Cooking grate

mbellot · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Aug 2010 Posts: 337 Location: Illinois

I'm looking for some ideas on how to best make an alternate cooking grate for my CG Akorn.

It comes with a nice cast iron cooking grate, but any time I make pizza the seasoning gets burnt off.

What I'm looking for is either an off the shelf (unlikely) replacement, or ideas how to build/modify a grate that is sturdy enough to hold a pizza stone. The stock grate is round and about 19.6" in diameter. I probably won't ever cook directly on the grate, it's main use would be for holding the pizza stone.

I don't own any welding equipment, but one of the guys at my office has a wire welder that sounds like it would work for light duty applications.

daddywoofdawg · Posted: Sat Jul 28 12 5:13 am Post subject:

If it's just to hold the stone,couldn't you just cut a circle out of 1/8"-1/4" sheet steel drill some holes in it,and either place on top of your grate or where your grate goes.Seems simple.
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Charro · Posted: Sat Jul 28 12 11:44 am Post subject:

Go to your local home improvement/hardware store and get some round bar and heat and bend/cut and weld a triangle shape [or whatever shape you prefer] to go between the grill and stone.
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patruns · Posted: Sat Jul 28 12 4:45 pm Post subject:

Seasoning should not burn off. I assume you mean the grittieness of the stone wears away the seasoning where it touches? I would just look for some smooth metal blocks or same sized stones to place in between. Or maybe wrap a few bricks in heavy duty foil....
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mbellot · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Aug 2010 Posts: 337 Location: Illinois

daddywoofdawg · Posted: Sun Jul 29 12 5:00 am Post subject:

You sure it's cast iron and not cast alumium with black spray paint?
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patruns · Posted: Sun Jul 29 12 2:41 pm Post subject:

flyin-lowe · BBQ Fan Joined: 23 Sep 2010 Posts: 327

If temps get high enough you can burn the seasoning off of cast iron. One method for getting a skillet down to bare cast iron is to run it in an oven on the self clean cycle.