To accelerate the process, use a propane torch on the outside while it is hot. I used a Bernzomatic Weed Torch, and there are even bigger weed torches for a BBQ propane tank. Harbor Freight if you are American, Princess Auto if you are Canadian for the large weed torch. Kills weeds too! I only had light rust on my firebox, and now it is slick like a non stick frying pan, water beads off and it doesn't rust. Its really important to protect those thin metal ones. Mine is a small 400lb 1/4 inch steel offset.
Dude thanks for sharing such awesome 👍 info my firebox looks like %$÷* I have never thought to season the hold grill but watching you it makes total since thanks for all you do I'll start on mine asap!!!!
I was hoping to see an easy way to remove the surface rust before spray painting. Mine caught on fire and it burned some of the paint off and, living in Florida, after a few days there was surface rust. I'm glad I watched tho because I wouldnt have thought to spray the inside with oil and season it. Thanks!
I bought this as my first propane grill. It's been a fun, learning experience ru-vid.comUgkxCx5fHawkK9OoV-ojFrY8JLnZrFwAmvUt . I think it's a bit too pricey after looking at other grills, but it wasn't hard to put together and it works really well. I love the side burner option for heating food during a power outage. I have an electric stove and live in the South (Hurricane season), so this was a bonus. I also bought a cover for it and it has protected it nicely (the Char Broil All-Season Grill Cover 3-4 Burner: Large). Every few grill sessions, I take the rack (or grate) and burner covers off and clean them with a non-abrasive scrubby and mild soap. I wipe the excess off of the bottom as well, taking care to avoid the gas and pilot lines.
Good job! I wonder how old the grill/smoker is at that point. I have a Chargriller Smoker that will be 17 years old at the end of the year. It's cooked many, many meals for my family. I've had to replace the wheels and the charcoal tray on it. I have a place in the garage for it to keep it out of the weather but it has been worth it. They will last if you take care of them.
You mentioned spray painting after seasoning in a few days. If the smoker is seasoned first does the paint bond as well? I'm thinking of doing something like this but wondered if there is an order that would be best.
Awesome video my brother! Where did you get those metal handles for the Firebox and the grill? been using Oak dowels and have to keep resanding them every season. Thanks for the tip if you have one!
Vinegar is acidic and really shouldn't be used on rusted steel. I've had the same enormous steel 4-in-1 smoker/charcoal/propane/steak searer for years and it only slightly rusted once. Like you, I cleaned it. Then I used a large can of PAM to spray onto the interior and exterior surfaces, and then I turned on the offset box and propane. Much like seasoning a cast iron skillet, the oil combined with the heat produces the effect of polymerization. Which bonds the oil to the grills surface, which will protect against rust. ALWAYS clean your grill and offset box after each use, and spray the interior with PAM when needed. If the surface ever feels tacky, then the heat wasn't high enough and you should see smoke during the polymerization process. Also, never use the high heat paint on the interior. In fact, stay away from paints as they aren't needed when properly using PAM.
@@elnuevemendez Thank you, and you're welcome! Cleaning can be annoying and tedious, but that combined with the method I described will keep it looking great and rust free for years to come.
Great tips on avoiding rust, thanks. What do you do when it's rusted though? That's where I'm at. I let my grates sit the whole winter without cleaning and now they are super rusty. I've cleaned them, no grease or food particles... just rust!!!
i.think.its ok.but I clean mine like you wirebrushed it soap.water with a scotch pad then vinegar but I painted mine with a self etching primer then 2 coats of bbq black.paint then heated it it's still.good outside INSIDE I touch up every winter
As a grill cooker, that thing hasn't been used in years the reason being is there's no grease when you first open it up everything is all rusted. Thanks for the vid!
I did this once before to my traeger. Except I took it one extra step and sanded off the rust. I covered the whole grill with high heat bbq paint and within a year or two the rust had came right back through to the surface again. Only way to do this properly is to grind down to new steel and then paint.
