Watching Cooking with Ry's review of the Mallory Cast Iron grates and its gotten my attention. Anyone with experience with these ? But more importantly, why cast iron over regular grates ?
That may be something to ask Weber. If there's a demand, maybe they would resurrect it.This is a Weber cast Iron grate circa 1980's -1990's, it has flip up sides and the CI is recessed so it's the same height as the flip up sides. Still working well... don't know why they stopped making them or why they haven't brought them back.
Those CI grates hold heat beautifully. That's the whole purpose of CI for searing. Not that the grill marks need to look good...unless you need that killer pic to post to the forum ;)... but when you throw that steak on the stainless grate the temp of the grate where the meat is touching it goes way down. Not on the cast iron. It might be a little thing, but it sears faster and uniformly that if the temp fluctuates.My Masterbuilt 560 Gravity Feed has a lower cast iron grate. Owned it two years and not had any rust issues. But I'm battling rust on an expanded metal grate I had built for it.
Yeah, outdoor cooking has definitely gone the foodie direction since back then and you'd think it would sell well. I have a no name CI rectangular griddle that is the same length, but skinnier in width that drops in place of the CI bars. So if they were to resurrect it they could make a griddle that would probably sell well also.That may be something to ask Weber. If there's a demand, maybe they would resurrect it.
I for sure would buy that.
I wonder if they're available across the pond. Weber seems to have a wider selection of products over there then here.That may be something to ask Weber. If there's a demand, maybe they would resurrect it.
I for sure would buy that.
I agree. That's approximately an extra 50lbs of weight.I would say for more pronounced sear marks. That's an awful lot of added weight. I can see why he wouldn't put that in a tri-pod kettle. I store my kettles in my garage and bring them out back every time I use them. That means going up and down a couple of stairs. I could see my kettle quickly becoming a paraplegic after a couple of uses.
Chris