
Heat until the smoking ends, indicating the conditioner or oil has burned off.Use tongs clasping a clean towel or paper towel to distribute the conditioner or oil evenly across the entire cooktop, including the walls and edges.With the griddle still hot, apply a thin layer (about 2-3 Tbsp) of Traeger® Flat Top Grill Seasoning & Cast Iron Conditioner or a high-smoke-point oil like canola, grapeseed or flax oil.ĭo NOT use Traeger All-Natural Cleaner on the cooktop.
You can also add water to help loosen hardened or stuck debris. Repeat as needed until all debris has been removed.
Using a scraper, scrape the entire cooking surface clean, directing any bits of food, grease, and water into the grease chute. If the grill is not already hot, heat up the cooking surface on medium heat for 10 minutes. Save time by doing both steps at the same time! Pro Tip: Your Flat Top Grill needs to be cleaned and re-seasoned after each cook to maintain its non-stick properties and to prevent rust. Season new cooktop following initial seasoning instructions. Place new cooktop into the grill cavity, allowing it to rest on the border edges. There is an additional benefit of not having to reach across the cooktop to clean. Moving the extra large grease keg to the front of the grill has the benefit of not making the customer move their grill to clean and empty the keg or potentially get grease on their house because of where most people will put their grills. This is because working with grease in inherently a messy experience. It sits on top of the grill above the grills burners, has two handles on either side for easy removal and a grease chute hole near the front-left of the cooktop for easy cleanup into the grill's grease keg.Ī note about the grease chute placement: While other flat top grills put their grease chute in the back of the grill, Traeger has moved it to the front. Cleaning & Maintaining a Flat Top GrillĪ cooktop is the cooking surface on Traeger's flat top grill. Information on the cooktop on a Traeger flat top grill.