Does a cast iron cooking grid require seasoning?

Bayarad

Planning on picking up a cast iron grid to give my steaks those pretty grill marks! Any type of seasoning like a coat of vegetable oil and a half hour on the egg or are they good to go right out of the box? Thanks in advance!

fusionhq

I'm no expert, but I season all my cast iron pieces. I would do the same if I had a grid. I make sure after every use and cleaning that the iron is oiled with vege or canola oil.

eggLaTech

I basically washed mine while the egg was starting then placed it over coals to dry. Once dry I sprayed with "Pam".

U_tarded

Good luck keeping it seasoned. I forgot about mine last night and was running it at 700 for like 45 mins not much left but I brought the temp down oiled it and cooked away.

nolaegghead

Just oil it after you're done using it and maybe before you use it if it's about to cook something that will stick.

Carolina Q

I don't do anything to mine. A little oil the first time I used it. Haven't touched it since. Before the next cook, I might scrape off the larger chunks that got stuck last time. Maybe. Never oil it other than what the food supplies. Four years old, never seasoned, never scrubbed. No rust either. Use it almost every cook, but it has gone unused for over a month without harm.

nolaegghead

^^^ or that (even though everyone knows you go straight to hell if you don't oil your cast iron )

Point is, you don't need to season it.  The seasoning will "ash" off half the time, or at least if that grate gets about 600-ish F. 

Bayarad

Thanks I think I will give it a good coat before the first run and while the egg is coming up to temp it should season it a bit then see how it goes from there. The nice thing is cast iron is pretty hardy and can always be scrubbed and reseasoned if it gets fouled up somewhere along the line! Appreciate the input!

NPHuskerFL

Gets seasoned with use. Mine is 99.9% always in the egg so it has seen low and slow up to nuclear. I let it get good and hot and then scrub it down to knock off the buildup. No need to reinvent the wheel here. Cook on it, hit it with oil, whatever»» just use it & enjoy the great even heat distribution of the CI grid.

grege345

I just put it in the egg and started usin it.

Egglegal_Alien

Craycort's come pre-seasoned, and I guess this is the case for most other brands.

I clean mine a little after each cook using a steel brush, and reaply a little rendered beef fat or vegetable oil after high temp (600 F+) cooks/sears (extreme heat can carbonize and undo CI seasoning) when the temp is coming down after a cook (@300-400 F).

Cheers!