Rusty grille - How to avoid
I am very fussy about cleaning my BBQ grille after every use. It has your typical cast iron cooking surface. I clean it thoroughly, scrape off excess food, burn off all residue and follow that with ...
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miltvill wrote:
I grill/BBQ almost every day. Over the past 45 years I have had many cheap gas grills, 3 charcoal and one smoker. The worst thing you can do to a grill with cast iron grates is to burn the food off after cooking and not seasoning the grates for the next use. I never clean my grill after use. I clean my grill when I am going to use it and season the grates. However, if you don't cook as often as I do then clean the grates after you cook and oil the grates. I live in a hot humid place so I now have a Weber Geneses III gas grill with heavy stainless steal grates (expensive but worth it). For my 34 year old Weber charcoal grill and smoker every few years I replace the grates. I will not have another grill with cast iron grates. I have also had grills with cast iron burners that did not last 2 years. I do love my cast iron pans.
For camping I'm with you on using stainless steel grates especially in humid climates.
My cast iron dutch ovens and pans are not stored in the RV when we are not traveling. I bring them inside the house for storage. I'll load them back into the RV during trip prep.
After use I clean them and re-season with lard or other low/no salt oil. Never olive oil which has a high salt content depending on the brand.
