If you recently purchased a new grill, a very important tip that isn’t stressed enough (or publicly enough) is that you need to “season” it. Seasoning refers to coating your grill grates with some sort of vegetable oil in order to protect them in the cooking process.

You can season before you cook or, if you messed up like, season them after your first cook (notice the excessive stickiness?). If you season before you cook, preheat an oven or your grill to about 250-275 degrees. Make sure that your grill is clean and then just coat them in a thin layer of vegetable oil and then put them in for about twenty minutes. That should be long enough to get the oil on there.

The idea is to get a nice little protective layer of oil on the grill grates so that you don’t damage them. If you just finished grilling and haven’t seasoned yet, you can consider using PAM cooking spray but make sure the burners are off!

Also, remember to clean off the grill before you do this, seasoning charred on bits of chicken doesn’t really help. :)

Happy grilling!

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2 Responses to “HOWTO: Season Your Cast-Iron Grill Grates”  

  1. 1 Mike

    This is just plain bad advice.
    Use lard and bake for 2 hours. Do NOT season with veggie oils they will make your cast iron sticky.

  2. 2 Dave

    Agreed, terrible advice. Good luck if this is how you take care of your grill.

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