School me: what's the point of bbq covers?

[killramos]

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My god man!!! ARE YOU TRYING TO MURDER YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT A BBQ????

Seriously, fuck the stupid asshats that made this law.

Law?

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Law?

It never got enacted. There were like 2 dozen cases in the last 20 years where wire fell off the brush, food was cooked on it and people ate the wire. Health Canada was looking at banning them outright.

[killramos]

Oh good. I was wondering what of my possessions the government if Canada felt like banning this week.

[bigboom]

I've had cast iron and i prefer the low maintenance of my stainless grates. Scrub it down every now and then, quick wipe of oil before cooking and away I go. Wasn't a big fan of the taste of the cast iron, found depending on what was cooked on it before it would have a little flavour left over.

[88CRX]

Cast iron and the porcelain coated grills are too much work. Have SS now and like other have said just scrub them down before/after cooking and you're done. Dont have to worry about scratching them or rust or any of that garbage.

[rage2]

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Cast iron and the porcelain coated grills are too much work. Have SS now and like other have said just scrub them down before/after cooking and you're done. Dont have to worry about scratching them or rust or any of that garbage.

The maintenance on cast iron isn't terrible, but maybe that's why I have to go through a new set every 4-5 years. My last BBQ had stainless grills and the steak grill lines looked terrible. All about good looking steaks, hence cast iron here haha.

[killramos]

Maybe if your bbq could put out some real heat you wouldn’t need the crutch of cast iron grates.

[88CRX]

Rage is right. The grill marks on SS aren't great.

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Maybe if your bbq could put out some real heat you wouldn’t need the crutch of cast iron grates.

So $2500 bbq with stainless grills? Might as well put all seasons on an AMG while we’re at it.

[The_Rural_Juror]

Cast iron holds way more heat so you get the nice grill marks and great sear.

Don't stop at $2500 though. I think these beauties are about $8-12k with the heaviest stainless steel I've seen on a bbq.
https://home.hestan.com/product-cate...anding-grills/

[ExtraSlow]

what maintenance are people doing on cast iron grates? oil em up, scrape em when you feel like. Was there some complex procedure I forgot to do in the last decade and a half?

[sabad66]

I don't understand the complaints about cast iron grates maintenance. My 5 year old broil king's grates are still perfect and i don't do anything special except scrape off using an oak scraper about 20 mins after i turn it off.

Now that i think of it, i think the oak scraper helps as it doesn't clean off all the food down to the metal like wire does, so it essentially acts as a "seasoning" so that it doesn't rust. Any residual oil gets burned off when i pre-heat it the next time i bbq so no big deal.

[The_Rural_Juror]

When I had cast iron, I lightly used the oak scraper after cooking to get the large chunks out while leaving a coating of grease to protect it from rust. The grease is burned off before the next cook.

[killramos]

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So $2500 bbq with stainless grills? Might as well put all seasons on an AMG while we’re at it.

I think the better analogy is red rims since it’s all for show and doesn’t make your steak any better.

I prefer having the entire surface of my steak seared than 6 little lines of charcoal.

[shakalaka]

I spent like $70 on a Coleman cover because I am OCD and want everything to match, but that thing does not really protect shit from proper wind and hail. And in a couple of years, i am already seeing holes in it. That being said, I am sure the BBQ wouldn't fare as well as it did without a cover at all.

[88CRX]

My old cast grills rusted. Probably because I didn't season them and I hated having to heat the BBQ up for 20 minutes before cleaning it every time I wanted to use it.

SS grills are zero maintenance and you can scrub them clean before they're heated up.

[shakalaka]

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I think the better analogy is red rims since it’s all for show and doesn’t make your steak any better.

I prefer having the entire surface of my steak seared than 6 little lines of charcoal.

Just FYI....the red rims are lighter than the OEM's so they make the car faster to the butt dyno.

[firebane]

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My god man!!! ARE YOU TRYING TO MURDER YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT A BBQ????

Seriously, fuck the stupid asshats that made this law.

Yeah I quit using wire brushes once I found this brush https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/m...2279p.html#srp .. The heads are replaceable and last a while depending on how much you bbq.

I tried the "wooden plank" scrapers but found they were useless.

[killramos]

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Just FYI....the red rims are lighter than the OEM's so they make the car faster to the butt dyno.

[The_Rural_Juror]

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My old cast grills rusted. Probably because I didn't season them and I hated having to heat the BBQ up for 20 minutes before cleaning it every time I wanted to use it.

SS grills are zero maintenance and you can scrub them clean before they're heated up.

Takes less than 10 mins on a Weber.