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Old 09-22-2020, 12:28 AM   #1
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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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Old 09-22-2020, 12:40 AM   #2
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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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Old 09-22-2020, 12:46 AM   #3
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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... )
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.

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Old 09-22-2020, 12:51 AM   #4
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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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Old 09-22-2020, 12:58 AM   #5
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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

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If I’m not mistaken the Blackstone manual tells you how to re-season if needed.
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Old 09-22-2020, 10:41 AM   #7
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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

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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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Old 09-22-2020, 10:43 AM   #8
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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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Old 09-27-2020, 02:19 AM   #9
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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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Steel wool can leave marks on the griddle. Try using a griddle brick from your local restaurant supply store.
When I said steel wool I should have said to use it lightly not scrub hard
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Old 10-14-2020, 09:12 PM   #11
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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
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I think they season the best under a full load of bacon and eggs.
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Old 10-14-2020, 10:12 PM   #13
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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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