best investment I have made for the Wolf. Oh and when cooking fresh pizza dough another thing that fresh dough does not "sag" between bars and become caught. I would think that doing the same but with square bars on tight spacing would work even better. But no I am not going to ask him to do yet another set LOL
Larry,
I knew you would think I am crazy, but I have a rationale however much it may not make sense to you or some others. The praise I have given to my experiences using GrillGrates has nothing to do with them being aluminum. In fact, while I am not convinced they are a serious health hazard, the thought that they may truly be bad for my family's health does give me pause. What I personally really like with GrillGrates is the sear mark results. Everyone has their own taste, and I am entitled to mine. I think that the combination of the flat tops and the 3/4" spacing is what allows GrillGrates to produce sharply defined and to me at least perfectly spaced grill marks:
My goal with having Dave make me these grates is to produce the results as close as possible to the above picture without the health worry or longevity issues of aluminum. I would think you would appreciate that quite a bit. These grates will be on my Skyline with a 13-bar firebox. I am hoping that will be adequate to prevent most flare-ups as long as I keep things clean. I fully understand that they won't work well for fish (I have my cast iron trays bought cheap at Target for that) and I guess not good for pizza (on my wish list is the Pizza Kettle like Rich has).
When I look at the grill marks made by my Weber Q - which does have pretty tight spacing - they are very nice and maybe some would even prefer them. Not me.
Again, each to his own. Do please note that when I asked Dave to make my wide set (I told him I was probably the only one who would want that), I also asked him to propose on a tight set like he normally makes but with the flat tops. I am hoping a few members might jump in and that we can get the price lowered from the custom, one-off pricing.
Anyway, it is fun to compare ideas. Mine may seem crazy to you, but I don't really think it is that far off.
As far as Dave goes, I do know his work is the best. I was just a little surprised that he was not a little more friendly since I personally helped provide him with an original Genesis 300 heat deflector piece to use as a template for making ones to sell. I guess he gets bombed with requests and some of them - like mine - may make him scratch his head. I do understand that if I hate these I am stuck with them.
) Then I asked him to quote sets with the same tight spacing as he uses for his regular round bar grates. I told Dave that I would see if I could get 3 or 4 to go in on that to bring the price down.
