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- Thread starter Josh Dekubber
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Cody Bratton
TVWBB Emerald Member
$80 for 9mm rod grates… pretty good buy for a personal grill!
Steve Hoch
TVWBB Olympian
I'm still waiting on someone to make them without a center support bar.
LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
I don't understand the issue with it. Dave Santana explained the need for it. He said it stabilizes the bars and under stress prevents the welds from breaking on the ends
LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
IIRC there are center bars on my brother's grates Dave made for his 2nd generation Summit
LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
OK well looking back on the photos I posted of his grill I see I was incorrect. There are no bars. I still don't get all the hand wringing over them though. They're on the underside.
I'll lay odds that bar helping to stabilize things is what helps keep the tooling and manufacturing. So perhaps if that crossmember was not there, maybe those grates would cost 1/3rd more than they do now
I'll lay odds that bar helping to stabilize things is what helps keep the tooling and manufacturing. So perhaps if that crossmember was not there, maybe those grates would cost 1/3rd more than they do now
Bruce
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
I don't remember who posted these grates.
I think it might have been Cody. But they were for a Spirit 2 burner. They are the right length, but not wide enough to cover a Genesis Silver B. Someone then mentioned that maybe they would about the right size for a 3 burner if you wanted to add a Weber Steam N Chips smoker. Well, since I was in the middle of my Genesis 5 rehab and had a new Steam N Chips and needed grates, I decided to take a shot with them. They were $47 for 9MM grates at the time. Well, my initial test with them and the smoke box are telling me that they are going to be perfect with no modification needed. So my Genesis 5 build will have some sweet 9mm Stainless rod grates (non magnetic) for only $47 bucks. They have gone back up now. But thanks to Cody or whoever posted them and suggested they might work with the smoke box. They will be included in my build thread when I get the burners, flavo bars and everything else installed and I will post a photo then.
I think it might have been Cody. But they were for a Spirit 2 burner. They are the right length, but not wide enough to cover a Genesis Silver B. Someone then mentioned that maybe they would about the right size for a 3 burner if you wanted to add a Weber Steam N Chips smoker. Well, since I was in the middle of my Genesis 5 rehab and had a new Steam N Chips and needed grates, I decided to take a shot with them. They were $47 for 9MM grates at the time. Well, my initial test with them and the smoke box are telling me that they are going to be perfect with no modification needed. So my Genesis 5 build will have some sweet 9mm Stainless rod grates (non magnetic) for only $47 bucks. They have gone back up now. But thanks to Cody or whoever posted them and suggested they might work with the smoke box. They will be included in my build thread when I get the burners, flavo bars and everything else installed and I will post a photo then.
Cody Bratton
TVWBB Emerald Member
Yup. That was me. Glad it worked out. I was doing the math in my head and thought it would be close. That’ll be a nice little touch on that beauty! Can’t wait to see it.
Look on the left side of the grill. You'll see a porcelain enameled container with a small aluminum tray to hold the wood chips and water while you're cooking.
Bruce
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
Truth be told, I think they are a poor design and build. If they were made in Stainless, they would be a lot better, but they inevitably turn to dust after a few years. I don't know how well they perform either, as I have never cooked with one, but I would probably never own a personal grill with something that took up that much grill space.
Cody Bratton
TVWBB Emerald Member
