Broil King Cast Iron Baron/ Crown/ Rebel/ Patriot Cooking Grid

I am on my 3rd set of grates. It's getting expensive to replace grates every 12-15 months. I take care of them and season like I would a cast iron skillet. I even stored grates inside this past winter. Still rust! Is a common problem with Broil King?

the grills are falling apart and rusting, after only 2 years. Its unfortunate since Broil King is usually a good name in the BBQ world. Will this happen in the KEG? has anybody experienced this before I sink some serious $$$$ on the KEG. Anybody know of decent replacements? I am not looking to repeat with these grills.

Like almost all of the other reviews, my Broil King Baron cast iron grates are flaking rusted and pretty much unusable after a couple of years. I like the rest of the grill, but the grates are junk. Don't buy them.

I paid extra than what I wanted in hopes that this grill would last. I bought it 2 years ago this summer from Lowes. I just went out to cook on it for the first time after winter. The grates are all rusted and the coating is pealing off. I'd like to replace them, but at $42/grate (you need 4), I might as well just buy a cheaper grill every couple years.

I have used these cast iron grates for about 3 and a half years now. All I can say is that they are terrible. I did a full oil soak and cooked them in oil (in a turkey fryer) at 250f for a full day, then oiled weekly for 4 years and still have grates falling apart due to rust. I live in Ontario Canada, and we do get winter, but this BBQ is used year round, and the heat from cooking keeps it nice and dry inside. It's not just surface rust, the grills are complete garbage, cracked right through, flaking and falling apart. I spent over $1000 on my Natural gas Broil King Regal line BBQ and I would never buy one again thanks to these grates. I'm looking into replacing with another manufacturers stainless steel grates that should fit close enough, until I can replace this with an N or W brand. It's a shame because the cooking is even and the heat retention is great. I just wish the quality was better.

My experience has been like all the others who took the trouble to write. I bought the Baron 590 girl a year ago and the cooking grids rapidly deteriorated and rusted out so that they now have to be replaced. This in spite of my having exercised care and followed Broil King's recommendations. It's most unfortunate, because, otherwise the grill has been excellent. It's sad that Broil King would incorporate such an inferior, but critical, part in an otherwise high quality product.

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The grill itself is ok. Left side is much hotter than the right, but I've gotten used to that. Cast iron grates are disintegrating after less than a year. Very disappointing. I like cast iron, but I think I will have to buy aftermarket stainless replacements. Hopefully they will last longer.

My experience has been like all the others who took the trouble to write. I bought the Baron 590 girl a year ago and the cooking grids rapidly deteriorated and rusted out so that they now have to be replaced. This in spite of my having exercised care and followed Broil King's recommendations. It's most unfortunate, because, otherwise the grill has been excellent. It's sad that Broil King would incorporate such an inferior, but critical, part in an otherwise high quality product.

Solid body and heating elements however grills rust far too quickly. Rating very largely based on the quality of the grills and the fact they need to be replaced so quickly.

I bought my Broil King Baron two yrs ago and am very disappointed that the centre of the 4 grills have rusted. The BBQ was on my back deck, and somewhat sheltered from bad weather. It was always covered with a Broil King cover when not in use. These grills should NOT have rusted this quickly. What a disappointment.