Preparing Blackstone griddle for winter storage

Angela

Well it's almost September and we probably don't have much more than 6-8 weeks of decent weather to griddle in. I know we won't use the Blackstone in the snow. So how do you guys prep the griddle for winter storage? It's going to have to be stored in the garage or shed over the winter. Should I coat the griddle in a thin layer of shortening to protect it from moisture? 

Ozzie_Isaac

I push it in the garage.  Then roll it on when I want to use it.

DoubleEgger

Angela said:

Well it's almost September and we probably don't have much more than 6-8 weeks of decent weather to griddle in. I know we won't use the Blackstone in the snow. So how do you guys prep the griddle for winter storage? It's going to have to be stored in the garage or shed over the winter. Should I coat the griddle in a thin layer of shortening to protect it from moisture? 

Yes. Treat it like any other cast iron. 

lousubcap

@Angela -  coulda gone all day without reading the thread title    Curious as to where you are?  What, with no climate change and no global warming you can get another 6 weeks + out of it before the ice age descends...

blasting

Angela said:

Well it's almost September and we probably don't have much more than 6-8 weeks of decent weather to griddle in. I know we won't use the Blackstone in the snow.

That's just depressing.  

Angela

DoubleEgger said:

Angela said:

Well it's almost September and we probably don't have much more than 6-8 weeks of decent weather to griddle in. I know we won't use the Blackstone in the snow. So how do you guys prep the griddle for winter storage? It's going to have to be stored in the garage or shed over the winter. Should I coat the griddle in a thin layer of shortening to protect it from moisture? 

Yes. Treat it like any other cast iron. 

Thanks, that's what I was thinking. 

Spring Chicken

We don't do winter here.

Spring "Still In Season One" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

rcone

After last springs reasoning, I was debating covering mine in beef suet or similar fat and putting it in a garbage bag until spring. 

ColtsFan

I will coat mine in lard and then store in the garage. Although, I'm hoping to still be griddling into November 

thetrim

Sounds like someone needs to move

rcone

you have no idea

yljkt

I'm dead in the middle of the snow belt. What is this "winter storage" you speak of? 

theyolksonyou

What is this winter you speak of?  I think we call it Christmas. 

tarheelmatt

Down here in the frozen tundra of central NC, we just cook in the blowing snow and in blizzards.  We just deal with it.  

Jeremiah

I believe I do more outside cooking in the winter than summer. But our winters are like 30s, and summers 100s. No way I'd live up there, but damn these Summer's suck down here. 

BilZol

We've already got light snow in the hills here. Last snow was mid May. I hate winter. All eight months of it. Every single day of it. Every one of them. 

theyolksonyou

BilZol said:

We've already got light snow in the hills here. Last snow was mid May. I hate winter. All eight months of it. Every single day of it. Every one of them. 

You could move down here. We're in the last week of summer, then we transition to still summer. 

tarheelmatt

Jeremiah said:

I believe I do more outside cooking in the winter than summer. But our winters are like 30s, and summers 100s. No way I'd live up there, but damn these Summer's suck down here. 

This is true for me too I think.  I get the knack to cook more.  

BilZol

theyolksonyou said:

BilZol said:

We've already got light snow in the hills here. Last snow was mid May. I hate winter. All eight months of it. Every single day of it. Every one of them. 

You could move down here. We're in the last week of summer, then we transition to still summer. 

Wife has ten more years to retirement then we're bailing. She just wanted to make sure we could take the Eggs with us. 

jonnymack

Down in Georgia we don't really do any prep work for the 2 days of winter the griddle is unusable for.

BilZol

jonnymack said:

Down in Georgia we don't really do any prep work for the 2 days of winter the griddle is unusable for.

I miss Georgia. 

fishlessman

i also cook more in winter than in the summer, i can tell you those 4 days hovering up near 100 degrees i went into survival mode and just kept cold beer near to me, no cooking. i had cold beer at hand all the other days this year as well but i wasnt in survival mode

northGAcock

It's football season.......it's time to dust her off, oil her up and get busy.