help, i am having problems seasoning my new viking griddle
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forming a rough exterior. any help would be appreciated. TIA
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Leonard Lehew
I'd suggest that you gently sand the rusty spots away and apply a thin
coating of peanut oil. Heat it until it is smoking a bit. Cut off the
heat and let it cool. Wipe it off, add some fresh peanut oil and heat
it up again. Do this several times. If the griddle plate is removable,
you can also get a similar result by coating with oil and "baking" in
a 350 degree oven for a few hours. Again, it doesn't hurt to repeat
the process.
After you use it, wash it quickly in hot water with minimal scrubbing,
and dry it immediately. You might heat it a bit to get it thoroughly
dry. If the griddle isn't well-seasoned or if you don't plan to use it
again right away, rub a thin layer of peanut oil on it If is the
removable type that sit on top of a couple of burners, if you are not
going to use it for several weeks, coat it with a heavier layer of oil
and put it in a plastic bag.
Good luck!
Leonard
Warren H. Prince
leave it black, like a cast iron pan, or do you clean it. I've worked in a
few restaurants, and to a one, every night, the griddle would get scrubbed
down with cleanser and steelwool (the coarse type), revealing shinny metal.
I have never worked or visited a restaurant where the griddle was allowed to
season. I'd appreciate comments/thoughts on this...
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Leonard Lehew
stainless steel, so it doesn't require seasoning. It should be
scrubbed clean after use. Viking also sells an accessory griddle
that is cast iron and can be placed on top of two surface
burners. I suspect that this is what the original poster has,
but I couldn't tell for sure. If so, this can be treated like a
cast iron pan.
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ebe...@my-deja.com
lift it out to clean it but it weighs a ton and is very awkward to grab
on to. i am such a clean freak i have been getting help to yank it out,
scrub it, always somewhat unsucessfully. Perhaps, i need some commercial
scrubbers to do the job. By seasoning it, i was hoping to get the
wonderful, natural non-stick properties that come with a well used pan.I
certainly appreciate all the input. thanks again.
In article <2b562454...@usw-ex0104-033.remarq.com>,
Mr. Bill
>my new giddle is indeed the "built-in" stainless steel type. i tried to
>lift it out to clean it but it weighs a ton and is very awkward to grab
>on to. i am such a clean freak i have been getting help to yank it out,
>scrub it, always somewhat unsucessfully.
Put your obsession aside and let you seasoning build up on the grill. You will
never get a not stick surface scrubbing the hell out of it every time.
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FWIW, I can't address your rusting problem. Maybe you're leaving too
much water on it, but SS shouldn't rust !!!! Scotch has a grill cleaning
system available at a restaurant supply store. It consists of a chemical
you spread over the griddle, and a handle for a scrubbing pad that you
lightly scrub the grill with. It also includes a scraper to "pull" the
residue off the griddle. I bought the system, and used it yesterday the
first time. Worked like a charm. Grill is nice and clean.....
<ebe...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8b6t94$h7s$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> i know i am not doing this correctly as my griddle is rusting and
> forming a rough exterior. any help would be appreciated. TIA
>
>
Charlie Sorsby
Warren H. Prince <wUnSpa...@unconundrum.com> wrote:
= TIA,
= FWIW, I can't address your rusting problem. Maybe you're leaving too
= much water on it, but SS shouldn't rust !!!!
Yes and no.
Stainless steel apparently can be caused to rust. I don't know how
far it would go if you allowed it to continue without cleaning but
I've read and experience affirms that contact between stainless
steel and non-stainless steel or iron can get rust started on the
stainless. For example, put an ordinary iron or steel (not
stainless) utensil in a stainless pot or bowl, fill with water and
allow to stand for several days. Yes, I realize that it could
simply be a rust *stain* on the stainless but it certainly seems to
imbed itself into the stainless if it is. I wish that I could cite
a reference for where I read about it but I'm afraid that I've long
forgotten.
Perhaps there are some metalurgists out there who can confirm or
deny?
= <ebe...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8b6t94$h7s$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
= > i know i am not doing this correctly as my griddle is rusting and
= > forming a rough exterior. any help would be appreciated. TIA
= >
= >
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have experienced some occasional rust. However, in this case, a griddle,
I'd like to assume he's referring to the plate, with nothing left on it.
The quality of the stainless used may be at issue, but I'd also question
whether he has some form of steel plate instead of stainless.....
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