Not even close. This is much thicker and must be tempered as it stays outside, at night in the garage and has never rusted or even had a wheel squeak. I have used it now 2 years in a row. Still same deep black.
As for an oil background I grew up in Saudi with a dad who worked for Aramco, they knew how to make barbecues let me tell you, but not this nice in terms of retaining heat. What all the old Aramco guys were good at were stills. Really good stills.