Brian Worthey ) opined:

> I got a new smoker for Christmas, an offset by Chargriller,
> and I will be curing it first thing in the morning. I
> noticed in the instructions about rubbing down all surfaces
> with vegetable oil and building a fire, but also noticed
> that somewhere it mentioned that it had already been rubbed
> with a "specially approved" vegetable oil to cure/season
> it. The cooking grates and inside of the smoker was just
> sticky though and I am wondering if I just need to let this
> burn off first then rub it down with some vegetable oil, or
> just go ahead rub it down with a bit more oil and build me
> a fire. Any advice here?
>

I believe my Char-Griller grates were covered in wax that had
to be scrubbed off before seasoning. I washed them with hot
soapy water scrubbed with steel wool and then rubbed them with
crisco or bacon grease before putting them in the kitchen oven
at 400F(?) for an hour or two.

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