Blackstone 22" griddle for $99 at Walmart!!
edit: Heads up this version the legs are meant to be attached permanently. Recent camping trip i notice most my friends have ditched the charcoal grill and moved onto these propane griddles. Been l...
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OK, I have a 17 inch already, but getting it out to use it at home is a pain, so I only have once or twice. I have a screened in back porch so I cannot grill as the smoke is too much even with a gas grill, and I never liked cooking directly over a LP flame.
So after a online check I found that a Walmart about 30 miles from the house had two in stock. Several other closer stores were Out of Stock.
I won't comment on the area where this store is located (there really are some nice housing areas not far away) but they only have one entrance open, and lots of police and security on duty both in and out of the store. Anyhow, I found them rather quickly in the garden area, there were actually three of them.
When you unpack it, you will find one major issue, the gas hose will probably be badly kinked. To make it fit in the box, it was folded over on itself and I may have to replace the hose and regulator if it proves to be a problem.
Beyond the hose, I found it to be well made and of good quality and all of the pieces fit together properly. The wheels are actual rubber or polyurethane; solid, not thin, hollow plastic like I expected.
Assembly is easy but time consuming. You need a table to set it upside down on, and opening the package with the hardware is difficult without scattering parts, so open the hardware on a towel spread out to keep stuff from getting away. Some of the screws are pre-locktited (is that a word?) and for assembly you will need a #3 phillips, as a #2 will tear up the screw heads. You will also need a 10, 14 and 17 mm combination wrenches to tighten the wheels and the few nuts there are.
I already have flax seed oil so I will use that to season with, and I have throw away grease cups from the 17 inch model so I am set there.
Flax seed oil has a rather high flash point and does OK for seasoning. I did my 17 inch griddle in the oven in the house, the way Cowboy Kent Rollins (Cowboy Cooking) recommends doing cast iron.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZMXZfcol8&list=PLQHi7MO6wVAqSJuzQ8wBk2xcWvF4UXZsp
https://youtu.be/mSOJkGpdHiE
Charles
So after a online check I found that a Walmart about 30 miles from the house had two in stock. Several other closer stores were Out of Stock.
I won't comment on the area where this store is located (there really are some nice housing areas not far away) but they only have one entrance open, and lots of police and security on duty both in and out of the store. Anyhow, I found them rather quickly in the garden area, there were actually three of them.
When you unpack it, you will find one major issue, the gas hose will probably be badly kinked. To make it fit in the box, it was folded over on itself and I may have to replace the hose and regulator if it proves to be a problem.
Beyond the hose, I found it to be well made and of good quality and all of the pieces fit together properly. The wheels are actual rubber or polyurethane; solid, not thin, hollow plastic like I expected.
Assembly is easy but time consuming. You need a table to set it upside down on, and opening the package with the hardware is difficult without scattering parts, so open the hardware on a towel spread out to keep stuff from getting away. Some of the screws are pre-locktited (is that a word?) and for assembly you will need a #3 phillips, as a #2 will tear up the screw heads. You will also need a 10, 14 and 17 mm combination wrenches to tighten the wheels and the few nuts there are.
I already have flax seed oil so I will use that to season with, and I have throw away grease cups from the 17 inch model so I am set there.
Flax seed oil has a rather high flash point and does OK for seasoning. I did my 17 inch griddle in the oven in the house, the way Cowboy Kent Rollins (Cowboy Cooking) recommends doing cast iron.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZMXZfcol8&list=PLQHi7MO6wVAqSJuzQ8wBk2xcWvF4UXZsp
https://youtu.be/mSOJkGpdHiE
Charles
