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Title: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: LightningBoldtz on April 11, 2015, 10:54:26 AM
I was at menards to buy Royal Oak Lump thanks to @Saugust and found these

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7619/17111131511_3b3aa6abbd_c.jpg)

They are on sale
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8772/16491645283_3ab386bcc8_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: Saugust on April 11, 2015, 11:26:07 AM
Hmmmm, very nice! Might be about time for another trip to Menards!!! 😃
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: Saugust on June 04, 2015, 07:44:37 PM
I finally bought a set of these tonight. They'd been on sale around here, but not the 6.99 price until tonight. How have they held up @LightningBoldtz ?
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: LightningBoldtz on June 04, 2015, 07:52:02 PM
I actually never bought them because I have a few of the Webber ones. You'll have to tell me. :)
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: Saugust on June 04, 2015, 07:55:09 PM
Haha! Okay, I'll let you know!


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Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: pbe gummi bear on June 04, 2015, 08:05:53 PM
Quote from: LightningBoldtz on June 04, 2015, 07:52:02 PM
I actually never bought them because I have a few of the Webber ones. You'll have to tell me. :)

@LightningBoldtz

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Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: LightningBoldtz on June 04, 2015, 08:07:10 PM
Phone auto correct
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: pbe gummi bear on June 04, 2015, 08:10:07 PM
Quote from: LightningBoldtz on June 04, 2015, 08:07:10 PM
Phone auto correct

No worries, I think my phone learned "Weber" "grate" "OTG" "OTS" "MT" "OTP" "WKC" etc since I type them so much.
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: mike.stavlund on June 04, 2015, 08:29:18 PM
My phone knows "HD" and "CL" too.
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: Saugust on June 05, 2015, 10:04:27 PM
On the one hand I don't own the Weber version of these so I can't make a comparison. However, I used one tonight for indirect cooking and it was great. I especially appreciated how well it contained the lump charcoal. That, frankly is my only beef with lump- it ends up everywhere. I might use these for every cook! How did I ever live without them? Any reason the Weber's would be better?
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: pbe gummi bear on June 05, 2015, 10:15:12 PM
Quote from: Saugust on June 05, 2015, 10:04:27 PM
On the one hand I don't own the Weber version of these so I can't make a comparison. However, I used one tonight for indirect cooking and it was great. I especially appreciated how well it contained the lump charcoal. That, frankly is my only beef with lump- it ends up everywhere. I might use these for every cook! How did I ever live without them? Any reason the Weber's would be better?

The Webers next for storage- do these?
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: Saugust on June 06, 2015, 05:06:41 AM

Quote from: pbe gummi bear on June 05, 2015, 10:15:12 PM


The Webers next for storage- do these?

Indeed they do!


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Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: addicted-to-smoke on June 06, 2015, 08:30:27 AM
Found the link for these, from the description it says galvanized steel, good. http://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/grills-outdoor-cooking/grills-smokers/charcoal-wood-chip-tray/p-2242166.htm

WAIT, galvanized steel? Is that healthy to heat up?
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: Saugust on June 06, 2015, 01:13:32 PM
Quote from: addicted-to-smoke on June 06, 2015, 08:30:27 AM
Found the link for these, from the description it says galvanized steel, good. http://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/grills-outdoor-cooking/grills-smokers/charcoal-wood-chip-tray/p-2242166.htm

WAIT, galvanized steel? Is that healthy to heat up?

Uhhhhhhh . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_fume_fever  :-\

The Weber ones are made from aluminized steel, for what it's worth.
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: LightningBoldtz on June 06, 2015, 04:39:44 PM
The ones that I saw did not look galvanized.
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: 1buckie on June 06, 2015, 05:10:52 PM
You can usually tell.....it has that mottled look to it & kind of a different sheen viewed from different angles....

Surest way is if someone has these & lights charcoal, it will turn a gold-ish color under heat & maybe even flake off some on he surface.....if so, these people need to know what they are selling !!!!!
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: Saugust on June 06, 2015, 06:21:20 PM
No it's just shiny/polised. Probably not galvanized then, right?
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: zavod44 on June 06, 2015, 07:07:47 PM
My weber ones have totally disintegrated, maybe I need a set of these.....
Title: Re: Poor man's charcoal holders
Post by: Saugust on June 06, 2015, 07:52:21 PM
I'll be sure to update when I have a better feel for how they're holding up. I will say that they're welded corners. I know that the Weber ones have little flaps, correct?