Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue Grill Grid Lifter with Black Wood Handle

It broke the very first time I used it. The spot welding is incredibly poor quality. I returned it and got a refund that's the good news. It is great in concept, but the quality is horrid.

The spot welding sucks. On two separate occasions, the welding failed and key pieces fell off the lifter. All within one year. Will try a different product.

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when I rec'd this product, it looked like a fairly well made product. However; the FIRST TIME I used it, it broke ... it would not pick up the grate even once. This is not a large grill . . .it's a fairly small kettle grill like a Weber, but it's STOK brand.

I've returned the broken one to Amazon for credit.

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First time that I used the product the metal piece that goes through the grate and actually lifts the grate broke off. Unfortunately the first time that I used the product was AFTER the date for no-cost return of the product (by two days). It will be cheaper to look for other alternatives than pay for shipping back and forth.

Would not have expected such low quality from a Steven Raichlen product.

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It worked fine for handling my 18" cast iron grate while it lasted.

The black parts of the handles were painted wood, not bakelite as the product page states; the paint is flaking off pretty badly after only about 6 months. Granted, it has been stored mostly in an outdoor storage bin, seeing the elements for a night or so every once in a while, but I'm still not impressed with how the paint failed to hold up.

The real problem is the spot welds at the base; of the two holding it to the vertical tube, one is burned through the material pretty badly, and the other left hardly more than 3/32" of material connecting the two pieces the latter weld is what broke, but the other one is not far behind. In any case, it's now useless after just one grilling season.

If you're going to buy one, take a look and sanity check all the spot welds while it's still within the amazon return window or buy something else that will hold up.

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