Your griddle is beautiful! That is exactly the way I want mine to look. I love how humbly you offer your opinions. This is the best video I have seen for how to clean the Blackstone griddle. Thank you for this thorough and interesting presentation.
Best tips on how to clean a griddle! Who would have thought the blue towels would have been so good! These things are fantastic! They do a much better job than paper towels and way, way less fiber lint left behind! Thank you for sharing that! Based on my first attempt at using them earlier today, I believe I can get away with only using 3 or 4 of the blue towels for a post-griddle cleaning. My goal is to minimize the towels used. Today, I used 5 for the post-cleanup, but I am sure I can improve the process! My only suggestion is to use a wooden scraper over a steel one for griddle cleaning. I find the wood scraper to be effective, and it doesn't scratch or remove the seasoning from the griddle! Once you try a wood scraper on your griddle, you won't go back to steel! Update: I just finished my second cook on the griddle and only used 2 of the Blue Towels for the clean-up! These things are fantastic! Way better than paper towels and far more convenient than a dedicated cloth towel that requires constant washing! Hands down the best griddle tip ever!!!!!
Great video. I had most of that info already but my takeaway was the shop towels. Much better than that paper towels I have been using and they never hold up. Gonna get a few rolls right away. Thanks, man...
Thanks, man! Just what I needed after my very first use grilling burgers, dogs, onions....I'm like, "Oh man....how do I get all this stuff off???" Now I know!
Was just curious and looked up how to clean a grill and this is how I did it at my job at sonic. Exactly. It’s hard to find a fast food worker to appreciate their grill to clean it well enough. They do rust and scratch. Pretty good cleaning my guy!!!
The restaurant I worked at as a kid used a bucket of ice, AJAX cleanser powder, a big brush, a mesh grill screen and essentially a scotchbrite pad....twice a day. We scrubbed the hell out of it.
I know people who do use a little soap in the water but I don’t like to because it can pull up the seasoning. I try not to use water as much as possible because that takes away the grease and thins the seasoning layer you have. I only use water after a cook that had a sugary sauce in it, everything else just scrapes right off. Heat it up to sanitize.
Just got a griddle, seasoned it and cooking away (typically weekend use). My concern once I clean it, will the last treatment of oil turn rancid between uses? I think I smell rancid oil when we get it out to use the next time. I have been using canola oil. Am I crazy or is this maybe a thing? Do I need to use olive oil or peanut oil? I love using the griddle but don't want to sicken my family. Thanks!
If you’re not using it for a few days between uses I would clean throughly and put 1 coat of oil on but make sure you completely burn it off before storing. Also I would try to use a hard cover not the cloth one. If there is any moisture in the air the cloth cover will hold that in there. I only use peanut oil for seasoning because I feel it gets much harder after burning off. At the very least I would get the griddle cleaned up and throw it on high heat to burn off anything you just cooked but I wouldn’t leave any liquid oils on there. Hope this helps! Let me know how it works out!
Really dumb question but I figured I would ask. I'm going through paper towel like crazy and I heard you say you use shop towels. Which kind do you use and do you just toss them afterwards?
I use the blue shop towels. I have a link in the description of the video but you can get them cheaper from Home Depot in the paint area. I will always make sure I put a couple in the grease trap to soak up the mess that gets in there (no I’ve never had a fire from it lol) but other then that yes I just toss them. 1 roll usually lasts me at least 5 cooks.
Great vids bro! Love your stuff. I would love to see a seasoning vid. Just got my 36" put together and am ready to season. What do you use for seasoning? Peanut Oil?
Yup that is what I prefer to use. I feel like the seasoning gets harder than using vegetable oil or Crisco, and much cheaper than flaxseed oil. But probably not a good idea if you will be cooking for anyone with a peanut allergy. Good luck and griddle on!
If I cook with a sugary sauce and it’s really hard to clean I can keep it low like under 200° so the water doesn’t boil when I put it on there to clean but I try not to use water as much as possible because I feel like it takes The built up grease off. For standard cleaning I turn it on high and scrape everything off before seasoning
@@marizabournes2544 dump the oil and get to scrubbing. I assume it's stainless steel inside so you just scrub all the gunk of and refill with clean oil
Your griddle is so uniformly black. Reminds me of my grandma’s frying pan. I assume it took some time to get it like that. Mine is not black in the corners and along the edges but I have only had mine for a couple of weeks. Am I doing something wrong or will I eventually get there?
