First seasoning of my pk griddle plate. The guide says that you can just cook on it, but, there seems to be some kind of coating on it that does not look pleasant. The more I heated and scraped, the more came off. Surface seems to be slightly warped as well. Anyways, I cleaned and oiled a few times, and will do burgers later today so we'll see. Also picked up an IR gun. Klien was a decent price so I went with that.
I’m sorry but that first photo doesn’t look healthy at all. Was there a plastic film you needed to peel off. I just feel reservations when I look at that.
There didn't seem to be anything on it. I used soap and water as pk suggested, and then heated it up. Not sure what it was, but I'm not tasting anything funny. Very odd.
Contacted PK, and they confirmed that there is no coating on the griddle and are sending me a new one. Great service. I also offered to send the first one back. (Cause there is obviously a coating that is coming off).
So, I continue to experiment. I scrubbed the griddle with soap and water and steel wool to basically start over, then I did the flip side as well. I then picked up some grape seed oil and heated everything up. I applied a 'thin' coat of oil and put the lid down to give it a minute. This resulted in a bit of warping along its length with one end up about 1/2 inch. Put on another couple of coats and then flipped a very hot griddle over to the other side to season it as well. This pulled the warping back towards flat again. Definitely going to be a learning process. Wish PK had some additional information on this as I'm trying to apply what I get from blackstone vids to this process. My next cook will see if I made this better or worse. At least I have a spare now..
I decided to experiment with the first griddle first before destroying another. This new one though, does no seem as grey in color. What that might mean, I haven't a clue. Lol
There is definitely a learning process to this. Rule #1. Heat slowly
#2. PATIENCPATIEN
I used half a chimney of briquettes but wasn't patient and the griddle was not up to temp before I put the burgers on. Also didn't need the olive oil either. Kept having to scrape oil off to the sides. Finally gave up, removed the griddle and put the grates back on to finish up. Thinking that maybe i should have gone with the half and half griddle with slots on the other half. Still waiting to try doing a breakfast. I'll let you all know.
Finally made french toast, bacon and eggs on the griddle. Getting better at how to place the briquettes to create different temperature zones. This worked out really well. No sticking. Grease management is to me an irritant. One, I lose the bacon grease. That's where having a griddle with a lip and a way to collect grease is invaluable. With the plate, my only choice is to scrape to to the side and let it go to the bottom of the pk. This will be a mess to clean up. Other than that, I'm happy with this purchase.
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