Your wrong, you never paint them you just keep adding oil and season it really good over and over, every time you grill you should add some oil when you start the fire and bake it on. Over a few times like 5 or more it will get to the point it looks painted and will last but again a light coat of oil every time you use it and you will never have rust. Paint is a super bad idea.
@@jstar1000 they come painted from the factory. Saying painting them is wrong is not logical. There would not be paint made espicially for grills if you were not supposed to repaint them. You can season the rusty surface if you want to but to make the grill look nice you should sand and paint to restore the grill, then season the grill like you said to prevent the rust from happening again. You shouldnt have to paint the grill but if you never seasoned the grill like the people in these videos then to make it look new again you have to repaint.
@@shaneedlin6032 high quality smokers are bare steel, only cheaper smokers are painted. Mine has never had paint on it and it looks super nice, black with zero rust and zero paint.
@@jstar1000 both are right actually. You can get non-toxic paint for almost any application including an airplane jet. For something like this I would use, of course if you want it to look black, high performance engine paint. Don't really think of it as paint the way we know it. Hell, they spray "paint" gold metal onto cheap jewelry.
@@elnuevemendez It looks like two seals, on the ends of the firebox and pit doors. Or did you weld brackets to keep heat in? The look like two lines going up and down in the lids.
It definitely looked better but there was still a lot of rust on it. My issue is that the inside of my grill is rusty but I don't want to use paint. The vinegar and water looks interesting. Perhaps it will give me a little more time before replacement.
I know this is late but I bought a small grill to take camping but it was rusty as hell in the inside like bad, clean it off with a wire brush with water mixed with vinegar and lime not just dry, then put thick coats of vegetable oil inside and started a fire is been looking great for the last year and only did the process 1 time and I cook almost every weekend on it
Yup I got a little bit of 400 sand paper and knocked a little bit of the surface rust of and then just sprayed some high temp paint on it seasoned it in and good as new
@@braddersj3511 lol it’ll last and it’ll protect your smoker but don’t expect it to be bullet proof or in this class fire proof it’ll slowly start to kinda fade away after some cooks you can add a bit of paint to the fire box sections or a little cooking oil and that’ll prevent rust
I’m on this subject because I’m dealing with an EXTREMELY rusted bbq pit. This thing is as old as me and hasn’t been touched for literally half my life.
@@southsidefronto i wouldn’t bother with the paint seeing as it will just buckle and peel after some use >400F … if you can budget the patience and fuel expensing to season all the steel, I recommend it: to save money, I use meh charcoal, kindling wood, and oak for heating it to seasoning temps… Wire wheel, wipe down all the debris, grease with flax, burn it in to bake seasoning onto the steel, cool, sand, repeat
@@hellfish2309 have you tried 2,000F degree spray paint? A lot of people swear by it and even use it on things like their exhaust pipes and piston breaks on their cars
Did you wash the vinegar off once it sat to help remove the rust. It seems like if you let the rust sit on there and then sealed it, the seal of the oil would not penetrate the metal like it should.
Well this makes sense but he did mention burning it a 2nd time which I did, ( I as well did not rinse the vinegar off, but with the 2nd burning I did coat my bbq with another layer of oil )
Never paint your smoker just add some oil every time you fire it up and let it bake on like a cast iron skillet. You don't see them rust or get painted now do you when they are seasoned correctly. You just need to do this again a good two or so more times and every time you fire it up do it again.
Be careful with whatever kind of spray paint you use. Don’t want it burning toxic fumes into your face or your food when it’s hot…. Are you using cleaning vinegar or regular vinegar? Apparently they’re different?
That grill is crap we got it at academy it rusted all the way I just threw it away, it wasn’t cheap either I should taken cate of it better it only lasted 3 years
No real scrapping of rust. Even on the phone screen, I can see all junks of rusts and cruds on the cover of barrel, which can fall onto the food. And he is spraying water-base liquid in the wide open sun???? People want to get traffic to their contents but they really need to think about what they are putting out there as 'how to',, 'advice' videos...