Seasoning and Linseed Oil - new offset

[TheHojo]

Spent the last 2 days getting my Blue Collar Smoker by Big Phil ready to cook this weekend

Sprayed the outside down the other night with distilled vinegar to remove a little bit of the rust for appearance purposes

Today I seasoned the inside of the pit with peanut oil and sprayed the grates down with avocado oil

Then got a big fire going - ran it between 400 and 450 - and applied the linseed oil to the firebox and chamber - used a thermal gun - when temps on outside were over 400. Had to use a propane flame thrower to heat up the stack, collector, and the frame/shelving

Thing runs awesome

 

[TheHojo]

Couple photos of the finished product - that 3/8th steel can build a coal bed and maintain temps

 

[TheHojo]

Be careful if you have never used linseed oil - I read where it can combust on a sponge or cloth - guess what - it can!

 

[Jmgunn]

Looks amazing! Awesome to see the linseed oil do that lol

 

[Stingerhook]

Sure am purty Ted.

 

[TheHojo]

Final pictures of the night - was 70 here in Dallas today - but they are calling for sleet and snow tomorrow - so I put up the tent while the linseed sets - crazy weather !

I have a cover on order - but won’t be here until the end of March

 

[rque]

Looks great! I need to reapply the linseed on my pit, Workhorse didn’t ship my cover for a couple months after delivery and the winter snow has made the firebox rusty. I imagine this happens to all raw steel pits as no coating will survive the heat.

 

[BBQ Freak]

looks great and love the natural look .

 

[Hinds15]

Nice! I'll be doing my recently finished vertical smoker today. Going with a hot fire is definitely the way. I tried using just the propane torch on the bottom and it was taking forever.

 

[TheHojo]

Yes -getting it hot is the way to go with a big fire - and then you can torch those areas that may not be getting enough heat. Be careful with the Linseed - it will combust if on a sponge or rag

Not sure if I will ever use it as a griddle - but I did season the flat top on the firebox with BuzzyWaxx - seemed to work very well.

 

[Big George's BBQ]

Very Nice Congrats and enjoy Looking forward to future cooks

 

[agheno]

Do you plan to run a biscuit test? I'm curious to see how this pit compares to some others.

 

[TheHojo]

Do you plan to run a biscuit test? I'm curious to see how this pit compares to some others.

Had not really thought about it - but let me see what i can do. I was very impressed with the differences between the top and bottom grates (per the gauges) - about 5 degrees difference. Both of my gauges are on the stack side - so uncertain of temps from left to right.

Was also running it very hot in order to do the linseed.

 

[Connor_Macleod]

Great looking pit!! Seems like the best value on the market today.

 

[bschoen]

The linseed oil you use, is it raw linseed oil or boiled linseed oil (blo)? Since the sponge/rag bundle self ignited I am guessing blo, I don't believe raw will do that.

 

[TheHojo]

The linseed oil you use, is it raw linseed oil or boiled linseed oil (blo)? Since the sponge/rag bundle self ignited I am guessing blo, I don't believe raw will do that.

It was boiled - everything I read or had been told was to use boiled - hopefully that was correct

 

[bschoen]

Thanks. I was not implying what you used was wrong, I was just curious which one you applied. Blo has long been used as a wood finish also as a conditioner for oil based paint. More than one house has burned down from careless painters leaving bundled blo wet rags laying around. I have a personal experience of just that. It wasn't me, really.

 

[Welder88]

Couple photos of the finished product - that 3/8th steel can build a coal bed and maintain temps

It’s a little hard to tell, did it turn more brown or black after the treatment? I seen one the other day that almost looked more blued, which is the look I want to try to achieve on my 500

 

[TheHojo]

Thanks. I was not implying what you used was wrong, I was just curious which one you applied. Blo has long been used as a wood finish also as a conditioner for oil based paint. More than one house has burned down from careless painters leaving bundled blo wet rags laying around. I have a personal experience of just that. It wasn't me, really.

No worries - I didn’t think that - just didn’t know if I used the wrong type

I had read where it could combust on shop rags - but was still surprised when I looked over and the sponge was on fire!

 

[TheHojo]

It’s a little hard to tell, did it turn more brown or black after the treatment? I seen one the other day that almost looked more blued, which is the look I want to try to achieve on my 500

The firebox turned a little darker - have to assume that is because the firebox got hotter than the rest of the smoker