MCS strikes again new Pitt Boss

[John Henry]

Agroboy Up North: So would love to hear your thoughts on the griddle now having broken it in, please, sir!

[Troutman]

She be pretty, enjoy your new toy !!! 👍

[Mosca]

The one thing I see in the FB Pit Boss Griddle groups is people having problems maintaining the non-stick surface. I saw that you watched and liked the couple vids I posted in Uncle Bob’s topic; that’s how I do mine, and after a year and a half it still looks like it did when I put it together. Water when it’s hot, turn the gas off, eat dinner and let time do its work, then clean it with a mild scrubby thing and a little pressure. Wipe, oil, wipe, done.

A full griddle of bacon can be a bit more work to clean, but it’s all the same nature. A full griddle of bacon is my most common cook, and my surface looks like this (photo taken seconds ago):



That is after 18 months of all season use, well over 100 cooks.

[Mosca]

Also, and this will save you a lot of experimenting: almost everything is done at the lowest setting, with everything else in between 1/4 and 1/2. If you don’t have an IR gun, it’s a good thing to have. I have an expensive Thermoworks IR and a $10 cheap Amazon IR gun; they register within a couple degrees of each other. We aren’t doing metallurgy here. Get the cheap one and don’t look back.

300° for eggs,





350° for stir fry and cheesesteaks (about 1/4),





400° for smashburgers (about 1/2).




Even though it’s a big piece of metal, it’s still pretty responsive to changes. It’s only a few seconds moving the dials up, and only about a minute when you move them down.

The left P burner on high is about the same as the center and right I burners on low, a little hotter but not much. On my griddle the P burner is 325° on high and the other two 300° on low. If you need a temp below 300°, that’s where you’ll get it. If you’re holding stir fry, or onions for cheesesteak, you can reduce the left burner to low and hold it there. I don’t remember the temp: 250°? 225°? Something like that. Hotter than warming, but not so cool that stuff won’t cook there, so keep an eye on it, keep it moving a little.

Have fun! It’s a blast. It won’t take the place of anything you already have, it will just be a way to bring more cooks outside, stuff like breakfast, stir fry, cheesesteaks, smashburgers… lots of really good stuff.

[Argoboy]

Thank you that is good information to know. I have a IR gun I will use it next time I cook. I ordered PittBoss utensils so I will wait to get them before doing any more cooking. I used it once it sure cleans up easy.