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> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:55:32 -0400, Ted Goldblatt
> > wrote:
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>>A couple of people have mentioned SS cooking grates for Weber. Are
>>these the grates that are used on the Genesis Gold grills? Are those
>>interchangable with the grates for the Gen 1000-3000 (which is what I
>>have and what I'd assume someone who has had the grill for 10+ years
>>must have)? In any case, what's a set of SS grates cost? And why
>>didn't I find out about these before I sprung for the porcelain cast
>>iron ones...
>
>
> To answer your last question first: if you bought your grill at HD,
> you would not have gotten all the options you might have received had
> you purchased from a local small business that sells Weber Grills.
> The small business I purchased my grill had the same price as HD and
> far better service, throwing in a *full* tank of propane and a bottle
> of BBQ sauce. My grill is a Genesis Silver B, and yes, the Gold
> series comes standard with stainless. Look on the Weber site:
> http://www.weber.com/bbq/ under Support, Parts and order directly from
> them.

Actually, I originally bought the grill (10+ years ago) from a BBQ
place, not HD. At the time, either nothing was available other than the
steel flavorizer bars and the porcelain steel grates, or they neglected
to mention options to me. Since that time, that BBQ place has gone out
of business, and the remaining local places (that I know of) don't sell
Weber, just "high-end" lines like DCS. Some of them _do_ sell Weber
parts, and in fact I bought a burner tube from one the other day.
However, I couldn't ask them for parts I didn't even realize existed,
and that one only had (on display, anyway) the porcelain steel grates.
I have also bought parts directly from Weber (that's how I got the
original cast iron grates I had and the first set of SS flavorizers),
but they no longer seem to list "upgrades" on their web site, and I
didn't realize until I read these comments yesterday that _any_ Weber
grill had SS grates...

ted