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Orientation of cooking grates

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Howard

Lifer
New grill has grates whose bars have a triangular cross-section. Should I orient the grates such that the edges or the flats of the triangles contact the food?
 
The bars that are the grate have a triangular cross-section... triangular prisms... extruded triangle... they are arrayed together to produce, well, a grate. In one orientation, the bars are oriented so that the flat part of the triangles lay on the bottom while the contact surface is made up of the upper edges of these triangular prisms. The other orientation is where the grate is flipped and the flats of the triangular prisms are now on top.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
The bars that are the grate have a triangular cross-section... triangular prisms... extruded triangle... they are arrayed together to produce, well, a grate. In one orientation, the bars are oriented so that the flat part of the triangles lay on the bottom while the contact surface is made up of the upper edges of these triangular prisms. The other orientation is where the grate is flipped and the flats of the triangular prisms are now on top.
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I thought I knew what you meant until I read this.

What are we building again a bomb shelter?
 
Originally posted by: Howard
The bars that are the grate have a triangular cross-section... triangular prisms... extruded triangle... they are arrayed together to produce, well, a grate. In one orientation, the bars are oriented so that the flat part of the triangles lay on the bottom while the contact surface is made up of the upper edges of these triangular prisms. The other orientation is where the grate is flipped and the flats of the triangular prisms are now on top.
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The pointy side goes up.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Howard
The bars that are the grate have a triangular cross-section... triangular prisms... extruded triangle... they are arrayed together to produce, well, a grate. In one orientation, the bars are oriented so that the flat part of the triangles lay on the bottom while the contact surface is made up of the upper edges of these triangular prisms. The other orientation is where the grate is flipped and the flats of the triangular prisms are now on top.
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The pointy side goes up.
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Thank you.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
The bars that are the grate have a triangular cross-section... triangular prisms... extruded triangle... they are arrayed together to produce, well, a grate. In one orientation, the bars are oriented so that the flat part of the triangles lay on the bottom while the contact surface is made up of the upper edges of these triangular prisms. The other orientation is where the grate is flipped and the flats of the triangular prisms are now on top.
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so a sideview looks like this?

triangle_side.jpg

edit: too late 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Howard
The bars that are the grate have a triangular cross-section... triangular prisms... extruded triangle... they are arrayed together to produce, well, a grate. In one orientation, the bars are oriented so that the flat part of the triangles lay on the bottom while the contact surface is made up of the upper edges of these triangular prisms. The other orientation is where the grate is flipped and the flats of the triangular prisms are now on top.
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The pointy side goes up.
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What benefit does that have over a traditional grating?
 
Maybe spreading heat evenly across the bottom has something to do with it? Shrug. Ionno, my BBQ just has a "basic" grill.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Flat side goes up. Bigger grill marks = more flavor.
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No, it's pointy side up. I've seen these grills before. They are shaped that way for rigidity.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: spidey07
Flat side goes up. Bigger grill marks = more flavor.
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No, it's pointy side up. I've seen these grills before. They are shaped that way for rigidity.
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rigidity for what? the 16oz steak you put on it?
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: spidey07
Flat side goes up. Bigger grill marks = more flavor.
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No, it's pointy side up. I've seen these grills before. They are shaped that way for rigidity.
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They must be aluminum/steel grates then. Popular with Ducane.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: spidey07
Flat side goes up. Bigger grill marks = more flavor.
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No, it's pointy side up. I've seen these grills before. They are shaped that way for rigidity.
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Oh, pointy side up? For rigidity? There's got to be another reason for such a weird design.
 
Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: spidey07
Flat side goes up. Bigger grill marks = more flavor.
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No, it's pointy side up. I've seen these grills before. They are shaped that way for rigidity.
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rigidity for what? the 16oz steak you put on it?
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Or the five 16 oz steaks. Who eats just one??? 😛
 
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: spidey07
Flat side goes up. Bigger grill marks = more flavor.
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No, it's pointy side up. I've seen these grills before. They are shaped that way for rigidity.
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Oh, pointy side up? For rigidity? There's got to be another reason for such a weird design.
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Because stamped sheet metal and/or cast aluminum is cheaper.
 
My grill's grates have the same cross section, and they can only be used pointy side up. They wouldn't fit in the grill the other way (they're not flat)
 
Pointy side up on mine.

The only way I would've known this is because there is a logo on mine that would be totally undecernable if you put them flat side up.
 
My friend had an Argentine grill that had a surface like that. The grill actually canted down at about a 20 degree angle and the V's were to channel the juices from the meat into a tray at the bottom so the grill was in with the the V's facing point down just like the letter.
 
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