I've just heard hexavalent chromium can come off chrome plated grates (I don't know if these are chrome plated though
) once the chrome flakes off. And I don't wanna risk cancer.
Yes, they are plated with chrome, or something similar.
If you are worried about getting cancer from your cooking grates, get rid of that smoker
today, because the smoke from the burning charcoal will more like give you cancer than the chrome plated grates. Get rid of your non-stick pans. In fact only use stainless steel pots to boil all your food. And, no red meat. That can give you cancer.
You have started two threads about that smoker, which is a good product that you got for a bargain price. You asked questions, and I have been giving you answers based on years of experience with that product, but it feels like I am wasting my time typing.
BTW, I am a cancer survivor, and the doctors told me that there was absolutely no way to tie my cancer back to anything I did or was exposed to in my life. It just happened, and I would NEVER know why. That was in 2006, and I stopped worrying about it in 2006. I've been cancer free since then.
I am getting on an airplane tomorrow, which may be a Boeing 737 Max, and flying to Dallas, where I will get into a car to drive to my house. Both of those things are way more likely to kill me than the chrome plated cooking grates on my grills.
CD