Cheap alternative to the zia fabrications ti grill?

[Colin Matthews]

http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/30111087
Unfortunately, it doesn't list weight specs. Obviously, you'd have to remove plastic legs. Thoughts? If anyone gets to an IKEA, let me know how this seems.

Cheers,

[Kendall Clement]

I like the price. 20 inches is kinda long. Right?
On the other hand if the weight's good, that doesn't matter.

[Dan @ Durston Gear]

The steel bars look pretty thick. I doubt the weight is in the same ballpark as the Zia one.

I just use green or wet wood when I want to cook over a campfire. It weighs nothing and you don't have to worry about a grill getting mangled in your pack.

Two nights ago:

[Colin Matthews]

Yeah, that is pretty long Kendall. I would probably try to cut it down. You could probably go right in half, as ten inches is long enough for most purposes. Plus, then you'd get two for the price of one :)

Good point, Dan. I don't think a grill is ever an "essential" piece of gear; Definitely wouldn't be on my list for every single trip, but could be a nice luxury item. Sometimes I'll cook in small foil containers, and these have to balance on something. Rocks are hit-and-miss, and usually I end up with tons of ash in the dishes!

Colin

[Dutch Anderson]

Cheap wire rack from the dollar store?

[brent driggers]

We grew up cooking fish skin-on with a stick in the mouth. when the skin starts separating from the flesh its done. just use a good stick and dont put it too close to the heat. It works OK with real hamburger meat too with maybe 1 in 5 taking an ash dive during cooking.

[te – wa]

dollar tree. stainless wire cooling rack.
i used this full size in CO and i have since had good fortune with one cut in half lengthwise.

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Mike, what's the weight on that rack?

[Mike In Socal]

Does the wire rack double as a pack frame?

[Bailey Gin]

My cut-down grill was from a toaster-oven rack that was orginaly oval shaped. 10 x 5 3/8 inches and weighs 2ozs.

Bought at a thirft store for 99 cents.

[Troy Ammons]

Sort of off topic, but here is my grill from the stone age just for nostalgia. I carried this thing for years.
Cooked on a fire 100% of the time. Wieghs about 3.5 oz. Cant remember who made it, but back then I was big into Sigg stuff, so its probably sigg. It is tubular SS. I do remember it was expensive
Late 70's.

[Fred eric]

looks like a purcell trench grill

http://www.purcelltrench.com/grills.htm

[Troy Ammons]

That does look like the same one.

Maybe Percell made them for sigg or whoever or bought out the original manuf.

Mine is about 30 years old.

[Michael Meiser]

Good thread, just made a post on using stainless steel screen as a wood stove top to arrest sparks around a tarp.

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=39365

Wondering if anyone has tried using such a think as a grill.

Can't imagine cooking a burger on it, but on the other hand less sticky fair might work… if it holds up. If not hopefully I can find something a little less fine.

[Aaron Rosenberg]

I have the same grill. It was my parents, from backpacking together in the late 70s.

ha

[Mike M]

myog ti grill weight 1.5 oz and nests all together- easton aluminum arrow section, ti bike spokes

[brent driggers]

mike that is sweet.
Did you use two different arrow diameters for the two sides to nest them?
I am working on something similar using ti welding wire.
nice looking dinner.

[Mike M]

the larger diameter one is a standard easton aluminum arrow, the other side I sourced from Ace Hardware- they have a small section of tubing/square stock/etc in a display bin, I found a tube that fit perfectly inside the arrow- just cut it to length

drilling the holes to line up was a bit of a challenge, but it ended up working out great

the grill is small enough I put it in my pack rod case

[Scott Ireland]

Nice looking fish – yum!

Ever think of making a few of those grills to sell?

[Mike M]

yeah nothing like fresh fish caught minutes earlier :)

if I could find a reasonable source for ti spokes (or the like) I'd consider it

[Sean OLeary]

They have a Ti grill over at Titanium Goat, thats light and cheaper than the Zia fab. grill. I have no experience with it, I just know it exists.

http://www.titaniumgoat.com/TiGrill.html

[Andy Schill]

Mike,

That is a great setup, I'm going to try to put on of those together.

[Karple T]

I found a great way to get free Titanium Spokes!

I called around to bike shops and found one that had old ones.
My friend who bow hunts supplied the arrows.

Free grill!! … except for the labor cost.

Cheers!

[Mike M]

^ great idea!

[Eric Blumensaadt]

Troy,

I still have that stainless welded tubular grill. Nice workmanship and U.S. made. It's still in its green nylon case. Yep, "Nostalgia ain't what it used to be." because now we'd feel it's too heavy. Back then it WAS light – but back then we were a bit stronger.

When using it for fish I covered it with heavy aluminum foil that I'd pierced with several small slits to let the wood smoke flavor the fish. Mmmmmmm!

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