Mastertech59
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Because there are people who want to cover their grills, I'm not one of them.hmmmmm............ if they stated not good idea to use a cover.... then why sell them......
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Because there are people who want to cover their grills, I'm not one of them.hmmmmm............ if they stated not good idea to use a cover.... then why sell them......
Its called stainless for a reason. We have a house on the coast of SC and the salt air and humidity eats Everything. Can you store it in a controlled environment when not using..?
While you are obviously right about SS still rusting, I completely understand people thinking it is never supposed to rust based on the name. I don't think the word Stainless is derived the same way you imply. I read Stainless just the saw way I would read you calling a dog legless. A dog with no legs. I wouldn't call a 3 legged dog legLESS. Before getting it's name in the 1900s, many people literally called it "unstainable steel" and "non-rusting steel".As my house is on the ocean and a lot of things are stainless steel - I like to point out to people it is stain LESS steel - not stain NEVER steel.
They make stain never steel - but no one outside of the military can afford it - even commercial kitchens etc and I am not even sure how viable it is for eating surfaces
300 series is def better than 400 and 300 is pretty much not magnetic - 400 is lightly magnetic (That is a generalization you can use to test which parts of your grill are what....
I just received my RT700 last week and am alarmed by this post. I have a Member's Mark gas grill that I purchased in 2004 that is all stainless on the exterior. That grill has been covered some years, uncovered for years at a time, and always on an uncovered deck exposed to all that Michigan weather has to offer. The stainless steel has never rusted or corroded and looks like the day I bought it 17 years ago. Given the price, I was hopeful the recteq would be better quality than a Sam's Club grill. I sure hope that this issue is related to the proximity to the sea....not an issue in Michigan...and not indicative of inferior materials. Fingers crossed.My ring is rusting fast.
I guess I’ll put the folding shelf on now. The only reason I haven’t yes is I didn’t want to hide the ring.
Now I do- funny how that goes.
Still blows away a SMOKE AND FIRE ?. Grill.
I don't have a direct experience based answer to your question, but would caution you to compare materials identified by the manufacturer rather than opinions of owners shaded by their buying choice/loyalty/validation. As an example; powder coated, 16ga steel, from mfr. A vs B, will likely perform very similarly based on the environment, which you've stated is of concern to you. Online feedback from owners isn't always as reliable as we wish it were.I have been on the fence between grilla and rectec for a couple weeks now. Was just getting ready to pull the trigger on a bull when I find this thread. Quality stainless rusting this fast alarming. I was looking at the rectec as an investment that will last a very long time (10+ years) now I’m not so confident. I live on the north side of Houston Texas. Very humid climate. I’ve had a grill completely rust out on me in 1 year before. Would love to hear from more people about how their bull is holding up rust or not. Especially if you live in Houston
As someone who deals in an industry where we argue over the last 0.01% of iron or other ingredients to the metal (Stainless varieties, Monel, Inconel etc) I can say unequivocobly that just because some chinese stamp it as 316 or 304, when you analyze it, it may not even be close. Close by normal people standard - by our standard we don't even waste time testing. Just because it says 316 or 304, until you do some testing, you have no idea what you are getting.View attachment 8933
Both 304 and 316 are corrosion resistant but there is still an iron content to them both, hence the "steel" in the name and the corrosion will not be fast, it will still rust a bit. Just my $.02