"Jesse Skeens" > wrote in message
m...
> I was a little confused on the instructions to season
> my Charbroil Silver (NBS). It says not to let any coals
> touch the edges. Yet when you pour them on the grate
> some always fall through. I tried using foil on the grate
> to aleviate this but it seemed to inhibit the fire of the
> coals and the smoker never got hot enough (even the holes
> in the foil and plenty of coals.)
>
> When I cleaned her up the other day I notice some of the paint
> coming of on the bottom where the ashes were. I assume that
> this area did not season correctly due to the ashes toucing,
> as the instructions had warned.
>
> Am I over thinking this or is there something I should know?
> I plan to go get some of that new Pam that is made for
> seasoning/grills (higher temp I guess)
>
> Jesse

Just about the highest temp cooking oil you can get is grape seed oil (smoke
point wise).

I just don't think you can worry about the paint on any smoker, It's gonna peel.

David Klose said the only paint he ever used that didn't peel was stuff they
used on the space shuttle and it was $650/gal.

Tyler