Preserving and flavoring the Blackstone griddle

[TechBill]

I have been using propane grill with rocks for years until I got the Blackstone griddle a couple of years back and I fell in love with it.

I find myself cooking in it more that just BBQ grilling during lunch or dinner. I cook breakfast for even grilled cheese sandwiches during lunch time (for 4 kids here) which make meals done quickly in a short amount of time and kitchen is more easier to keep clean.

Anyone here use Blackstone? What do you use to preserves and flavor the griddle?

I read up so many tips and suggestions on the net but so far plain vegetable oil seems to be working out for us.

Bill

 

[Gatekeeper]

Bacon grease, crisco, anything that has a high temp burn rate.

 

[TechBill]

Bacon grease, crisco, anything that has a high temp burn rate.

I was told by other Blackstone grillers and read on the net that Avocado oil is the way to go with it high heat point at 525 degrees

 

[Gatekeeper]

How expensive is avocado oil? Just fry up some bacon and collect the grease, throw it in a jar and keep in the fridge.

 

[TechBill]

How expensive is avocado oil? Just fry up some bacon and collect the grease, throw it in a jar and keep in the fridge.

Nobody in our household eat bacon

Avocado oil run about 8 dollar a bottle or 40 dollar a gallon and the smoke temp at around 520 to 575. I don't recall cooking anything at this high of a temp so it would use very little oil while cooking and a bottle should last a whole year.

The hamburgers are best cook at with the temp set at 375 or so and the bacon smoke temp is only at 325.

 

[Gatekeeper]

Try cooking your burgers low and slow. I smoke my burgers around 225 for about an hour and a half. They turn a burgundy color, are smokey, and very juicy.

 

[TechBill]

Try cooking your burgers low and slow. I smoke my burgers around 225 for about an hour and a half. They turn a burgundy color, are smokey, and very juicy.

My wife smoke our burger in our electric smoker when we are in mood for smoked burger but my all my 4 children don't like their burger smoked .. they rather have it grilled with no additional flavoring to it.

 

[Ronstar]

Kids, whadaya do?

 

[tvr]

Kids, whadaya do?

A little off topic ... back in February we had three of the grandkids over for a sleep over. I made chicken nuggets and french fries from scratch using fresh chicken breasts and potatoes. Potatoes were double fried. Wife and I thought they both turned out great. One of the 4 year old twins took a bite out of a chicken nugget, looks at me with a sad face and says "Pop, McDonalds is better". I ended up making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for her.