MCS flareup

[troymeister]

One cannot have too many grills.

[Mr. Bones]

Indeed, I find even th very concept of such a thing to be absolutely reprehensible...how vulgar a thought. Egad.

>>Single Male<<

YMMV

[TripleB]

Amen brother.

[Steve R.]

Well, making that return trip to Wally World last night meant that I was serious about buying one of these. So I turned to brickseek.com, which has been helpful in the past for checking inventory at Walmart and some others. In what seemed to be shaping up as a shocking plot twist, brickseek told me that a store in Louisville (30 min drive) had "2 or 3" for $200! . I headed that way this morning, but no luck. One last look at brickseek pointed me toward the WM in Bardstown. There I found two at the same half price I was attempting to get last night. Never have I been so disappointed to save 50%, but I didn't hesitate this time. Besides, I was already preapproved by SWMBO for this one.

Now I just need to unbox this thing and hopefully do a test run this evening.

[STEbbq]

I love happy endings! What an adventure!

[glitchy]

I was going to ask if you’d checked brickseek after it was sold. Glad you found one.

[fzxdoc]

And he lived happily ever after...

K.

[Steve R.]

Or at least until the next shiny new toy comes along.

[Thunder77]

Don’t fight it!

[Steve R.]

Well, with one cook under my belt (ribs yesterday) I'm liking this grill! I can't say I'm a fan of the cast iron grates, though. So, like we Pitmasters are prone to do, I'm thinking of replacing those things with stainless steel or nickel-plated steel. Something like this from Home Depot should work, but will require a little bit of trimming down of the width. I don't see the "stainless steel wrapped" construction being a problem, since I won't be running it at really high temperatures and will be stored in my garage.

Are there better options? I don't think GrillGrates would be the way to go for this application.

[tbob4]

See - you are taking my advice! With the money you saved you just gotta. Honestly, I don’t think you would go wrong with those grates.

[STEbbq]

Polarbear had the 1050 and used SmokeFire E6 grates cutdown from ProGrates now MillerMade. You’d have to check on the measurements for these for yours. I am not home right now so I don’t have the exact measurements handy. These are all links I have saved over time.

https://millermadeproducts.com/weber-smokefire-ex4-3-8-stainless-bar-grate-11-8w-x-17-3d-set-of-2/

These might also fit:

https://www.grillparts.com/grill-grates/default.asp?product_id=CG49SS&fbclid=IwAR3oiRUc3AFV7_yFneMtHNPMktVXt5TioJAXBHd4Z57ULR51DDrfr1YxsQQ

This guy on FB also does very nice custom ones and he is probably what I am going to use at some point.

https://www.facebook.com/smokinjoesgrillgrates/

[jpietrantone]

Steve R. just an FYI, Joe's grill grates are $100 plus s+h for the main grate. It should ship to me 11/12, so sounds like he's a month out. I hate the cast iron grates as well.

[STEbbq]

jpietrantone looking forward to your review. The FB forum has many many positive reviews so I am sure you will be pleased.

[jpietrantone]

STEbbq I will definitely let everyone know. The total ended up being $137.

[Polarbear777]

As I’ve said in multiple posts. The 1050 works great and gets to temp fast. Only issue is cheap build quality, which was ok because I could easily fix most of it.

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/forum/charcoal-grills/masterbuilt-aa/862733-masterbuilt-gravity-mbg1050-calibration-tests#post862733

[jpietrantone]

The only issue I've had with mine is getting the app to work pretty much at all. I bought a fireboard 1 and drive cable which has been flawless. I also ordered the cable that connects the fan to the drive.

I also don't use this for grilling. You will also notice that the stock fire box metal will begin warping and flaking off. This hasn't caused any issues for me.