Pro Grates Stainless Steel

[rexster314]

These came in today. Great workmanship, nice welds. Took 3 weeks to get here, but looks to be well worth it. Solid stainless, not a veneer sleeve like the Weber grates. Better heat retention so should produce some great grill marks

 

[Bruno]

Cost?

 

[rexster314]

Cost?

$158, but I think maybe they've gone up since I purchased them 3 weeks ago
Progrates.com

 

[JpsBBQ]

Cooking Grates | Weber Grills

Designed to fit Spirit 300 series grills, the stainless steel Weber Cooking Grates feature a 12-inch insert for Gourmet BBQ System components.

www.weber.com

Weber Stainless Steel Cooking Grate - SMOKEFIRE EX4/EX6/EPX6 & SPIRIT 300 | Cooking | Pellet Grill Accessories | Weber Grills

This stainless steel cooking grate is ideal for grilling a wide range of foods at low or high temperatures, as the heavy-duty construction retains heat and provides long-lasting durability. Pair this single grate with the porcelain-enameled griddle accessory to up your grilling game and explore...

www.weber.com

Also great options.

 

[Bruno]

These came in today. Great workmanship, nice welds. Took 3 weeks to get here, but looks to be well worth it. Solid stainless, not a veneer sleeve like the Weber grates. Better heat retention so should produce some great grill marks
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Those look great to me! Or grate to me? You say the Weber grates aren’t solid stainless, how do you know this? I find that incredibly disappointing if true.

 

[Bruno]

Cooking Grates | Weber Grills

Designed to fit Spirit 300 series grills, the stainless steel Weber Cooking Grates feature a 12-inch insert for Gourmet BBQ System components.

www.weber.com

Weber Stainless Steel Cooking Grate - SMOKEFIRE EX4/EX6/EPX6 & SPIRIT 300 | Cooking | Pellet Grill Accessories | Weber Grills

This stainless steel cooking grate is ideal for grilling a wide range of foods at low or high temperatures, as the heavy-duty construction retains heat and provides long-lasting durability. Pair this single grate with the porcelain-enameled griddle accessory to up your grilling game and explore...

www.weber.com

Also great options.

Have both and love them.

 

[bbqking]

Very nice cast iron grates,

 

[JpsBBQ]

Those look great to me! Or grate to me? You say the Weber grates aren’t solid stainless, how do you know this? I find that incredibly disappointing if true.

The OEM grates are plated steel just like the kettles and many of the warming/cooking racks on the grills. The GBS grates are SS.

 

[abmet]

These came in today. Great workmanship, nice welds. Took 3 weeks to get here, but looks to be well worth it. Solid stainless, not a veneer sleeve like the Weber grates. Better heat retention so should produce some great grill marks

Those look nice!

 

[rexster314]

Those look great to me! Or grate to me? You say the Weber grates aren’t solid stainless, how do you know this? I find that incredibly disappointing if true.

"PLATED STEEL COOKING GRATES"

 

[Bruno]

Yeah I got that, for some reason I thought you were referring to the stainless grates Weber sells.
Thanks!!

 

[MrPhilGrillTX]

They look like great grates.
I'm easily amused: they had a kettle on the home page, but they only do rectangular grates?

Oh, if you go to their new website:

Custom Heavy Duty BBQ Grill & Smoker Cooking Grates Stainless Steel

We are building the best, longest lasting BBQ grill & smoker grates available. Made from extreme heavy duty 3/8" bar 304 commercial grade stainless steel, not thin wires that will rust out in one season.

millermadeproducts.com

they have round ones - they look like a CNC cut, and not a weld job tho.

 

[rwhapham]

So given that the SF can be both a low-and-slow and a hot-and-fast grill, and that Weber offers both stainless and cast iron replacement options, is there a benefit one type has over the other? Clearly Weber thinks the stainless are at least $10 better than the cast iron.

 

[Bruno]

Honestly I have them all, I think if your searing the CI grate will give you a nice sear, so will the GBS sear grate. The stainless Weber grates are thicker but I don’t know you could probably get by pretty damn good with the stock grates alone.

 

[rwhapham]

Honestly I have them all, I think if your searing the CI grate will give you a nice sear, so will the GBS sear grate. The stainless Weber grates are thicker but I don’t know you could probably get by pretty damn good with the stock grates alone.

True, I really don't have any complaints about the grates that came with it. Other than the fact that Weber chose to snub us stateside consumers by withholding the GBS grates they provided for the rest of the world. (I'll stop my over-entitled 'Merican rant now.) Just storing away some info for if and when they need replacing.