I recently purchased a Lodge cast iron griddle topper for making smash-burgers on my gas grill.
I ran into an issue where I was getting a LOT of excess grease on the top of the griddle which was preventing the burger from sticking and browning properly, so i wasn't getting the crispy lacy edges. More like deep fried (which was still good, just not what I'd planned).
How can I get rid of this excess grease so each burger will brown properly? It's wicked heavy and wicked hot (it was hard to handle an hour after I stopped), so picking it up and dumping isn't a great option.
To be clear, I'm not talking about cleaning it after. I mean between batches.
I ran into an issue where I was getting a LOT of excess grease on the top of the griddle which was preventing the burger from sticking and browning properly, so i wasn't getting the crispy lacy edges. More like deep fried (which was still good, just not what I'd planned).
How can I get rid of this excess grease so each burger will brown properly? It's wicked heavy and wicked hot (it was hard to handle an hour after I stopped), so picking it up and dumping isn't a great option.
To be clear, I'm not talking about cleaning it after. I mean between batches.