Blackstone 22" griddle for $99 at Walmart!!

wopachop wrote:
He didnt seem to mind the map gas sound. Scared of the air compressor hose though. Silly fella. He thinks its a water hose and bath time.

2 items i would recommend are an air compressor and propane torch or yellow can. Temp gun is useful and fun to play with. I had the griddle set to full blast for over an hour last night. Then used the torch in the corners and it starts smoking instantly. Which shows the corners wont get hot enough to season properly. Several of the videos i watched mentioned used a torch in the corners. I hit the sides as well. Got everything over 600F. Which might be overly hot. Im not exactly sure what temp it starts to smoke off at. Over 400ish because thats what the corners and sides seem to stick at. Quick blast of map gas gets them in the 600 range and the organics burn off.

The air compressor was nice to blow off tiny pieces of paper towel. I think next time i would sacrifice a nice lint free microfiber instead of the paper towel. Also next time i would apply the oil to a warm surface. Not the 600F scorching a$$ hot. I was getting a lot of burnt paper towel. I ended up letting the griddle cool between seasoning and applying the oil to a warm surface. Enough to melt the oil. But i could use my hands and the paper towel instead of tongs.  

Does anyone have advice on seasoning? Because they want you to crank the heat and watch for a color change on the surface. Then add oil to that hot surface. Is that necessary for the polymer action to happen? If i was to season the griddle again i would apply the oil to the hot surface the first time only. Then after that apply warm and crank the heat to burn it off. I did 5 rounds of their blackstone palm oil blend. I think round 4 and 5 i switched to applying the oil to the warm surface. Liked that a lot better because i could apply a nice even thin layer.