What is this plastic looking film on the bottom side of my grill lid?
Looks like plastic which I’d love to not have near my food. Also wanting to know what it is in case it means I need to repair something.
by elcubiche
13 Comments
dc_IV
Which grill is this? I am newer at this, so hard for me to tell just based on the grills and lid. But, I will guess that your grill has a ceramic enamel, which is great, and this is the years or smoke and oils and fats that polymerize and create what looks like flaking plastic. What you do is Google how to clean Weber ceramic hoods and you will see that underneath is still very serviceable ceramic enamel, and you could get it looking like new again for another several years of just regular, no health issues, build up.
donjamoni
Creosote
Azteca429
Just scrape it off a bit, continue using. It builds up over time. Nothing to worry about
welshgnome
This is carbon build up and not paint. Scrape it back using a plastic putty scraper or similar. It’s not harmful but tastes like shit.
13 Comments
Which grill is this? I am newer at this, so hard for me to tell just based on the grills and lid. But, I will guess that your grill has a ceramic enamel, which is great, and this is the years or smoke and oils and fats that polymerize and create what looks like flaking plastic. What you do is Google how to clean Weber ceramic hoods and you will see that underneath is still very serviceable ceramic enamel, and you could get it looking like new again for another several years of just regular, no health issues, build up.
Creosote
Just scrape it off a bit, continue using. It builds up over time. Nothing to worry about
This is carbon build up and not paint. Scrape it back using a plastic putty scraper or similar. It’s not harmful but tastes like shit.
Oh look, our daily creosote post.
https://consumer-care.weber.com/s/article/Why-is-the-inside-of-my-lid-peeling-1706747435478?language=en_US
Your grill is turning into a Heartless
If there’s a sub for sanding through veneer, then there needs to be a sub for creosote in grills
This is the residue from a Sausage Party.
Save those chunks, grind them up. Sprinkle it on food in the winter for that grilled flavor..
Creosote, as everyone else has said. Not the same stuff as the toxic creosote used to treat railroad ties.
I always called it smegma
It’s like the tar you‘d “harvest” from a well-used bong. 😂
Its carbon build up from cooking. Scrape it with a PLASTIC putty knife and grill on!