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Season Cast Iron Grate

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RGBHV
RGBHV Posts: 1,318
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
What is the best method to season a new cast iron grate?

What about on going maintenance?

Michael
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  • Bluecrab3
    Bluecrab3 Posts: 328
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    Michael, it's ready to roll. Just clean it with soap and water. After each use, I scrape mine and spray it with pam to prevent rusting and bring it inside. It's grate (no pun intended).... :laugh:
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  • Chef Boyaree
    Chef Boyaree Posts: 150
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    actually something better than pam... Weber makes a non stick grilling spray that works at temps much higher than Pam.... it can be sprayed directly onto a fire w/out flame ups.... fantastic product
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  • Bluecrab3
    Bluecrab3 Posts: 328
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    Good idea. Thanks.
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  • Rooster K
    Rooster K Posts: 416
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    Mine has been on my egg for two years. All I have ever done is clean it with a wire brush and I oil it before each cook. I have not had it rust. Now go buy a steak and get it on there! :woohoo:
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,765
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    Not sure I'd would want to use soap on cast iron being its a porous metal . . .
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  • RGBHV
    RGBHV Posts: 1,318
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    I thought for sure that you'd have to season CI.

    Michael
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  • Bluecrab3
    Bluecrab3 Posts: 328
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    Meant to say only soap before first use....good to hear ci can stay outside and not rust. Thanks!
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  • crabby
    crabby Posts: 19
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    Can't hurt to season it. I decided to do it to my new grate - rubbed with lard, then 2 hrs at 350, wipe down and repeat one more time. Thats how I do all my new CI pans and cooking equipment.
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
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    you can, but you won't have any seasoning left after a sear.

    best thing to do is use it, clean with a brush when hot. if you want to you could wipe with oil before storing it. but any true seasoning is going to be toast when the thing is nuked over coals
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
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    your daisy is cast iron....
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • Grandpas Grub
    Grandpas Grub Posts: 14,226
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    Cook on it.

    If you ever take the egg to searing temperatures you burn off any of the seasoning you have done previously.

    Just use it and don't worry. If you are located where rust forms just brush it off often and heat it up and cook some more.

    GG
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  • Misippi Egger
    Misippi Egger Posts: 5,095
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    GG stole my sentiments! If you cook on it regularly, it will get seasoned with meat juices every time you cook. I seasoned all my skillets, griddles and DO's with lard and cooked them in the egg. Same with the DW when it started to get gunky and a little rusty, but have not had to season my CI grid.
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
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    he did, and the five posts before him

    hahaha
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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