Thanks for the video bud wanted to ask after you clean the griddle do you leave oil on it or burn it all off and leave the griddle burnt off or re oil it and let the oil dry on the griddle
I only use water when it’s a really messy cook with sauces. Pretty much any Asian dish I make I’ll use some water to get it extra clean. Other than that I’ll just scrape it and use oil to clean it then burn the oil off
I would make sure you season it at least three times and make sure you’re burning all the oil off in between each season. After that just keep on cooking, it will turn darker with every cook
In my opinion you can use whatever works for you. Water won’t hurt it at all but it will pull the oils off making food stick even after a seasoning. I only use water as a last resort. Before that I would put some oil down and give it a good scrape
I try really hard not to but sometimes when you cook with a sauce with sugar in it it’s really hard to clean without using water. I make sure I season it really good after using water.
my husband is a believer in cleaning with dish soap! If no dish soap it's not clean! I disagree with him. He did this with our grill and now with the smooth top. I thought buying him a smooth top it would take him away from washing it but no! He takes the top off and washes it with dish soap after he just seasoned it. I don't think he gets what seasoning a cast iron pan means. I won't tell you what he did to my cast iron pan!
Lol that’s a whole lot of work! I guess I can see why people think it wouldn’t be clean but when you heat it up to a certain point it’s cleaning itself. Good luck and thanks for watching!
I cook with cast iron all the time. If you have a good solid layer of season a little bit of soap and water now and then will do no harm. Just don't scrub to hard. Clean it, dry it, then put it back on the burner. Let it get pretty hot then give it a really thin coat of oil on all surfaces. Then hang them up if you can.
On Blackstone's manual it clearly states that cleaning with soap when you first get it is the first and only time you use soap. I would just show him that.
Those scrapers in those griddle kits are horrible and the heat is too close to your hands. Use a paint/drywall scraper tool instead that has a handle. Its also better to clean soon as your done cooking. I never clean with water. Heard too many rust stories. Clean with oil.
You can clean with water. I clean after every meal with water. Dry up the remaining debris and water and then immediately oil. It’s a hassle, but it saves you from having to do a big cleaning in the future. Your griddle top is always clean if you take 5 minutes and clean immediately after cooking. I spread a thin layer of oil on the top when it’s still warm with no burners on. I have zero issues with food sticking, since I clean and oil after each meal.
I too clean my griddle right after cooking, and use water on rare occasions. Most times scrapping right after cooking works just fine followed by wiping clean with some oil. Done!
Your griddle is beautiful! That is exactly the way I want mine to look. I love how humbly you offer your opinions. This is the best video I have seen for how to clean the Blackstone griddle. Thank you for this thorough and interesting presentation.
Great tutorial! This video has been the most helpful for cleaning my griddle and I’ve had mine for nearly a year. Thank you!
Love the extra mile you went into detail
Thank you for watching!
I love you reusing that last still useable towel. Thanks. This is my favorite Blackstone cleaning video. THANK YOU
Best griddle video I have seen yet.
Thank you!
Best tips on how to clean a griddle! Who would have thought the blue towels would have been so good! These things are fantastic! They do a much better job than paper towels and way, way less fiber lint left behind! Thank you for sharing that! Based on my first attempt at using them earlier today, I believe I can get away with only using 3 or 4 of the blue towels for a post-griddle cleaning. My goal is to minimize the towels used. Today, I used 5 for the post-cleanup, but I am sure I can improve the process!
My only suggestion is to use a wooden scraper over a steel one for griddle cleaning. I find the wood scraper to be effective, and it doesn't scratch or remove the seasoning from the griddle! Once you try a wood scraper on your griddle, you won't go back to steel!
Update: I just finished my second cook on the griddle and only used 2 of the Blue Towels for the clean-up! These things are fantastic! Way better than paper towels and far more convenient than a dedicated cloth towel that requires constant washing! Hands down the best griddle tip ever!!!!!
Was a good video!! I was wondering what everyone did for clean up after every use and you confirmed I'm doing the same.
I just got the 36 inch Blackstone griddle and I love it. But I didn't know how to clean it. Thank ypu 😁
Great video. I had most of that info already but my takeaway was the shop towels. Much better than that paper towels I have been using and they never hold up. Gonna get a few rolls right away. Thanks, man...
