Used the fire pit. It's great but the steel bowl black lining has peeled in places and now has rust spots. Any ideas on how to correct..?
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Use a black paint called VHT flame proof coatings. Sand rust spots smooth then paint with VHT
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I was happy to find and buy stainless steel replacement flame/heat diffusers. However, the thin gauge of the metal did not hold up well to the high heat. Mine deformed, but I continued to use them. Didn't see any harm. I think they are on the 2nd year. New grill soon--I'll be more vigilant.
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Stewart, contact the company and depending on how long you have own it, see if you can return the wagon. If not and you would like to keep the wagon, remove the peeling pieces and either paint over it (Many paint stores can do matches these days) or not. My family owned a road master when I was a kid and when the paint chipped away, we let it. After years and years of being left out in all weather, the wagon rusted away in-between uses.
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I haven't had rust on mine. I have had problems with some sort of black grease rolling out onto my fondant. Could have been a nice rolling pin if that hadn't happened.
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Suprised it was damaged!! Mine was packed like a very well! As for the temp? I had that problem yesterday. Smoked a pork roast. Fired up just fine and was running too hot 250! Had both burners on low and both dampers open all the way. So, I turned the valve back on the propane tank. Next think I know the temp is at 150 and when I turn it up the temp will not increase. I shut everything down. Opened the valve on the propane tank all the way and restarted it. Worked fine after that. The propane regulators are very cheap now days and seem to have some issues. I have only used it 3 times and here are some suggestions. Keep what you are smoking if it is a small amount at the same level as the temp gauge. Only use 1 burner at a time. Why? When the 1st one burns out of wood chips you start the other. Then you can change out the chips and it is not hot. Wrap the pans in tin foil! They stay nice and it is an easy clean up when you are done. I am also looking into getting a very thin fire proof seal for the door. It is metal against metal and leaks some smoke. May not be worth the cost but a thought. Also..Make sure you burn it off!! Do it slow and work the vents and the doors as it heats up! They will stick! Hope this helps! Going to do a big turkey this weekend?! Yikes!!!
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I'm sure it's not the top of the line stainless, but I've had mine sitting outside for 4 months of winter and no rust on the bottom so far. I do have it covered with a good quality cover. I also drilled a few small holes in the bowl bottom for drainage. For such a low price, and if you keep it covered you, should get your money's worth out of it.
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We used the grill for 3 weeks last summer and had no problems at all. We cleaned it with a BBQ brush. Mostly it never needed cleaning, the fire burned off any food.We had no paint chip.One thing we did was turn the grill over so the rim was facing up to hold hot dogs from rolling off. The picture on the box shows it one way & we turned it our way.And we also put a rock in the fire ring under one corner for support. We used it a lot for cooking in our cast iron pans & a coffee pot.In January we took it out to cook over a fire at our branding, and it was all good. I would buy it again & again. We used the grill for 3 weeks last summer and had no problems at all. We cleaned it with a BBQ brush. Mostly it never needed cleaning, the fire burned off any food.We had no paint chip.One thing we did was turn the grill over so the rim was facing up to hold hot dogs from rolling off. The picture on the box shows it one way & we turned it our way.And we also put a rock in the fire ring under one corner for support. We used it a lot for cooking in our cast iron pans & a coffee pot.In January we took it out to cook over a fire at our branding, and it was all... » Read More We used the grill for 3 weeks last summer and had no problems at all. We cleaned it with a BBQ brush. Mostly it never needed cleaning, the fire burned off any food.We had no paint chip.One thing we did was turn the grill over so the rim was facing up to hold hot dogs from rolling off. The picture on the box shows it one way & we turned it our way.And we also put a rock in the fire ring under one corner for support. We used it a lot for cooking in our cast iron pans & a coffee pot.In January we took it out to cook over a fire at our branding, and it was all good. I would buy it again & again. « Show Less
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I bring mine in during the winter months. It was outside for 1 summer and now has a different appearance than when I first bought it. Its more of a dirty rust now. Can't imagine what a winter would do to it. I live in WI. and we have some pretty harsh winters. I guess it's your call!
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The fire pit is starting to rust. We've put it up on a big paver to try and limit any staining to the patio. So far no staining...however, we do have it on the big paver to limit staining.
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I've used mine twice without a bit of smoke. How did you clean the unit. Spray 409 let it stand a while, spray again and let it stand awhile longer. Then take a wet Mr Clean kitchen sponge over the entire unit inside and out. Wipe dry for a brand new looking unit. I couldn't believe how clean the unit came using the 409/Mr Clean kitchen sponge. Smoke, there might be food touching the unit as it rotates which, I would like, would cause smoke. Make sure that no food touches the heating unit while the food is rotating.
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I initially used too much in the fire pit bowl and it made it difficult to sustain a flame. Make sure that the glass isn't smothering the holes in the flame ring. That should be enough.
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I wouldn't know for certain - sounds like it could be oxidation. You could ask for a different pot. I use mine every week, but it had no marks brand new. It has a few pencil-point sized black dots now but it has had burned food when I did not watch it closely and had the heat too high or was cooking something too long by multi-tasking. The dots don't worry me, but if your pan came to you in that condition, I'd ask for a new one. Contact amazon. They can tell you how to send it back and get a new one. They have return labels you can print out. Whenever I have called them with a problem, they promptly call me and I have resolved every one of the few problems I have had. I hope I was helpful.
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I seasoned my new wok as instructed then cooked my first meal. Got a little burnt on bottom so let it soak a bit then washed. I noticed lines up sides from pulling the veggies up the side (with wood spoon). After cleaning and drying I notice what appears to be rust... I can scrape off with nail. Guess will try the oil spread. Just seems odd..
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I've left mine outside for the past 6 years - sometimes with lodge's awful leaky coverthe polymerized oils from "seasoning" will burn off from the intense heat that charcoal puts out. no way around it. also, heat accelerates the rate at which rust forms. also no way around this. don't worry about it not being seasoned.just cook on it. charred food bits cover the rust very very quickly.
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Do What I did and return it. I was told that this was "normal", but my 42 year old Oneida has NO rust spots. I went to the website where you can find replacement pieces for your old patterns and added the pieces I needed. I'm using my Oneida "My Rose" again. The newer stainless clearly isn't as good!!
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The burner itself will rust. Just looked at mine, it's been outside unused for 2 years. I suppose you could cover it or oil it if you are not going to use it for a while.
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I haven't noticed any flaking off of the color from the fire pit. The way the stone looks it's hard to tell if flaking is occurring or if that is the way it is designed. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Maybe you got a defective one that needs to be returned.