What is this?

[sigaris]

Hi All,

Woke up this morning to go clean my grill from yesterdays cook, and saw this. Looks like rust, but this is a brand new grill and rust doesn’t make sense. Just curious if anyone knows what this is and if it’s normal.

[zinfella]

Looks like rust…….

[sigaris]

Thanks, but doesn’t make sense given that this is literally 2 weeks old. Would think they would make these things rust proof.

[bbqLuv]

Spray it with pam and season it quickly. Remove the rust and season it.

[rickgregory]

is the inside of the lid painted?

[sigaris]

Yes.. brand new grill. Inside is painted black.

[rickgregory]

I'd clean it off and see if the paint was lost and you're seeing bare metal that's rusted. Regardless, it's brand new so if it's even slightly defective, I'd return/exchange it.

[HawkerXP]

What did you cook last?

[sigaris]

Smoked some Ribs yesterday. It was only my second cook on the grill. First was earlier in the week.. just some chicken legs.

[rickgregory]

Huh. It looks like rust but I'd wipe it off. I wonder if some iron/steel powder was there and rusted? very odd.

[RichieB]

Return it. Weber will make good.

[Attjack]

Weird.

[WI Bubba]

I don't think it's rust. Here is what the good folks over at Virtual Weber Bullet have to say.
https://www.virtualweberbullet.com/f...uestions/#rust

I get the same thing on my WSM, and knock it off with a wire brush if it gets bad enough to bother me. Which means I very rarely give it a second look.

[sigaris]

Thank you! Appreciate the link. Very informative and consistent with what I did which was low and slow with water in a roasting pan.

[zinfella]

Yes, Smokealatoryness Condenserated Adhesion, of course!

[Razor]

Immediately thought of that post when I read this thread. Good job finding it.