Yup! I get them from Home Depot in the paint section. 6 rolls in a pack
Thanks, man! Just what I needed after my very first use grilling burgers, dogs, onions....I'm like, "Oh man....how do I get all this stuff off???" Now I know!
Thanks for watching!
Great video! Wife just got me a 22” BLACKSTONE amd I want to take good care of it. Did you ever make a seasoning video?
Good job. Just bought one . Very informative video
Was just curious and looked up how to clean a grill and this is how I did it at my job at sonic. Exactly. It’s hard to find a fast food worker to appreciate their grill to clean it well enough. They do rust and scratch. Pretty good cleaning my guy!!!
Thank you for watching! I haven’t had any issues with rust yet but I do keep mine in the garage.
@@GriddleGrub that just means you keep in good care of it!! Lovin your videos though
Thank you for watching!
thanks for the tips!! your Griddle looks great!!
The restaurant I worked at as a kid used a bucket of ice, AJAX cleanser powder, a big brush, a mesh grill screen and essentially a scotchbrite pad....twice a day. We scrubbed the hell out of it.
Damn I consider that clean right after the water trick!!
This is very useful for me and my griddle it really needed a clean, thanks uncle Ron😉😂
You wild
Awesome video!!
I would love to see you do a rust removal video.
Great video and I do try and always learn new things. But a buddy of mine said never put water on it?
I only use water as a worst case scenario
Can you use a little dish washing soap mix with the water?
I know people who do use a little soap in the water but I don’t like to because it can pull up the seasoning. I try not to use water as much as possible because that takes away the grease and thins the seasoning layer you have. I only use water after a cook that had a sugary sauce in it, everything else just scrapes right off. Heat it up to sanitize.
Blackstone says dont use inside right?
Not inside, in an open garage.
Have you ever used blackstones degreaser spray on your griddle?
Nope. I try my best to not use water or degreaser because That pulls all the grease off the griddle and makes food stick a lot more.
Damn that thing is slick
Just got a griddle, seasoned it and cooking away (typically weekend use). My concern once I clean it, will the last treatment of oil turn rancid between uses? I think I smell rancid oil when we get it out to use the next time. I have been using canola oil. Am I crazy or is this maybe a thing? Do I need to use olive oil or peanut oil? I love using the griddle but don't want to sicken my family. Thanks!
If you’re not using it for a few days between uses I would clean throughly and put 1 coat of oil on but make sure you completely burn it off before storing. Also I would try to use a hard cover not the cloth one. If there is any moisture in the air the cloth cover will hold that in there. I only use peanut oil for seasoning because I feel it gets much harder after burning off. At the very least I would get the griddle cleaned up and throw it on high heat to burn off anything you just cooked but I wouldn’t leave any liquid oils on there. Hope this helps! Let me know how it works out!
Really dumb question but I figured I would ask. I'm going through paper towel like crazy and I heard you say you use shop towels. Which kind do you use and do you just toss them afterwards?
I use the blue shop towels. I have a link in the description of the video but you can get them cheaper from Home Depot in the paint area. I will always make sure I put a couple in the grease trap to soak up the mess that gets in there (no I’ve never had a fire from it lol) but other then that yes I just toss them. 1 roll usually lasts me at least 5 cooks.
Me likey your video sir!
Thanks buddy!
helpful. Thank you
May I ask the name of the thermometer you're using?
This was a Ryobi brand but now I have a Milwaukee brand
“Burn-ie”
Great vids bro! Love your stuff. I would love to see a seasoning vid. Just got my 36" put together and am ready to season. What do you use for seasoning? Peanut Oil?
Yup that is what I prefer to use. I feel like the seasoning gets harder than using vegetable oil or Crisco, and much cheaper than flaxseed oil. But probably not a good idea if you will be cooking for anyone with a peanut allergy. Good luck and griddle on!
@@GriddleGrub thanks brother, appreciate ya.
Thanks for the detailed information!!
Quick question. As you were cleaning. Was the griddle off or on low for cleaning?
If I cook with a sugary sauce and it’s really hard to clean I can keep it low like under 200° so the water doesn’t boil when I put it on there to clean but I try not to use water as much as possible because I feel like it takes The built up grease off. For standard cleaning I turn it on high and scrape everything off before seasoning
You can use it in the house?
I’m in the garage with the front and back doors open. Nice breeze no fumes!
Just got my blackstone...how do you clean the fryers? And thank you, great video.
