Today I welded some 3/16th inch diameter steel rod legs onto the bottom of a Premium Porcelan Coated Cast Iron Replacement Cooking Grate for a Char-Broil Patio Caddie, to allow more grill surface inside my Weber Kettle 22.5. The result is an "Upper Deck" Cast Iron secondary cooking grate. The Char-Broil Part Number for the Cast Iron Replacement Cooking Grate for their Patio Caddie is 29101652.
The Patio Caddie Cast Iron Replacement Grate from Char-Broil is 15 inches in diameter and was very easy to weld legs onto to hold it 4 inches above the regular Weber 22.5 inch diameter Cooking Grate. This is about a 44% increase in Cooking Surface!
First I took my grinder to the bottom of the Replacement Cast Iron Cooking Grate, to remove a little bit of its Porcelan Coating for MIG Welding onto. Next I bent up some mild steel rod by using a Mapp Gas Torch to soften the steel rod and then bending it with pliers to make two legs that would sit across the Primary Cooking Grate of my Weber. Finally I held the bent rod legs in place with magnetic welding holders while welding them to the Cast Iron.
The Patio Caddie Cast Iron Replacement Grate from Char-Broil is 15 inches in diameter and was very easy to weld legs onto to hold it 4 inches above the regular Weber 22.5 inch diameter Cooking Grate. This is about a 44% increase in Cooking Surface!
First I took my grinder to the bottom of the Replacement Cast Iron Cooking Grate, to remove a little bit of its Porcelan Coating for MIG Welding onto. Next I bent up some mild steel rod by using a Mapp Gas Torch to soften the steel rod and then bending it with pliers to make two legs that would sit across the Primary Cooking Grate of my Weber. Finally I held the bent rod legs in place with magnetic welding holders while welding them to the Cast Iron.
