Pour a few spoons of your chosen cooking oil on the griddle.

My blackstone griddle is rusty. Once dry, unhook the cooking surface latch in order to remove the griddle surface and burner protectors. Step one is to determine how badly the griddle is rusted. Rust is an iron oxide that forms when iron or steel is exposed to oxygen and moisture.

Then use oil, steel wool or a griddle stone tool to grind off. Turn the blackstone griddle to the maximum heat setting and wait 30 minutes for it to get fully hot. You can use any cooking oil, but flax, grapeseed, and.

Wipe down with a sponge. Once the surface has cooled down, add a thin layer of your oil and wipe it down with paper towels, helping spread the oil. Use a metal scraper and get all the hard bits, coagulated oil and carbon off.

1.2 clean the griddle surface. Grab a bowl of soapy warm water and a clean dish towel. Turn the griddle on and keep the heat high for 20 minutes.

Remove the griddle from the grill and wash it thoroughly with soap and hot water. I had the same issue. The heat is essential to weaken the hardened top of the rusty surface.

One was a black stone 22” and one was a sam’s club knock off. Keep the top dry and. Prepare the griddle for cleaning.