BAPyessir6
Senior Cook
Got a charcoal grill that uses cast iron grill grates. (I've seasoned cast iron before, but never cured as most of the pans I've bought came already cured.) The grill's website info tells me how to cure the grates. Vegetable oil, 400 degrees F, 1 hour. I did this in the oven (as it was raining and I didn't want to try curing in the rain) and it produces a good amount of smoke. After airing out the house, I worried I did it wrong, then looked at the manual I received for the same exact model/product and it said to use Crisco instead of oil, 250 degrees F, 2 hours. So after cooling the grates, I ovened them again for 2 hours at 250. Now the grates smoked less, but now they have a brown tinge. Did I cure them wrong? Is this rust?