Stainless Steel
Am about to replace my bbq and am looking at getting a stainless steel
model. Have replaced the cast iron grates in my current bbq twice (as well as the burner) because of corrosion so I thought stainless steel would be the way to go for the grates and body. From what I have seen, most ss bbqs use a piece of ss over the burner in lieu of ceramic or normal briquettes and have heard them called "flavour enhancers" from certain manufacturers. The SS bbqs also have a different type of burner (I am used to the old H-style burner found in most bbq). These simply seem to be single burner tubes. How do they compare to the old burner styles. Seems that one would need more of them to provided the coverage, and hence use more gas. True? Any particular manufacturers of SS bbqs I should focus on or avoid? Any help appreciated. Doug |
Stainless Steel
"DGD" > wrote in message ups.com... > These simply seem to be single burner tubes. How do they > compare to the old burner styles. Seems that one would need more of > them to provided the coverage, and hence use more gas. True? Use of gas is related to heat output. A grill capable of say, 30,000 Btu will use a given amount of fuel no matter the burner material, configuration, or shape. My Vermont Castings has a couple of SS tubes with holes in it. Simple, durable, still working perfectly after 6 or 7 years now. My grates are porcelin coated cast iron, the best of all worlds. No corrosion, heavy, good heat transfer. As for the outer SS, I'd not go that way as it wold be a bitch to keep clean and sparkling. Check out the Vermont Casting Signature series if you want a well made grill. Not the cheaper versions at the big box stores. |
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"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message ... > > "DGD" > wrote in message > ups.com... >> These simply seem to be single burner tubes. How do they >> compare to the old burner styles. Seems that one would need more of >> them to provided the coverage, and hence use more gas. True? > > Use of gas is related to heat output. A grill capable of say, 30,000 Btu > will use a given amount of fuel no matter the burner material, > configuration, or shape. My Vermont Castings has a couple of SS tubes > with holes in it. Simple, durable, still working perfectly after 6 or 7 > years now. > > My grates are porcelin coated cast iron, the best of all worlds. No > corrosion, heavy, good heat transfer. > > As for the outer SS, I'd not go that way as it wold be a bitch to keep > clean and sparkling. > > Check out the Vermont Casting Signature series if you want a well made > grill. Not the cheaper versions at the big box stores. > > I'm in full agreement with Edwin regarding grates. Changing to porcelin coated cast iron grates made all the difference in the world. There's still not enough heat output to grill a steak to "char-rare". It's great, however, for fish other stuff. Kent |
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"Denny Wheeler" > wrote in message ... > On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:07:19 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" > > wrote: > >>Use of gas is related to heat output. A grill capable of say, 30,000 Btu >>will use a given amount of fuel no matter the burner material, >>configuration, or shape. > > Well...that's sort of true. But sort of not. I work for a company > which makes one helluva lot of burners--we make wood, gas, and pellet > stoves and fireplaces. > > I promise you that it wouldn't be too hard to design a 30,000 BTU > grill that uses 2 or 3 times as much fuel as, say, a Weber 30,000 BTU > unit. Bad design's easy to do. :\ > > So, what you said is true if we assume (and that's not necessarily a > good thing to do) that the burners are equally efficient--which of > course is dependent upon their being designed, and made, well. Uh, we can't change the laws of physics. It takes a given amount of fuel to make 30,000 Btu of heat. Not every grill will utilize that 30,000 Btu the same way, but every single one of them will use the same amount of fuel to generate it. I didn't write the laws of physics, but we all have to abide by them. Propane has 91,044 Btu per liquid gallon no matter how good or bad the burner is. |
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"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message . net... > > "Denny Wheeler" > wrote in message > ... >> On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:07:19 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" > >> wrote: >> >>>Use of gas is related to heat output. A grill capable of say, 30,000 Btu >>>will use a given amount of fuel no matter the burner material, >>>configuration, or shape. >> >> Well...that's sort of true. But sort of not. I work for a company >> which makes one helluva lot of burners--we make wood, gas, and pellet >> stoves and fireplaces. >> >> I promise you that it wouldn't be too hard to design a 30,000 BTU >> grill that uses 2 or 3 times as much fuel as, say, a Weber 30,000 BTU >> unit. Bad design's easy to do. :\ >> >> So, what you said is true if we assume (and that's not necessarily a >> good thing to do) that the burners are equally efficient--which of >> course is dependent upon their being designed, and made, well. > > Uh, we can't change the laws of physics. It takes a given amount of fuel > to make 30,000 Btu of heat. Not every grill will utilize that 30,000 Btu > the same way, but every single one of them will use the same amount of > fuel to generate it. I didn't write the laws of physics, but we all have > to abide by them. Propane has 91,044 Btu per liquid gallon no matter how > good or bad the burner is. > Edwin, isn't it BTU/surface area? When a large grill has 36K BTU doesn't it heat to a lower temp. than a small grill with the same BTU? That's always been my assumption. Kent |
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"Kent" > wrote in message > Edwin, isn't it BTU/surface area? When a large grill has 36K BTU doesn't > it > heat to a lower temp. than a small grill with the same BTU? That's always > been my assumption. > > Kent Yes, surface area make equal comparisons more difficult. Some heat more evenly than others but a smaller area can be hotter than the same amount of Btu spread out. |
Stainless Steel
DGD wrote:
> Am about to replace my bbq and am looking at getting a stainless steel > model. Have replaced the cast iron grates in my current bbq twice (as > well as the burner) because of corrosion so I thought stainless steel > would be the way to go for the grates and body. From what I have > seen, most ss bbqs use a piece of ss over the burner in lieu of > ceramic or normal briquettes and have heard them called "flavour > enhancers" from certain manufacturers. The SS bbqs also have a > different type of burner (I am used to the old H-style burner found in > most bbq). These simply seem to be single burner tubes. How do they > compare to the old burner styles. Seems that one would need more of > them to provided the coverage, and hence use more gas. True? > > Any particular manufacturers of SS bbqs I should focus on or avoid? > Any help appreciated. > > Doug If I were to do it again, I'd buy the Weber Genesis Silver with SS grates. As it was, about three years ago I wanted a 100% SS grill, and found a Charmglow that fit the bill nicely for much less $$. It does an OK job, and of course hasn't rusted anywhere. It's all pitted and dirty now, even though I always keep a cover on it, but it works fine, and the grates are pretty heavy. -- EZ Traeger BBQ075 "Texas" CharGriller Smokin Pro Great Outdoors Smoky Mountain Wide Body CharmGlow 3-burner All-Stainless Gas Grill Weber Kettle One-Touch Silver 22-1/2" Weber Kettle Smoky Joe Silver 14-1/2" |
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