Blackstone Griddle Review 36-inch Outdoor Flat Top Grill

28-inch – The 28-inch model features two stationary legs and two castor wheels. It delivers 30,000 BTUs over a 470 square inch cooking surface. It’s a good option for picnics or small backyard barbecues.

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I will tell you that Pit Boss sent me this griddle to use and review for free, but that in no way influences this review. I also find it easier to “pull” the grease and food debris towards me rather than having to “push” it away from me, as I have to do with the rear grease trap on the Blackstone griddle. When I first got my Camp Chef flat top grill (that doesn’t come with a hood), I purchased a melting dome and wire cooling rack combo that I HIGHLY recommend.

You’ll need to repeat this until all the rust is removed. First, you’ll need to heat your griddle and use a scraper to remove any debris. Then, you’ll blackstone gas grill coat the surface with oil and scrub vigorously with a grill stone. With Coyotes built in griddles you can build the perfect outdoor kitchen.

Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. Both Blackstone and Pit Boss are well respected companies with big followings and tons of positive reviews . The Blackstone griddle comes blackstone indoor griddle with their standard 1-year warranty, while the Pit Boss griddle comes with a 2-year warranty. Designed to clean griddle tops wet or dry, replaceable pads resist clogging and rinses clean.

The front-loaded grease tray tends to leak and create a mess, so this will need extra attention when it comes to clean up time. The griddle top will need scraping to get rid of the excess grease and debris and wiped down with a wet cloth, and then you need to oil it and re-season it. When it comes to seasoning blackstone gas grill the griddle and grease management, it isn’t the quickest of processes, and Blackstone recommends a seasoning process of 5x ‘oil and heat’. You can just move different foods around separately heated areas for the various stages of cooking. Or you can just light one side if it’s a quick steak or a few eggs.

Stainless steel or chrome griddles are excellent picks, as these are very resistant to rust damage. This is especially useful when doing outdoor cooking, as you don’t want those scrambled eggs to go cold while the sausages finish. Griddles make use of flat, open cooking surfaces commonly made from a kind of steel. This model has a 16″ x 38″ cooking surface and includes a grease strain and a grease cupholder, allowing you to keep everything neat and tidy throughout the process. The griddle top has a nice thickness and feels high quality.

Once they’re on, wait for the griddle to change color, which will take between 10 and 15 minutes, and the surface will smoke. This means that the oil is bonding to the metal top of the griddle, creating the much-needed protective layer that’ll ensure that your food gets an even distribution of heat too. Repeat this process twice more, adding a new oil layer and waiting for the surface to smoke, and then turn off the griddle and let it cool. This is a good time to listen to a food podcast—just to give you some ideas before your griddle is ready to go. Having cooked on both the 3 burner and 4 burner griddles, I would absolutely recommend going with a 4 burner gas griddle.