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Do I have to season cast iron griddle?

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LoveMyEgg
LoveMyEgg Posts: 3
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I just purchased the BGE cast iron grid and half moon griddle. Do I have to season them before using them to cook on? Thanks.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    Nope. You'll just burn off the seasoning anyway.

    Welcome to the madhouse! :)

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    I agree, but for the heck of it I'd wash them in hot water and dry them - after all a foundry can be a pretty filthy place - and no, I'm not a germ freak, but I did work in a foundry for 2 summers!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • LoveMyEgg
    LoveMyEgg Posts: 3
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    Thanks for the info..I will wash them well :)
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  • guzzijason
    guzzijason Posts: 143
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    I wipe mine down with a bit of cooking oil after I'm done cooking to help keep from rusting.

    __Jason
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  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot Posts: 6,959
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    I always season my C.I. cookware. And, if possible, my first cooks with them are with greasy or fatty meats, like bacon. My ultimate goal is to make them "non-stick" and seasoning helps in achieving that goal.
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    Dripping Springs, Texas.
    Just west of Austintatious


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  • Willie Lump Lump
    Willie Lump Lump Posts: 229
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    This weeks Americas Test Kitchen had a technique for cooking fish on a grill that was heated to over 650 degrees. They did multiple applications of cooking oil to build up the polymers on the grate.
    I have never had any kind of seasoning take on my CI grate or my griddle. I use them on the spider and they are serious hot when I cook. I think that the high sear that goes on the food lets it release just fine but the multiple layer oil coating looked worth trying.
    I don’t know if it would last between cooks or provide any benefit besides corrosion protection but it seemed easy enough to try.
    It seemed plenty smoky watching them though.
    TTFN WLL
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  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot Posts: 6,959
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    I was talking about C.I. skillets, griddles, and D.O.'s.
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    Dripping Springs, Texas.
    Just west of Austintatious


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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    LOL!! Well now, that's very different!! I was wonderin'......... :lol:

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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