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Izerous said:
One warning of a DIY install. Sometimes the wings or whatever you want to call them are a little bit out of alignment and require a bit of brute force to line up. Get one side started but keep it really loose. Can use a car jack to help lift it if doing it solo. Once one side has at least 2 spaces out bolts started a few turns then work on the other side don't snug it up right away. Once all bolts are started a little then can start tightening things.
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Holy balls it was a pita. For our car you have to remove the muffler, and of course a exhaust bolt breaks while doing so 😅 and yeah takes some massaging to get it in place!

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Stainless griddle insert from Napoleon for my very dirty Prestige Pro 500 grill. the only complaint is that there doesn't seem an obvious way to attach a foil pan as a grease trap to the underside of the drains at the back. I think I can likely just sit a couple shallow foil tins under them on top of the deflector plates that sit over the burners and under the griddle/grates normally.

I'll likely have two 'little griddles' (one large, one small) for sale soon since this is replacing them on the Edmonton Kijiji ;)
 

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Stainless griddle insert from Napoleon for my very dirty Prestige Pro 500 grill. the only complaint is that there doesn't seem an obvious way to attach a foil pan as a grease trap to the underside of the drains at the back. I think I can likely just sit a couple shallow foil tins under them on top of the deflector plates that sit over the burners and under the griddle/grates normally.

I'll likely have two 'little griddles' (one large, one small) for sale soon since this is replacing them on the Edmonton Kijiji ;)
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SS will heat up quick...but cuirious, how come SS and not cast iron?
 
Jokester said:
Holy balls it was a pita. For our car you have to remove the muffler, and of course a exhaust bolt breaks while doing so 😅 and yeah takes some massaging to get it in place!

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It was worth it to me to pay a guy to install the hitch receiver on my CX-5. I installed a hitch on my Altima ten years ago, and never again. Mesing around with exhaust bolts, drilling holes in my car frame and using fish wires is NOT my idea of fun. Also wiring from front to back.
 
Marzipan said:
SS will heat up quick...but cuirious, how come SS and not cast iron?
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TBH, Stainless heats up slower than cast iron, but usually cast iron is much thicker for cooking so it ends up taking longer (Cast iron has a lower heat capacity than even carbon steel, but a CI pan is usually 3-5x as thick). It's part of why stainless is harder to weld (along with the passive chrome oxide layer, material contamination, etc).

It's just what Napoleon sold. I imagine it's a combination of Stainless being their 'prestige' product lineups normally. I'd prefer stainless for an outdoor BBQ anyway, especially on a BBQ that can go well north of 700 when all the burners are on max. Besides the issue of rusting, I'm not sure I wouldn't butcher the seasoning pretty regularly on a CI griddle of this size in a BBQ.

Upside this is much thicker than I thought. Was worried they'd cheap out a bit and make it thin enough to feel cheap but this thing is sturdy.
 
FreeKnight said:
TBH, Stainless heats up slower than cast iron, but usually cast iron is much thicker for cooking so it ends up taking longer (Cast iron has a lower heat capacity than even carbon steel, but a CI pan is usually 3-5x as thick). It's part of why stainless is harder to weld (along with the passive chrome oxide layer, material contamination, etc).

It's just what Napoleon sold. I imagine it's a combination of Stainless being their 'prestige' product lineups normally. I'd prefer stainless for an outdoor BBQ anyway, especially on a BBQ that can go well north of 700 when all the burners are on max. Besides the issue of rusting, I'm not sure I wouldn't butcher the seasoning pretty regularly on a CI griddle of this size in a BBQ.

Upside this is much thicker than I thought. Was worried they'd cheap out a bit and make it thin enough to feel cheap but this thing is sturdy.
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my experience is that SS likes to warp...cast iron not so much.
 
Marzipan said:
my experience is that SS likes to warp...cast iron not so much.
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Likely a result of thickness of material. SS can warp, it's more ductile than carbon steel IIRC, but vastly less than say, copper.

Cast iron.... won't warp. It's basically brittle fracture or bust in CI. There's perks to that, as well as downsides.
 
got my hands on a new router for the network now i can move my older one to the garage and do a proper mesh setup.

to say the new router is huge is a understatement even the antenna's are insane. this should be last upgrade until i get my own place and can run cables through the walls/ceilings.

1. ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro (Office)

2. Asus ROG RT-BE96U (Garage)
 

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