Great Quality For The Price
If you're comfortable with cast iron cookware, you'll be fine. The rolled steel is very similar to cast iron, just maybe not as resilient as cast iron, which has more carbon. With this type of cookware, if you take care of it, it'll take care of you literally forever. Seasoning is the absolute key. Pro tip - the directions tell you to turn the burners on HI and add oil with a squirt bottle and spread around -- don't do that. My suggestion -- just coat it with the oil and pop it in a 425 degree oven, upside down, for an hour. The house will get smokey and your eyes will burn. But, that guarantees an even heat while seasoning for the very first time and not burning the oil by applying it to a 600 degree griddle which will stain it. After an hour you can do successive seasoning treatments on the burners. Directions say to do 5 rounds of seasoning. I think that's excessive. Lodge pre-seasons their cookware with one round of oil and heat. The real seasoning comes from using the griddle. It will only get better with time.
reply from Member's Mark Supplier
Thank you for taking time to leave a review. We are so happy to hear that you're enjoying the Member's Mark 22" Tabletop Griddle. We do not recommend seasoning your griddle top in your oven. If you find the recommended temperature of "HI" to be too much during seasoning, we recommend lowering the temperature on your grill, rather than moving the griddle top to your oven. (Especially upside down.) The required amount of oil in order to season the griddle top would pool and could cause a grease fire in your oven. Not to mention the smoke and burning eyes you experienced! Also, you mentioned seasoning the burners. NOTE: NEVER apply anything to the burners including oil, lighter fluid or anything else other than water for cleaning. The burners are the source of the flame and applying anything would be a fire/safety hazard! To Season the Griddle Top:1. Clean the griddle top with a damp cloth to remove any dust/dirt.2. Apply oil to the griddle top, sides and corners. Use a paper towel to coat surface thoroughly.3. Light the griddle and set control knobs to the “MAX” setting. (Adjust temperature as you see fit. Keep it hot enough to get the oil to a smoking point.) 4. Heat the oil to its smoke point. You will notice the griddle top changing color.5. When the oil stops smoking, repeat steps 2 to 4, about 5 times, until the griddle surface becomes dark. (Do not cool Griddle between seasoning steps.)You are absolutely correct regarding the seasoning bond improving over time. With continued use of your griddle, the seasoning bond will get better and better. However, we also recommend applying a coating of oil at the start and finish of each cook, to help maintain seasoning. Never use soap to clean the griddle, this will destroy the seasoning. Never pour cold water on surface, as this can cause the surface to warp.Hope this helps!
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