Sorry man I don’t have the air fryer model. Mine is old school lol
It’s not an “air fryer” is regular fryer @griddle grub
@@marizabournes2544 dump the oil and get to scrubbing. I assume it's stainless steel inside so you just scrub all the gunk of and refill with clean oil
@@kentonewing1195 I didn’t ask the question, troll.
Your griddle is so uniformly black. Reminds me of my grandma’s frying pan. I assume it took some time to get it like that. Mine is not black in the corners and along the edges but I have only had mine for a couple of weeks. Am I doing something wrong or will I eventually get there?
Yup, yours will get there. Keep cooking, cleaning and seasoning! Mine took a while to darken up in the upper left corner.
Thanks for the video bud wanted to ask after you clean the griddle do you leave oil on it or burn it all off and leave the griddle burnt off or re oil it and let the oil dry on the griddle
I leave it burnt off and then put a little oil on before my next cook.
Is this for every use or just first few
I only use water when it’s a really messy cook with sauces. Pretty much any Asian dish I make I’ll use some water to get it extra clean. Other than that I’ll just scrape it and use oil to clean it then burn the oil off
Just got my grill. When I seasoned my grill it did not turn black all over like yours. How do I get it to season all over?
I would make sure you season it at least three times and make sure you’re burning all the oil off in between each season. After that just keep on cooking, it will turn darker with every cook
Why don't they make the grill non stick?
I dunno but that would be nice as long as they don’t put that Teflon on there.
Because the nonstick coating doesnt last near as long as a properly seasoned top
I just bought a blackstone so I'm no expert but I thought you were not supposed to use water to clean it but oil
In my opinion you can use whatever works for you. Water won’t hurt it at all but it will pull the oils off making food stick even after a seasoning. I only use water as a last resort. Before that I would put some oil down and give it a good scrape
That’s pretty shiny for a Blackstone. Are you sure you know what you’ve got?
This is my baby and she gets cleaned all the time!
I thought you were supposed to never use water?
I try really hard not to but sometimes when you cook with a sauce with sugar in it it’s really hard to clean without using water. I make sure I season it really good after using water.
Blackstone says never use water idk
Hey man, you do you lol. I do what works and I expect everyone else to do the same!
@@GriddleGrub Hey man cool i'm using water lol
Its like cast iron. Water isnt going to hurt it. Just dont leave any standing water on it or it will rust
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You look just like someone I was in the Army with. You wouldn't happen to of been a combat engineer would you?
No sir, I’m just a civilian lol.
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my husband is a believer in cleaning with dish soap! If no dish soap it's not clean! I disagree with him. He did this with our grill and now with the smooth top. I thought buying him a smooth top it would take him away from washing it but no! He takes the top off and washes it with dish soap after he just seasoned it. I don't think he gets what seasoning a cast iron pan means. I won't tell you what he did to my cast iron pan!
Lol that’s a whole lot of work! I guess I can see why people think it wouldn’t be clean but when you heat it up to a certain point it’s cleaning itself. Good luck and thanks for watching!
I’m curious as to what he did to you’re pans lol 🤣 is the man still able to walk after that beating
Hahaha! Sorry to hear...maybe you should show him some TH-cam videos on how seasoning works for cast iron cookware.
I cook with cast iron all the time.
If you have a good solid layer of season a little bit of soap and water now and then will do no harm. Just don't scrub to hard. Clean it, dry it, then put it back on the burner. Let it get pretty hot then give it a really thin coat of oil on all surfaces. Then hang them up if you can.
On Blackstone's manual it clearly states that cleaning with soap when you first get it is the first and only time you use soap. I would just show him that.
Anyone else see the creepy skull in the thumbnail
I do now!!
Those scrapers in those griddle kits are horrible and the heat is too close to your hands. Use a paint/drywall scraper tool instead that has a handle. Its also better to clean soon as your done cooking. I never clean with water. Heard too many rust stories. Clean with oil.
You can clean with water. I clean after every meal with water. Dry up the remaining debris and water and then immediately oil. It’s a hassle, but it saves you from having to do a big cleaning in the future. Your griddle top is always clean if you take 5 minutes and clean immediately after cooking. I spread a thin layer of oil on the top when it’s still warm with no burners on. I have zero issues with food sticking, since I clean and oil after each meal.
I too clean my griddle right after cooking, and use water on rare occasions. Most times scrapping right after cooking works just fine followed by wiping clean with some oil. Done!
Too much dancing around, you look nervous