"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> "BIGEYE" > wrote in message
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>> Nobody seems to know the answer to this one.
>> I am considering using 6mm stainless steel as a BBQ plate. I have heard
>> that you can't use stainless steel for cooking food on a BBQ as SS is
>> full of nasties.
>> Can anyone confirm this?
>> TIA
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> We here all know the answer, you were just asking a bunch of idiots in the
> past.
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> Stainless steel is a very good material to cook on. Some of the best
> cookware and the best grills use it, as well as medical devices, eating
> utensils, etc. SS is required for many things in the food processing and
> restaurants business because it can be sanitized and has not ill effects
> on the food it touches.
>
> GALVANIZED steel, the zinc plated stuff should not be used. Now you can
> inform the know-nothings of the past with the true information.
> --
> Ed
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/
>

Thanks guys for the info. I cooked on mild steel plate BBQ's when abroad
with excellent results. However due to our crappy weather in UK the BBQ
won't be used too often.
If I used mild steel here, it would rust up quite quickly.