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Posted by on June 1, 2006, 10:37 pm
This may have been mentioned earlier in this thread, but good quality
stainless is non-magnetic. Take a strong magnet along with you and check
it out.
On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:51:12 -0400, nospamgoingjag
>I bought mine from Sam's Club and my only warning would be make sure
>you get a cover for it. I never had a problem with birds with my
>black one. The second day, that stainless one was covered with bird
>droppings. And they ain't fun to get off, expecially if you don't
>happen to notice them for a few days. Other than that it is identical
>to the Charmglow described below but with some Sam's club name. I
>would rate it as the best one I've had, and it's my 5th one. I really
>didn't need to replace my old one othr than the paint always chipping
>on it. That stainless steel just looks great. - still so far in year
>two - so not sure what you can look for other than to not cheap out I
>guess. I'd guess Price Club is about the same as Sam's always good
>value since they don't want to deal with people trying to return
>things - it doesn't fit their business model...Good luck.
>
>wrote:
>
>>JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jimi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am a pipeline welder of 26 years. I really haven't had much to do
>>>>>with stainless steel in my career. I want to buy a BBQ and have noticed
>>>>>in
>>>>>the past 3-5 yrs that there are some pretty nice stainless BBQ's out
>>>>>there
>>>>>for sale by Home Depot, Price Club etc... I also was told to watch what
>>>>>you
>>>>>buy as some of those pretty "stainless" BBQ's eventually start to rust!
>>>>> This brings about the question of good and bad quality stainless
>>>>>and
>>>>>knowing what to look for when buying a stainless BBQ.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a non destructive test to do to check for good quality
>>>>>stainless? I don't imagine that Home depot would be happy to see me going
>>>>>at
>>>>>the side of a new bbq with an angle grinder to look at the sparks. I
>>>>>suppose
>>>>>a magnet would be one way. Any other checks a person could make to
>>>>>guarantee
>>>>>quality stainless before buying?
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone bought a stainless BBQ that has started to show signs of rust
>>>>>that would care to comment??
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks...Jimi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hello, I bought a stainless grill last year from Home Depot and really
>>>>like it alot. There are parts of the grill, the side panels, which do
>>>>show some signs of slightly rusty spots. These parts also attract a
>>>>magnet as the stainless parts which still show no signs of "stain" do not
>>>>attract the magnet. So I'm guessing that the lesser quality "stainless"
>>>>has some aignificant amount of iron which would attract the magnet. So I
>>>>would suggest doing the magnet test at the store to determine which parts
>>>>are likely to "stain".
>>>>As far as the "stains", I used some good quality oil and a green kitchen
>>>>scrubby thing and rubbed them all out and then applied wax to the parts,
>>>>and the stains have not returned, it's been at least 6 months.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does your grill have a brand name?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Charmglow is the name, (strange name huh?) it has 3 stainless steel
>>burners, stainless steel flame tamers (sheets that liquid drips on and
>>supposedly eminates flavor), and stainless welded rod grill grates (very
>>heavy). I don't see my model shown on the Home Depot web site right now.
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