More questions on ECB Seasoning.

Bigbo · Newbie Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Somers, MT

Question:

On the first time with a ECB... it was stated that a person should season it with bacon grease, then light a fire top season it.

Do you want to use fire and smoke or just fire the first go around?

I bought a ECB(lowes version) Gourmet Smoke and Grill and put it together last night and I am going to season it tonight.

There are NO vents or legs on this version....but the charcoal pan does appear to have numersous slots and holes in it....so I think I am going to give it a whirl and see what it does.

I have not found the legs sold seperately either.

Maybe that is a change and the old "Mods" can't be performed now?

I'll keep ya all posted. Thanks in advance for any info.

P.S> - My wife thinks I am nuts....I found babybacks at $1.99 lb on sale.

I bought 10 ea. of the 2 pounders.

Rolling Eyes

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allsmokenofire · Posted: Mar 08 2006 Post subject:

Don't waste any wood chips/chunks when you season it. Just bring it up to smoking temp, 230-260, and let 'er rip for 3-4 hrs. Save the wood chips/chunks for those baby backs.

BTW, $1.99/lb. for baby backs is an awesome price!
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Hogwild · Posted: Mar 08 2006 Post subject:

Yea, save the wood, you just need heat to season it. it'll be a good test to see how well you can hold the temp, too.

Good luck with those baby backs.

Steve-O · Posted: Mar 09 2006 Post subject:

Ditto. Smoke it for 4 hours and then start cooking. No, you are not nuts. However, do the ribs a few at a time when you get started.
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Alien BBQ · Posted: Mar 09 2006 Post subject:

Resign yourself to the goo until you do one thing. To properly season anything, smoker, iron pan, grates, whatever. You have got to coat the metal with a fat or cooking oil and get it up to 400 degrees for 45 minutes. Anything less will season it, but the carbonization of the oil will not happen until 400 degrees. That is why you have a sticky substance on the metal.
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BradM · Posted: Mar 10 2006 Post subject:

Bigbo · Newbie Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Somers, MT

I am a bit confused as well...in fact I held off doing the seasoning (just to doble check)

thanks again in advance.

BigBo
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allsmokenofire · Posted: Mar 10 2006 Post subject:

Alien BBQ · Posted: Mar 10 2006 Post subject:

The 400 degrees is what is needed to get the sticky mess to carbonize into a solid film. As I said in my post, you can go the regular way and just run it up to normal temps. But the question was how to get rid of the sticky mess. My SnP Pro has been to 565 a number of times with no problem. The ECB I seasoned last month went to 425 with some wood chunks in it and no water. The metal should be able to handle it with no problems. If that was not the case, the metal in your oven would buckle at 600 degrees when it goes into self cleaning mode. Finally, you can cheat on the cooker section seasoning on an offset by putting an aluminum pan of charcoal in the cooking section during seasoning.
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