How to Care for the Yoder Smokers Cast Iron Griddle | Tips & Techniques from All Things Barbecue 

I use the blue shop towels on all my cast iron for drying and oiling because they don’t leave lint behind as well. Also I have never had a problem with soap damaging my seasoning on the iron.

Chef Tom! I was eating a grilled cheese sando tonight and thought you could make a killer version. Has anyone ever cooked fresh bread in a smoker? Smoked bread, smoked cheese, and of course bacon! Hope you can make it some day.

Maaaan thanks for uploading this.

Thx chef Tom. I don’t have that griddle for my 640 but the principles apply to other products.

Good stuff, Tom.

Oh yea..that umami brisket...man that looks so good...definitely on my to do list...

I like to use coffee filters to dry off my cast iron griddle. They're lint free, and you can get a ton of them for cheap! They work just as well for working in new seasoning.

First! Love your videos Chef Tom.

This is slightly off-topic but relevant: When I got my YS640S, the first thing I did was get a small sprayer bottle and filled it with avocado oil. Then I spritzed the grease shield on both sides and covered the cooking side with heavy-duty aluminum foil. I change the aluminum foil every week and vacuum out the chamber. I now have a nice black patina on what started out as bare steel. That sucker isn't going to rust now. Avocado oil has a very high smoke point and is perfect for seasoning metal like cast iron pans, cast iron griddles, and bare steel.

Thanks for all these helpful tips! How does coconut oil work for seasoning? Is it a safe oil to use?

My favorite tool to use on cast iron is a small piece of chainmail called The Ringer. Sounds crazy but nothing works better. You can buy it on Amazon for like $20. Love that thing. I use it almost every day.

Great video. Realistic too. Almost nobody shows a dirty grill, they only show the picture perfect one. This is pretty much the same way I clean mine, with the exception that I pre-soak in soapy hot water overnight.

You should make a cast iron for the YS1500 please

Do you have any videos on how to dry age beef at home?

I recommend checking out other RU-vid channels about cast iron care generally. Tom mentions “vegetable oil” and of course the products ATBBQ will sell you. But not all vegetable oils are suitable. You need a high smoking point oil like avocado oil - something easily found in the grocery store.

I love mine, but the raised grates should go 90 degreees in the other direction. It would make cooking and cleaning on that side so much easier. The regular grill grates dont go parallel to the cooker, the go perpendicular, these should too. I would like to hear the reasoning for this.

I use Crisco to season my cast .get it hot and wipe it down and just let it cool.

You can save a few bucks and buy avocado oil and a vegetable cleaning brush at the grocery store. The "cast iron purists" recommend heating the cast iron with the oil on it, so I think it's best to rub oil on a cool griddle, then put it in the oven. Let it cool after leaving it in the oven for a while, then wipe off the excess. I season my cast iron skillet after each use unless I did something like fry bacon or sausage which is sort of a two-for-one special - great food and extra seasoning at the same time.

Can I use aluminum foil rolled up in a ball?

Hey guys love your channel!! I have a better way and easier way yo clean that grill...while its hot I spray vinager on it and use an old towel and it wipes right off..then just reheat it and season it again..done.

Crisbee puck!

How do you season before first cook?

i soak mine in sodium percarbonate warm water over night clean as a whistle

2nd hit .. 😁😁😁

Pellet grills are dead mate

You have so much great Videos, but this is simply advertising.