LavaLock Flat top Griddle Grate for UDS 55 Gallon Drum Smokers Grill Plate Also fits Weber Smokey Mountain 22" WSM and Kettle Thick Steel with Handles

I purchased this griddle to expand my kettle grill's capability. The griddle was flat upon on arrival and I have not experienced any rocking or flatness issues. It is very substantial and robust. The griddle nearly fills my 22 inch kettle cooking area, with only a 1/4 inch gap around the circumference. The handles are a great feature to facilitate rotation or removal. Heat management is a learned skill, but it heats uniformly while maintaining cooking heat. When the griddle arrived it did have some light surface scratches and residual manufacturing dirt, but no rust. No big deal. It's an entry level griddle made from sheet metal sheet and not a high end restraunt piece of equipment. I quickly honed the cooking surface with a glass pumice block to soften scratches and give a matte appearance; necessary, no but it was my preference. I included a photo on the initial cook and the appearance after a little use. I would recommend this griddle if you like to cook outdoors. It will not fit in a standard size oven. It is a great addition to a kettle grill or an ugly drum smoker (UDS). Lavalock makes good products and my experience with their customer service has been excellent.

Love this thing. Easy to use, easy to clean, durable, even heat. I use mine on a Weber charcoal kettle grill and it's perfect for smashburgers, sauteed onions, eggs, bacon, and everything else I've thrown at it so far! The handles are a little strange, but they work fine and don't really get in the way as much as I thought they would.

Great griddle. Fits 22” Weber kettle perfectly. The griddle comes with light packing grease. Came off easily with 2-3 passes with hot water and blue dawn. The handles are very helpful and make it easy to move. The steel is 3.6mm thick, which is about .6mm thicker than a heavy carbon steel kitchen pan. I seasoned with a VERY light coating of canola oil and 10 minutes with the air intakes open. Good overall value when paired with a cheap kettle grill.

As soon as it arrived I noticed several gouges on the top surface and some surface rust on the handles. I then tested fitment on my Weber to see if it fit and if it was flat and straight or not, it was wobbling right out the package. I then tested my 3 other grill grates to make sure a grill tab wasn't bent and they had no wobble. I decided I would just live with it and I seasoned it and stored it away. I then used it once for cheesesteaks and made sure to not use the grill lid and it still warped even further. Of course, by then the return window was up. It is thin, overpriced and lacking heavily in quality control. It was a bad purchase and I feel ripped off.

Very well made for the Weber charcoal kettle grill. Even heat distribution, large cooking area.

First time using the bacon was a bit crispier than I liked as I was not expecting it to be cooked that fast! Then the griddle was seasoned. I have made smash burgers, pancakes, bacon, chicken, stir fry....love it! I am going to try a pizza on it soon! I keep it on the Weber Master Touch grill, and took out the standard grill. Feature request: I wish there was a way to fit it on top of the existing grill (slot holes) that way everything can stay inside of it. other than that I am VERY pleased!

I loved this grate very heavy duty but mine arrived with deep scratches and spots of rust as a bonus it had a layer of black grinder dust all over it. Look like it was in the warehouse for a year and used to stop grinders. How do you send that to your customer? Very upset but what can you do?

This lavalock griddle plate is actually really thick and heavy so handling it is a bit more than your run of the mill bbq parts. The laser cut logo is a little sharp so may need to watch your fingers. My first use of the griddle was actually not a griddle use but to kind of convert my kettle bbq into a smoker. The first use was for the Thanksgiving Turkey and it was amazing. It worked for the most part but the air flow is so slow that is actually is low and slow style cooking - which I guess was actually a good thing to find out and will be nice for long sessions. I’m now thinking of a brisket smoke. This griddle plate is something I think I have to really understand timing on when to throw it on. If the charcoal is not quite ready, the heat will not ramp up so griddle will not heat up fast and the restricted airflow make it tough to ramp up temps- so I used a electric leaf blower and that seemed to really help. On the flip side, if the charcoal burns too long before throwing on the griddle, it really doesn’t last too long before the fuel is burnt off, so really gotta do some trial and error runs to dial it in. Overall happy with the product and plan on getting good use out of it. Got some scratches that appear fresh cut thru the surface so I’m wondering if there is a coating- I hope not… but I will find out more about it the more I use it.