New Weber Cast Iron Grates

[deerminator]

Just had to share that I picked up a set for my 6 year old Weber Spirit 210 and man, what a difference in quality, feel and cooking than the original grates that came with the grill. Not sure what material was under the “porcelain enameling” on the old set, but they were prone to rust after a couple of years (and I use it a lot) and starting to bow. I can’t ever imagine these new cast iron ones doing that. Anyway, it gave me a good excuse to sand down the flavorizer bars, oil them , fire the grill up and watch er’ smoke to blacken them nicely. Cleaned the rest of the grill too. Feels like I've got a new grill for the $60 investment and all ready for the Fourth!

And while I've spouted off on that subject, anyone else made any improvements to their grills they want to share?

[nofishfisherman]

I just got a new grill this summer that has the cast iron grates as well. They really are a nice improvment over the coat metal the old grill had. They clean up really nicely and they look like they'll last forever.

[Whoaru99]

Good to know. My Silver needs new flavorizer bars pretty soon so the top grates probably aren't too far behind. One end bar of one grate is rusted through so no doubt the others are thin. The cast iron ones sound like a nice upgrade.

[Leaky]

I just replaced the flavorizor bars on my 9 year old Weber Silver. Went Stainless for around $55.00. Should never need to do it again. I think I have another year or so on the grate. This grill just keeps on going and it sits covered outside year around. Never have had burner problems ect. I did give up on replacing the igniter. A stick lighter works just fine.

Did ribs on it yesterday and was able to keep temp @ 250 with one burner going.

[Whoaru99]

When you mentioned nine years I had to go dig out the receipt for mine. It's 10 years, 2 months, and 2 days since I bought it. Have not had to put one dime into any sort of repairs as of yet and everything still works. As mentioned the flavorizers are on their last leg but I probably could finish out the year with them.

At the time it seemed a bit expensive, but I think it's been worth it in the long run. Other than flavorizer bars and grates every ~10 years, this thing shows no signs of demise in the foreseeable future.

Didn't see cast iron grates listed for the Silver B, but maybe something else fits that's just not listed. Gonna look into the stainless ones too.

[deerminator]

I called in the Weber support line when I first got mine to ask some questions and I asked about the warranties and if anyone really calls them on the 25 years on the box or whatever it is. "Oh, sure, I get some old times who've had their's for 20 plus years calling in every now and then, We send them a new structural unit basically but its up to them to put it together, which they do!"