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Post by ozymandias on Mar 23, 2015 13:41:08 GMT 10
Another cook from last week... Had a few days off and ended up cooking a lot of stuff on my Baby Q Got some nice salmon steaks from my trusty fisho, marinated them for a couple of hours in home made Teriyaki marinade (Store bought is always a tad too sweet for me), then Grilled them on the Weber. Served them with stir-fried Udon noodles and a splash of Teriyaki sauce.   As you may have noticed I used the grill grates for this one... not really happy with them most of the time, but they are ideal when BBQing marinated stuff that otherwise would create a big mess on the BBQ |
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Post by smokey on Mar 23, 2015 15:18:23 GMT 10
Nice, I've had grill grates about 18months now and still can't decide about them.
Sometimes they work well, Sometimes I want to throw them down to the grave yard of bbq products.
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Post by ozymandias on Mar 23, 2015 21:26:41 GMT 10
Same thing here... Bought them thinking they are the next best thing after sliced bread, but never got them to work properly.
On the other hand they are great for marinated stuff .....
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Post by chrisg on Mar 23, 2015 22:00:06 GMT 10
 Been on my list of useful things, what problems are you finding with them? Nice looking and sounding salmon Ozy  Cheers |
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Post by smokey on Mar 24, 2015 10:12:55 GMT 10
Lack of browning between the grill marks.
They really need a good flame under them to poke up through the holes.
Work fine on a kettle or Komado.
On my gas and pellet bbq I need to cross hatch to get more crust happening.
Cross hatching takes more time and pushes the time cooking on one side for the way I like my steak. A proper medium rare.
When I do a reverse sear I can only do single hatch and I've got to pry the steak off before it over cooks.
They are good for faty forquarter chops where you have much more time or steaks that are preferred just a little pink in the middle or Med well to well done.
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Post by ozymandias on Mar 24, 2015 12:31:35 GMT 10
Pretty much what Smokey said.... It seems they need actual flames licking the bottom of the grates for them to work. Once you put them on top of existing grates, they don't seem to get hot enough to brown between the grill marks.
On the other hand, and to be fair, I must concede that the said grill grates are not REALLY designed to work on the Baby Q or any of the Weber Qs, but rather on Kamados and such where the flames actually lick the aluminium grill grates. I really don't know if they would have worked better had someone bought them larger and cut them up to replace existing CI grills on the Qs
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Post by chrisg on Mar 24, 2015 16:39:29 GMT 10
Hmm,
Very interesting, I think I'd probably find myself using them more on the kettle than on the Q but be nice to have the option.
Ah well, they are not particularly expensive.
Cheers
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