Black sludge, black flakes after seasoning

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I recently purchased a new infrared grill. It has stainless steel emitters and porcelain coated cast iron grates above the emitters.

The instructions said to season it. So I put vegetable oil all over the emitters like it advised. I completed tbe seasoning process and turned the grill off and let it be.

I came back to the grill the next day and there are black flakes on the grates and there is a black almost sludge on the emitters.its not completely covering them but it’s like little flakes of black super soft something and the sludge is like a gummy residue.

My question is: the porcelain isn’t like flaming/flaming off or anything right?

I was thinking maybe the heat got to high in the gril and turned the vegetable oil into sludge and than into paper flakes as some of it evaporated or burned off. I’m just scared to use the gril and was looking for some reassurance of what it is or what I should do. I don’t want to call the company and sound horribly stupid so I figure I would come ask you all and get roasted here instead.

My gut tells me it’s the oil and to just clean everything and we are good to go but if it’s defective and dangerous I would rather be safe than sorry.

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Quick Answer about "Black sludge, black flakes after seasoning"

Black residues are most likely going to be burnt food, and it's an easy fix to get rid of this excess layer that formed over the seasoning, without actually removing the useful seasoning below it! One of the simplest ways to remove the residue is by using salt.


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