Can I Use a Pellet Smoker to Season?

[Joshua Thompson]

My wife really loves the smell of me using the oven to season pans....feel the sarcasm? So can I use my pellet smoker to do it with indirect heat? Think it could give them a smokey flavor? I'm using bacon grease to season my lot. Nothing fancy but I'll take pics when I finish.

 

[Doug D.]

Depends on it being able to reach and sustain the temperature and time needed to polymerize the fat/oil used. The usual "outdoors" solutions include gas grills or a charcoal grill loaded up and burning hot.

 

[Joshua Thompson]

I can reach 550 degrees so that would be good enough. I was just wondering if it could give it more smokey flavor since it'll be using mostly smoke. Thanks Doug D

 

[Doug D.]

Depending on oil/fat used, 350-500 is sufficient. Cast iron seasoning has nothing to do with flavor. Although, if carbonized particulates in the smoke adhere to the oil before it polymerizes, it "might" be a marginally beneficial side effect.

See: http://www.castironcollector.com/seasoning.php