" JeffH wrote:
So I'm the only guy with issues with the coated cast iron grates?
Maybe I got a bad batch or something. Do you have to baby them when
you clean them up? It was happily using a wire grill brush until my
wife scraped them good with the grill scraper and they started flaking
off.

I bought coated CI grates for my Weber awhile back and was disappointed in
their performance. I couldn't tell any significant difference over the SS
grates that came with the grill. I did notice that after several use's tiny
spots of rust were appearing through the porcelain. I suspect at manufacture
that the grates were not free of oil/residue before the porcelain was
applied. I took them back for a refund and have used the original SS grates
ever since.