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.
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!
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 bought this as my first propane grill. It's been a fun, learning experience czcams.com/users/postUgkxCx5fHawkK9OoV-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.
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!!!
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.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
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.
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!
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
@@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.
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.
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 )
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...
Looks damn good just got a big solid smoker , guy was giving it away. Taking it to my grill build guy this week. Thanks for the tips
I Did EVERYTHING STEP BY STEP..ALOT OF WORK..BUT WORTH IT LOOKS 👌 BETTER THAN I BOUGHT IT..THANKS SAVED ME OVER $100 DOLLARS..THANKS
To accelerate the process, use a propane torch on the outside while it is hot. I used a Bernzomatic Weed Torch, and there are even bigger weed torches for a BBQ propane tank. Harbor Freight if you are American, Princess Auto if you are Canadian for the large weed torch. Kills weeds too!
I only had light rust on my firebox, and now it is slick like a non stick frying pan, water beads off and it doesn't rust. Its really important to protect those thin metal ones. Mine is a small 400lb 1/4 inch steel offset.
Nice good tips bro. You should oil the outside of your fire box after every cook. Helps with the sealing process as well.
I started doing that recently. Helps tremendously
I was hoping to see an easy way to remove the surface rust before spray painting. Mine caught on fire and it burned some of the paint off and, living in Florida, after a few days there was surface rust. I'm glad I watched tho because I wouldnt have thought to spray the inside with oil and season it. Thanks!
Thanks for this! Time to restore my grill!
Awesome job. I Just picked up a grill that's got a bit of surface rust. Gonna try to clean it up and hit it with high temp paint .
Didn’t not think it was gonna look like that badass bro 👍
Your way looks safe and healthy, especially using the vinegar and oil after giving your grill a good cleaning.
Dude thanks for sharing such awesome 👍 info my firebox looks like %$÷* 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!!!!
My wonderful neighbor just gave me a smoker rusted but I'm going to restore thanks for the tip.
i just got one that someone put out for pickup. im gonna restore mine. so excited ive wanted ine for years and its bout to be summer!
That is such a dope grill!!!
Awesome work!
Simple yet affective. Nice video
Looks great! I'm going to do this for my grill!
Awesome 👏 thanks for the tips
Thank you!🎉
Nice job, now I have to clean my grill just like that
Thank you for this!!
Great job
Great job bro 👍🏽
I bought this as my first propane grill. It's been a fun, learning experience czcams.com/users/postUgkxCx5fHawkK9OoV-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.
Great video man! About to clean my smoker using this as my template.
About how long was this entire process?
Nice job 👍🏽
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.
Great work! What spray paint??
Thanks Pops.
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.
Great feed back. I was about to do the process again and add paint. Good looking out
@@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!!!
Thanks
nice. thanks.
Awesome, thx
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!
He said two years
great job brotha
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
Did you rewash after you put the vinegar? Then painted it?
Can you do this process with an electric bbq?
Did the residue stain the concrete? Looks good man.
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.
My 22 year old Lyfe time grill that sets out in the the elements year round gets a fresh coat of paint each year barely has any rust on it.
The results looks great! What was in the spray bottle?
I used vinegar and water to help remove rust. Then I used cooking oil when I sprayed while the grill was on
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.
I never painted it. :-(
Thanks dad
What’s the logic behind spraying the vinegar?
Do I spray vinegar if I intend on Painting with high temp paint ?
Really helpful video. What did you use to decrease the bbq?
Some degreaser from home depot I believe
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!
Those metal handles come standard on Old Country pits.
what was the spray oil you used?
What was the rust go off?
Nice smoker
ThAT''s A cooL LQQkN' GrILL !!
But how did you clean the rust off the grate..
Do you use apple cider Vinegar (with mother) ? Looks great! I’m going to do this when I clean up mine! Thank you!
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.
Get an Angle Grinder with a 36 grit flap disc". Clean mine up great
@@Chris65645 Don't use a non-stainless wire brush on stainless! Otherwise the stainless will rust.
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
u from the 956?
Thank you Sylvester Stallone, really helpful video!
I have the exact same pit, where did you end up getting a new firebox tray from? Also, where did you get the seals for the door panels?
Homedepot. It wasn't exactly the same. But it worked
I don't know what you mean about the seals
@@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.
I think it came like that. I've never added anything
@@elnuevemendez Badass. I finally repainted mine. I used a high heat gloss black rust oleum paint from Walmart.
to get all the rust gone, i would have used a angle grinder with a wire wheel, its faster and more efficient.
Bravo Johnny bravo. 16 have tried and 16 have died. All by the hands of Johnny Rondo.
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.
Just got my smoker, it gets oiled before and after each use. I just cleaned it for a week of non use
Some 2000 degree paint will work wonders
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
@@ulisesjaramillo9019 has your paint job lasted? How many times has it been used since?
@@braddersj3511 on the cool chamber yes on the fire box no since it gets to hot but after every cook I’ll spray down a bit
@@ulisesjaramillo9019 hmm, I might've just wasted three afternoons sanding mine down and painting then :")
@@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
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I don’t think the paint is going to stick to the oil
WAIT you don’t need to grind off the rust?? I’m building my first and my fire box has a few shallow spots; won’t the rust spread with more fires??
I haven't seen that. But I spray some olive or some type of cooking oil on it while bbqing. Not every time but sometimes. I noticed it helps
I’m thinking wire wheel on the rust, sand, prime and then paint.
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
Hi. How often do you clean it ? Thanks in advance.
That's the first time I did it. But I think maybe one a year. Depends I guesd
Can I do this with gas grills? My shet got a little bit of rust.
Season every grill like this
Should’ve put an angle grinder to it..
was missing a beer.....
Yes Sir, Great job Los Angeles
What brand of grill is that
Old County
You didn’t remove the rust though. Covering it with oil makes it look good, but not for long. Ask me how I know… lol! Good luck! That’s a decent unit.
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 )
I did not wash it after vinegar. I just sprayed it with oil. But next time I do this, I'll try washing it between vinegar and oil step
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
Which one did you get, the pecos or brazos?
I have the Brazos, but i oil it every other cook
should of just sanded it and repaint it
If u use a grinder the rust will come off
I thought vinegar makes it rust
All those steps aren't necessary, just build a big fire and fire cleans everything. But first put canola oil all over the smoker.
How did you degrease it?
I used a degreaser spray. I believe I got it at home depot or walmart
I can't believe you used soap... WOW
I would of used high heat spray paint first before the greasing. You can also use rubbing alcohol on a rag to wash prep surface before painting.
Anyone else here bc there dad doesn’t know how to restore your grill lmao
You shouldn’t disrespect your father, I don’t think he would think about you when you don’t know stuff like you do about him
who edit this video? The awkward silence is so annoying.
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...
Should've just spray painted the whole thing instead of doing a half ass job.
Dang, to this day I haven't spray painted it. And the spray paint cans just sit in the garage shelf :-(
this guy LIVES IN FLORIDA..HA. I'm in the sonoran desert...no rust for me. lol.
What products?????? Useless
Great video man! About to clean my smoker using this as my template.
About how long was this entire process?