Agreed, if it's non-porous, shouldn't need to be seasoned. In fact, oiling it won't penetrate the stone. Anything cooked on it should burn right off the next time it's brought up to temp.
I purchased a soapstone about 6 months ago for my Kamado Joe JR and I didn’t season it, I used a heat deflection plate put my soapstone on of the grill at low temperature cause I was doing a reverse seer stake halfway trough the cook I went to turn my stake, I noticed a indentation in the stone and because it’s was dark out I continued with the low cook, once I reached my internal temperature I took off the deflector plate and went to inferno mode on the soapstone. The next day when I opened my Kamado up I noticed a big chunk was taken out of the soapstone and I checked the ashes on the bottom of the firebox and found the piece that came off and I was so devastated that I just returned it. Then I watched your video on how to season it prior to my first cook and now I have a new soapstone and I’m going to try this on the coming weekend. Any tips for me
I don’t ever clean mine. I simply rotate it for each cook. This way the for every cook I have a surface that was cleaned with direct heat from the coals during the previous cook.
Hmmm? A 'non-porous' stone will 'soak in' the oil, something not right there?
Finally, a video with a good explanation on why you want to use a soapstone. Thank you 😊
Nice review. Any top tips for cleaning the soap stone?
confused
"soapstone is non porous"
(rubs it with oil)
"that oil will soak into the stone"
which is it?
Was thinking same thing. :-)
This is why I don't think it's necessary to oil the soapstone
Agreed, if it's non-porous, shouldn't need to be seasoned. In fact, oiling it won't penetrate the stone. Anything cooked on it should burn right off the next time it's brought up to temp.
Great video! I just got my soapstone in the mail today. I'm really excited to use it.
Merci beaucoup Dan ! I'm doing it today, following your advice. How do you do the maintenance after cooking ? Merci !
I purchased a soapstone about 6 months ago for my Kamado Joe JR and I didn’t season it, I used a heat deflection plate put my soapstone on of the grill at low temperature cause I was doing a reverse seer stake halfway trough the cook I went to turn my stake, I noticed a indentation in the stone and because it’s was dark out I continued with the low cook, once I reached my internal temperature I took off the deflector plate and went to inferno mode on the soapstone. The next day when I opened my Kamado up I noticed a big chunk was taken out of the soapstone and I checked the ashes on the bottom of the firebox and found the piece that came off and I was so devastated that I just returned it. Then I watched your video on how to season it prior to my first cook and now I have a new soapstone and I’m going to try this on the coming weekend. Any tips for me
Great video mate 👍🏻
I didn’t prep mines like this and after the first cook it looks really burnt. Any tips on cleaning the soapstone after using it?
I don’t ever clean mine. I simply rotate it for each cook. This way the for every cook I have a surface that was cleaned with direct heat from the coals during the previous cook.
Cleaning Kamado joe soapstone