How did you season new grill grates?

loco_engr

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littlerascal56

Throw them on your grill, spray with Pam or Duckfat, and cook on them.  Easy peasy.  Brush them with a wet brush when done, and they are clean and ready to cook again!

Langner91

I used the onion trick.  Cut an onion in half, get the grates hot, and wipe the onion over the grates.  You can feel the chemical reaction.  Something in the onion adheres to the grill grate and makes it non stick.

Supposedly.

RRP

Dumb *ss me didn't know we had to season those!

RRP

RRP said:

Dumb *ss me didn't know we had to season those!

BTW just today I used my "Billy Bar" to scrape "metal on metal" to clean off both my Small and Large grates and then wiped them down with a paper towel.

littlerascal56

After a couple cooks, the steak no longer sticks. This was a ribeye on the Napoleon gasser.  Have a set on my PK360 also, but both are seasoned and don’t stick to beef or chicken.  

HeavyG

RRP said:

Dumb *ss me didn't know we had to season those!

They're hard anodized thus the aluminum has a tough/smooth oxide coating. I don't think they really need "seasoning" but if some folks find that helps them that's cool.

Langner91

I knew I didn't dream this up.

https://www.grillgrate.com/care-and-cleaning/

bbracey21

Thanks for this. I received mine in the mail a week ago and haven’t had a chance to use them yet. Very soon tho.