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Would anyone like to hazard a guess what they are made from? I'm thinking beautiful charcoal basket.....
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At a guess it'd be something like nickel coated steel wire, not sure what the health implications of that are
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They are frequently used as such as several other posts reveal. A VERY quick google search shows several suppliers all of whom tell you what they are made of. Here is one of them, just the top one off the list.

http://www.displaycentre.co.uk/Baskets- ... tAodCTwARw
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Wow I really struggled to find anything on them. Zinc plated going to be a health issue? I'm sure I remember seeing a post on shopping basket buckets but couldn't find it again
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I just used the search routine on the forum and found numerous hits.
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Shopping basket returns only this thread! !
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I entered shopping basket and got these hits

http://www.bbbqs.com/Forum/search.php?k ... mit=Search
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My bad! I was using the search in topic bar! Sorry. 1st uds - if outside of drum is painted do I need to remove the paint before spraying?
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