OCI Radiant Rod Assembly For Elite 36/48 Gas BBQ Grills.

Radiant tray and radiant rods for Outdoor Concepts hybrid gas barbecue grills. The OCI 36 inch and 48 inch barbeque grill models have these radiant trays above the stainless steel U burners. The radiants and hollow tubes make OCI grills conduct additional heat just below the cooking grate. This radiant tray augments heat above grilling temperatures and vaporizes drippings to keep grease off the burner and add flavor.

Stainless Radiant Assembly

When making the transition from DCS to OCI the development of the new grill models put decades of experience into action. When DCS first locked ceramic rods into a tray to obtain even heat distribution and radiant heat the rods made the DCS models a much better product. Taking that same idea and using stainless steel hollow tubing makes the OCI much more useful with much better radiant heat and heat control.

Radiant without Rods

The original DCS ceramic rods are constantly being replaced one at a time, piece by piece and the replacement parts are expensive. Radiant rods are locked in place which makes the entire assembly easy to remove from the grill for cleaning. Cleaning can be as rough as desired because there is nothing to be damaged or broken by applying a wire-wheel or by scrubbing too hard.

The biggest problem is that OCI is totally unreliable as a manufacturing company because OCI sold-off their fabrication machinery and now has to have grills and replacement parts manufactured by other companies for them.

Because OCI Is So Unreliable, as grill technicians we use these radiant replacements in OCI models.

Instead of being unable to repair the hundreds of OCI barbecue grills we have installed throughout our area, we have discovered other radiants that we can easily install into these OCI Elite model barbecue grills. Usually these porcelain radiant rods in heavy stainless locked trays are more expensive but we have been forcing the same price as the OCI trays so we can keep using these as replacements as needed.

OCI Radiant Trays will often take 6 to 8 months to be delivered after the order has been received, confirmed and Paid For -- Yes, Paid For!

Fortunately, these older-model radiant tray versions line up perfectly with the pins that hold the radiant trays in place. The same stainless tray design is used with 9.5 inch porcelain tubes for fast grilling radiant heat and quick cooling.

These replacement lock together just like the originals so Cleaning is just as simple as the originals were designed for.

The OCI stainless radiants can be removed from the grill without a bunch of lava rocks or briquettes falling all over the place. Locking the radiant rods in place is a design meant to encourage you to clean your grill. Even high quality outdoor stainless steel does need some maintenance. In order for the chemicals that have been added to the stainless to be able to protect the material from rust an corrosion they radiant trays must be removed from the grill and cleaned. This is actually very simple because of the OCI design. Simply remove the assembly as one solid piece. Lay is in the yard to spray with a powerful degreaser. Brush the entire assembly with a grill brush or a wire-wheel on a bench grinder or a screw gun for heavy build up. Spray it with the hose, replace the parts and heat them up to dry. The entire grill should not take more than 30 minutes.

Clean the Grill! Even great materials need some maintenance.

Radiant rod replacements.

Stainless steel radiant rods are one of the advanced developments made when Outdoor Concepts, Incorporated absorbed top developers from DCS. DCS designers came to OCI and redesigned the Elite grill models. These Elite models looked like an evolutionary leap from the older DCS designs. Throughout grill fabrication history DCS forced other brands to evolve but OCI took the DCS design to a whole new level of quality. The radiants were made to replace the ceramic rods in a DCS because stainless cannot crack or break but will heat up fast, cool quick and radiate heat at the grilling grates.

Outdoor Concepts hybrid gas barbecue grills replacement radiant. The OCI 36 inch and 48 inch barbeque grill models have these radiant trays above the stainless steel U burners. The radiants and hollow tubes allow OCI grills to conduct additional heat just below the cooking grate. This radiant tray augments heat above grilling temperatures and vaporizes drippings to keep grease off the burner and add flavor.