Noma grills

[Stuart Tett]

I was looking at this video: Inside Noma | WIRED as well as Episode 5 of Ugly Delicious on Netflix. And was curious about the different grills at Noma as well as this thing they use to BBQ vegetables in.

 

Is that a sieve or is it some custom made thing?

 

Also is that rectangular grill a custom built grill?

[KennethT]

The sieve looks like a tamis....

[Stuart Tett]

4 minutes ago, KennethT said:

The sieve looks like a tamis....

Ah, yea. So I guess tamis are ok on top of high heat?

[JoNorvelleWalker]

I love my tamis.  I wouldn't put mine on a grill; clearly though, they would.

 

[KennethT]

I guess - I've never used mine for that purpose either - but they are made of welded stainless steel so I imagine they'd be fine...

[Stuart Tett]

How does a tamis differ from a sieve? Any good recommended brands/models that would stand up to the heat?

[JoNorvelleWalker]

1 hour ago, KennethT said:

I guess - I've never used mine for that purpose either - but they are made of welded stainless steel so I imagine they'd be fine...

 

Not counting the ones made of horse hair.

 

[palo]

I think the screening is too thin to stand up to much heat. Look at the grills it is sitting on.

 

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[kayb]

Your local big box store should have several options for grill baskets. I have one that's a heavy-gauge wire in about 1/2 inch squares with a top that closes over it so you can flip things; it's handy to grill squash, eggplant slices, burgers, etc. I have another that looks like a 10-inch saute pan but the bottom is covered with round holes. They are about 1/2 inch wide. I have not specifically seen one, but I'll bet you could find one with the equivalent of a screen wire bottom, or make your own with some heavy-duty screen wire, a cheap springform pan sans bottom, and a soldering iron.

 

[Stuart Tett]

12 minutes ago, kayb said:

Your local big box store should have several options for grill baskets. I have one that's a heavy-gauge wire in about 1/2 inch squares with a top that closes over it so you can flip things; it's handy to grill squash, eggplant slices, burgers, etc. I have another that looks like a 10-inch saute pan but the bottom is covered with round holes. They are about 1/2 inch wide. I have not specifically seen one, but I'll bet you could find one with the equivalent of a screen wire bottom, or make your own with some heavy-duty screen wire, a cheap springform pan sans bottom, and a soldering iron.

 

Yep, I'm familiar with those. I was just curious about them using this. Most likely because they are working with really small vegetables. But most things I can think of for this purpose wouldn't hold up to the heat. But maybe either they don't care or, the amount of time is so short that it's not an issue.