Merry Christmas!

[DSCatering]

Got an 18 in SNS for christmas. Yipee!! Now do I need to season or do a burn in before using properly?

[Elton's BBQ]

Congratulations!!
Just go on and use it..

[HawkerXP]

Merry Christmas! I would think the grate needs a cleaning or burn in. Congrats!

[Elton's BBQ]

Agreed..

[RonB]

Conventional wisdom is that a burn in will remove any residual oils as well as anything left over from the manufacturing process. As above, I'd wash the grate at the least. And a burn in won't hurt anything except your wallet.

[CHNeal]

Yep I would run a burn cycle. Of course its actually bad luck ( ok I made that up) to light a grill and not you it. Give her a full load of charcoal and let her roll for a half and hour and then since you are all dressed up, Cook something!

[HawkerXP]

+1

[radiodome21]

I seasoned mine per the instructions then after a half hour or so I did burgers 🍔 on it.

[Redwng]

Congrats on the new tool in the arsenal. You know we can't have too many tools.