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cast iron grate, which side up?

double_ds
double_ds Posts: 39
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flat side up or round side up and why?
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
    The top side.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    Maybe the design is different now but what I have has a slightly rounded side vs a pointed side. My rationale is the flat side down to "grab" the heat from below and that gets transfered to the pointed side making smaller more destintive grill marks.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • bettysnephew
    bettysnephew Posts: 1,191
    Round or triangular for sear marks and the flat side works great for smoked meatloaf.
    A poor widows son.
    See der Rabbits, Iowa
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I used mine for every cook for the first few years. Pointy side up for everything. Don't think it much matters. Haven't used it at all in the last few years. Don't think it much matters.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,375
    bettysnephew said:
    Round or triangular for sear marks and the flat side works great for smoked meatloaf.
    Flat side also is very good for fish.
    I pretty much use mine flat-side up all the time now, but I don't have a good reason why; it leaves fine grill-marks if I'm cooking hot.  

    "Dumplings are just noodles that have already eaten"   - Jon Kung

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
    Hmmm, I always cook pointy side up (it's not that pointy) because it looks like the top to me.  However, I guess if you rotate it once in a while it'd keep the bottom from getting rusty, which happens to mine.  Top is pure, though.  :plus_one:
    LBGE/Maryland
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  • tgs2401
    tgs2401 Posts: 424
    I use mine flat side up for most cooks as it gives wider sear marks plus if you have smaller items it keeps them from falling through.
    One large BGE in Louisville, KY.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    I don't think there is a wrong way. Both ways seem to cook the food.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

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    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,343
    I use the pointed side because the little grill lifter I have fits in between the bars that way but won't if I have it turned over on the flat side. 

    Little Rock, AR

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  • BBQBuddy
    BBQBuddy Posts: 275
    I had to laugh when I read these responses.  As with every question I've read on this forum, there's more than one answer. :)
    2 Large BGE, MiniMax, Miami, FL

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  • 1move
    1move Posts: 516
    For me everything other than chicken and fish/seafood go on the pointy side.
    XLBGE, MMBGE, CyberQ
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