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Using cedar planks

Lil Bob
Lil Bob Posts: 5
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Can you reuse BGE cedar planks more than once?
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,705
    I use Cedar Planks for Salmon and reuse them. I scrub them with hot water and let them air dry. When I reuse them I place them on the egg for 4 minutes prior to placing the salmon filet on the plank.
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    • Grilling planks are only intended for single use. Reuse is unsanitary.
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,011
    edited May 2017
    I reuse them until they are too charred to use again. Just scrub with steel wool and water. I usually only use for salmon/fish, so no problem using them more than once.

    http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/04/guide-to-grilling-planking.html
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • GoooDawgs
    GoooDawgs Posts: 1,060
    I've used my planks probably 20 times.  If you do raised direct they won't burn too bad.  I flip them over at the end to burn both sides - I'm sure any uncooked fish stuff has burned off.  Rinse them off with hot water and they're good to go again.  
    Milton, GA 
    XL BGE & FB300
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  • Lil Bob
    Lil Bob Posts: 5
    Thank you!!
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  • OhioEgger
    OhioEgger Posts: 992
    SoCalTim said:
    • Grilling planks are only intended for single use. Reuse is unsanitary.
    Not true at all.
    Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,565
    buy a bundle of cedar shingles at hd and you will have a lifetime of inexpensive disposable planks ;)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,342
    fishlessman said:
    buy a bundle of cedar shingles at hd and you will have a lifetime of inexpensive disposable planks ;)
    I don't know about shingles, but I know some cedar fencing has waterproofing chemicals soaked in, I'd be suspicious.
    A friend of mine gave me some cedar cutoffs from his fence however, and I used them for awhile, and I think I'm still covfefe.  :tongue:
     
    And I prefer alder to cedar, but that's personal preference.  

    “The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken."

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    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • HofstraJet
    HofstraJet Posts: 1,170
    For under $1 each shipped, I just toss them. Not worth the effort.

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    Two Large Eggs, 6 gal Cajun Fryer, and a MiniMax in Charlotte, NC - My New Table
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,565
    Botch said:
    fishlessman said:
    buy a bundle of cedar shingles at hd and you will have a lifetime of inexpensive disposable planks ;)
    I don't know about shingles, but I know some cedar fencing has waterproofing chemicals soaked in, I'd be suspicious.
    A friend of mine gave me some cedar cutoffs from his fence however, and I used them for awhile, and I think I'm still covfefe.  :tongue:
     
    And I prefer alder to cedar, but that's personal preference.  
    the shingles you want will say untreated, they stain better so they dont waterproof those. 
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    OhioEgger said:
    SoCalTim said:
    • Grilling planks are only intended for single use. Reuse is unsanitary.
    Not true at all.
    Use to work as a cook in an upscale 'fish' restaurant ... health inspector said reuse was a 'no go' .. I'll stick with him.
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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