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Southtowns27
03-04-2011, 10:30 AM
I was just curious which stainless my pans are made of. The flue pan is a 1998 soldered Grimm Lightning raised flue. The front pan is a 1998 Leader welded. I'm guessing the Leader is bright annealed 304 since it's a mirror finish. Not sure on the flue pan though, it's a dull finish, probably so the solder sticks. Maybe someone knows for sure on this one?

Flat47
03-04-2011, 06:57 PM
'98 Grimm would be 304 stainless. I guess there' s the remote chance that it's 430 (highly doubtful), but see if a magnet sticks to it. If so, it's 430. If not, it's 304. But I'm 99.99999% sure it's 304 (and most certainly lead free - they switched in '91/'92).

twitch
03-04-2011, 07:56 PM
316 or 304 most likely 304 if it is a factory pan a magnet im pretty shore should not stick to it at all if it is one of these 2

Flat47
03-04-2011, 08:05 PM
316 or 304 most likely 304 if it is a factory pan a magnet im pretty shore should not stick to it at all if it is one of these 2

Grimm never used 314. I don't think any major label used it.