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09-22-2020, 12:28 AM
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Brand: Heartland
State: Georgia
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More Blackstone Griddle Questions - re-seasoning
I have just purchased my third Blackstone Griddle (tail gater) and am falling in love with it.
I have a 36” unit that has been sitting idle for about a year so I figured I needed to “re-season” it.
The first thing I did was scrub it with a scrubber and water to clean it and wiped it down with a light coat of Canola oil.
Then I cranked up the heat to start the first round of seasoning and several areas started bubbling up. I shut the heat off and scrubbed these areas clean with a metal scrap and started all over again.
After a couple of rounds it seemed there is a area of bare metal that is not taking the oil. Can my heat be too high? It’s around 750 degrees according to my infrared sensor.
Thanks for any help.
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09-22-2020, 12:40 AM
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Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
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Welcome to our campfire!
I was under the impression that seasoning the griddle involved burning off the oil that you added to it.
(But I'm on my first one right now... )
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09-22-2020, 12:46 AM
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Re-Seasoning Griddle
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Welcome to our campfire!
I was under the impression that seasoning the griddle involved burning off the oil that you added to it.
(But I'm on my first one right now... )
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Bob - This is my first time to re-season a griddle - I don't know if the process is supposed to remove all the previous seasoning down to bare metal. I thought it just put down a new layer. I am not sure.
Thanks for the reply-
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09-22-2020, 12:51 AM
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Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
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THOR #8860
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Try doing just what you did the first time.
After all: what's the worst thing that could happen?
Good luck!
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09-22-2020, 12:58 AM
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If you want to do a "good" re-seasoning. Use steel wool, scapper and water to remove top the layers of old seasonings. Then oil up and heat like a new one
If its not flaking or rusting no real need to re-season. Just water down and clean just like after a cook, then oil and heat til smoke stops cool and put away
Jerry
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09-22-2020, 01:20 AM
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If I’m not mistaken the Blackstone manual tells you how to re-season if needed.
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09-22-2020, 10:41 AM
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Re-Seasoning Blackston griddle
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Originally Posted by halfprice
If you want to do a "good" re-seasoning. Use steel wool, scapper and water to remove top the layers of old seasonings. Then oil up and heat like a new one
If its not flaking or rusting no real need to re-season. Just water down and clean just like after a cook, then oil and heat til smoke stops cool and put away
Jerry
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I found a great video released by Blackstone on YouTube that answered all my questions - thanks for all comments
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09-22-2020, 10:43 AM
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Model: Tuscany 42GX
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750 degrees F is hot enough to distort carbon steel so a bit hotter than you want
Unless you have rust simply scrape, oil, heat like the first seasoning
Works fine for me on our original Blackstone
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09-27-2020, 02:19 AM
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Steel wool can leave marks on the griddle. Try using a griddle brick from your local restaurant supply store.
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10-13-2020, 06:52 PM
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Brand: Still Looking
Model: Renegade Valencia 38RB
State: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Calman
Steel wool can leave marks on the griddle. Try using a griddle brick from your local restaurant supply store.
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When I said steel wool I should have said to use it lightly not scrub hard
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10-14-2020, 09:12 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Missouri
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I use 0000 steel wool on the windshield
Should work on the griddle as well
Usually the scraper will do the job though
Quote:
Originally Posted by halfprice
When I said steel wool I should have said to use it lightly not scrub hard
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10-14-2020, 09:49 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
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Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
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THOR #8860
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I think they season the best under a full load of bacon and eggs.
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10-14-2020, 10:12 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
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Heat the griddle up until it is smoking hot - it starts to burn off a bunch of junk. Then give it a squirt of water to get a nice steam going - steam cleans. Then lightly scrape it with your choice of tool. Give it a minute and hit it with water one last time. Reduce the heat to low, wait 10 minutes and put 2 pounds of bacon on it and render down. Drain bacon fat into grease trap and call it a day. Make BLTs when done.
When all else fails rub some bacon on it:
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10-14-2020, 10:39 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
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Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
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