"AG" > wrote in message
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>
> > Naval Jelly and food don't mix well. Scrub the rust off with a wire
brush
> > or some steel wool, grease your racks up with some fat (or spray 'em
with
> > plenty of Pam) and go back to cookin'. Always worked for me until I got
> > stainless grates <g>
> >
> > Jack Curry
> >
> >
>
> Thanks Jack
> I didn't figure navel jelly was a good idea but I don't have any on hand
to
> look at.
> I was leaning towards elbow grease and a wire brush but was hoping that
> there might be some magical easy way out there.
> My grandmother used to season her iron skillets on a brush fire with lard.
> She claims that no other fire gets hot enough to properly season iron. I
> never saw her skillets get rusty and they had a surface like a non-stick
> pan. I figure if it worked for skillets it ought to work for my grates. I
> just got in too much of a hurry and didn't do it before I started using
> them.
> BTW these grates are made from the same stuff that you see welded to the
> sides of towers and placed over holes as walking grates so I am not
worried
> about damaging them
>
> ag
>
Jack's right...just brush 'em off and spray 'em with pam ...let 'em soak a
bit then fire it up and cook on'em.
Jack