Sand before seasoning?

[williamzanzinger]

Ya know when ive seasoned cast iorn, its good to scour the pan so the oil has a surface to cling/soak into. Then I heat / cool/ sand /oil and repaeat 3-4 times and it builds up the coating. With the charbroil smoker and alike I know they have some kind of finish, can I try to lightly sand it before seasoning? or is that pointless?

 

[slim]

i would just coat it with oil and fire it up

 

[beer-b-q]

You don't need to sand it just coat with Pam and fire it up...

 

[chef jeff tx]

The few pits I've seasoned I've burned it out at high temp to get rid of any contaminants with a fire in both the fire box and the smoke chamber. I allowed to cool, wiped down all surfaces, coated with oil then fired it again for several hours to season.