Grant Erwin wrote:
> Since I can't buy cooking grates for my Black Diamond, I'm going to
> make some. I can either make a frame of angle iron with expanded
> metal "fabric" welded to it, or cut up a bunch of cold rolled steel
> rounds and weld up a conventional grid, bars spaced maybe 5/8" apart (too
> far?). The
> complexity of fabrication is about the same. The round bar approach
> would cost me a bit more because I don't have the stock on hand.
>
> Which way would cook better and hold up better?

If Big Jim is hanging around, he would be the one to answer. He works metal
and builds bbq pits. Big Jim also hangs around on alt.binaries.food, so you
might also try posting your question there.

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Dave
www.davebbq.com