What holds the food dishes in place &amp; what is the gage of steel???
166671
The food dishes are held in by the cage wires and are hooked into them.The cage is built stout with the equivalent of awg 10 gauge wire. We have a large dove in it and he can fly from one side to the other.
23958
Not a clue. It is easy to clean and doesn't seem to spot. We've bought many dish racks and this one so far has been the best, performance-wise and looks-wise.
1732141
I'd say a heavy durable plastic- it's got some weight to it...we just used ours today- it held all the grill items.
2089640
You can put 5 10lb plates on each side and hold them with a spring clamp. Hopes this helps
1499550
I lay the steel part on the grill a few minutes. Then load the cooked food to it and slide the plastic part of the platter under it to carry to the table. A cast iron one like they use at restaurants would hold heat longer. But this one is easier to clean and doesn't rust.
601865
The exterior is plastic but the plate to which the strain gauge is attached is steel.
661471
non-stick dishes... not sure what you mean, there is a space for those 8 "pans" provided, so you can put them there apparently, I doubt if you can squeeze anything other than those there
59245
If you look very closely at the picture you can see that the shelf consists of three strips of metal that form into an inverted triangle. This is the shelf. There is no glass or other material that rests on this piece to hold your cookware.
1176491
It comes up at an angle something like 45° and the rim is 1 inch high. A meal with some sauce will hold but a soupy dish will not be contained in the plate.
420947
There is a temperature dial for different foods, The shelves are chrome plated.
118640
Both. The description is accurate. The weights are stainless steel with a chrome plating.
136086
I don't know the gauge of the steel, but it is thick and sturdy. Maybe a touch thinner than industrial, but then again, I don't work with industrial pots & pans so I don't know for sure. It is heavier than my my set of Kirkland cookware set that I purchased ~$200, ten years ago.
946787
There are 3 ridges in the bottom making four compartments to keep the plates from tilting across the bottom. In the case of our dinnerware we use in our camper we can get four plates in each divison. So each plate would touch . We sometimes slip paper napkins between the individual plates. Kind funny but then they are ready to set the table. :-)
201762
We have some small metal dishes that hold a 3oz can of wet food and they fit well on the shelf levels. But it may make it hard for them to jump to upper levels.
411532
Sorry, I can't remember. I don't see anything on the crock to tell me. I doubt I was all that concerned about it as I was only going to be placing handles in it. The tops are high enough above to be of concern.
23953
I am a mechanical engineer. I can't give a precise answer, but in general the lower the quality of stainless steel (SS) the more it will attract a magnet. The sides of this dish rack do not seem to attract a magnet at all, => good SS. However, the wire parts have a very strong magnetic attraction, on the level of ordinary carbon steel. The wire part is shiny, suggesting that it is nothing more than plated steel. => Not SS at all. I find it to be very functional in design. But to call this product SS is false advertising.
486429
It's the heat deflector placed on the tabs above your heat source and beneath the food grate. Your food doesn't sit on this.