Zia Fabrications Titanium Grill

It looks pretty interesting. I wish there were more pics of how it lays out? It is not entirely clear to me from the one provided pic. The weight is incredible.

Ryan had the grill with him the weekend before we put it on sale in hopes of catching a nice trout to grill on it over a fire. It was right about that time that we remembered we live in Montana and whenever you expect the weather to do one thing it does another and he and his boyscouts got a foot plus of snow. They were more interested in being safe, staying warm and getting the collapsed shelter upright than taking pictures of this nifty grill. That being said we're going to get some action photos of it in use soon enough.

Any pics yet?

Check Ryan's website…

http://www.ryanjordan.com/

used 2 Zia grill while hiking for 3 weeks in Greenland,
got lots of fish, artic char , salmon , cabillaud

weight total 112g with the 3 titanium rods, could cut to 72g with only one grill, i planned to used it as in first photo to be able to change the side of the fish exposed to the heat
but at there is no tree there so i was using very small dead "wood" and i cut most fish to filets to lessen the thickness and cooking time .

i was looking for a grill a bit longer than the zia, but didnt found one, so once i settled to use titanium tubes, the zia thickness is overkill. but couldnt find better in time and i didnt want to use aluminium foil,

my wife and i never ate that much fish :)

Just got one the other day and have yet to test it, but I am a bit surprised at the lack of comments/reviews on what looks to be a fine piece of kit. Can any of the more experienced wood cookers out there tell me why I still need a Bushbuddy or Ti-Tri? Can't I kindle a small cookfire under this grill with the same size sticks that I would feed a Bushbuddy?

Bumping up an old thread because I also want an answer to the question as to whether this can substitute for a bushbuddy or other wood burning stove.

yes you could use the grill to put your pot on and cook/boil water, BUT it’s not going to be anywhere near as efficient as the better wood burning stoves- going to take more wood, more time and more care

I’ve got a homemade one, great for grilling fish, but I’m not likely to leave my stove behind :)

+1 what Mike said above. A grill is going to consume more wood, leave a burn mark on the ground, and, unless you build a good fire ring, going to be more exposed to the wind and the elements. One of the nice things about the BB is that the fire is built in the stove up off the ground. Translate dry and protected, which, for me, makes it much easier to light a small and quick fire. Also, I use an alcohol burner in the BB as a backup or when I don't want to bother with wood or when I bring the BB near or under my tarp (with great care, of course). The grill is perfect for grilling fish, meat, etc. Often I bring both since they are so light. But, yes, of course it's possible to use only the grill. Then again, you don't even need a grill, just a cook pot, preferably with a bail.

I just got one and took it out for a trial run earlier this week. While it may be good for cooking a trout or two (I didn't catch any because of enormous runoff), it is definitely NOT capable of supporting my Snow Peak Trek 700 pot full of water. It immediately sagged enough under the weight of the pot that went right onto the coals and would have dumped the water and put out my fire had I not grabbed the pot. This after I purposely put more of a bend in the grill to help support the weight of the pot. For my purposes, a grill needs to be able to support a small titanium pot full of water AND grill fish or chunks of meat. This grill can't do that. I'm going to a Purcell trench grill. More weight, yes, but it'll get the job done.

^ that's too bad

while I haven't tried it, I'm pretty confident that if I push the aluminum pieces in on mine (see above pic), thereby making the ti spokes shorter, it would support a small pot of water

Titanium goat has one that will supposedly handle 10 lbs and weighs 1.3oz

I've never had that problem. If you keep your supports(rocks)close enough together, it will handle full 900 ml pots just fine, I've done it. Lightweight gear requires a certain amount of technique to get the full benefits of the reduced weight. The lightest Purcell is 2.25oz, and your not cooking fish on it. 4.7oz for one that will do fish. But yes, anyone can just throw it down, and load it up. Minimalism is not about making things mindlessly easy and convinient, nor is it about just making something light. It is meant to push some limits, challenge the status quo, and take things to their simplest. The Zia Grill does just that, it is an Ultra Light weight Minimalist piece of functional art, that delivers as advertised.