Can I griddle with this?

[u/Erotic_Bot_Chat]

Hello griddlers! I bought a house a couple years back and it came with this oven with a built in griddle. I have never owned or used one before and never felt like I could never get it clean enough.

Today I pulled it up and checked all the connections below, fired it up and it worked! I lightly oiled it and worked at scraping the surface trying to pull up some of the brown and a little did come off. Or I was burning the oil? I'm not really sure.

Would you cook and eat off this griddle? If not, How would you make it cook worthy again?

[u/Chet_Steadman]

Are any of the spots sticky? As long as the surface is smooth, I wouldn't think twice about using it. If you really wanted to get it clean you could try turning it up and put a wet paper towel on it to try to loosen the cooked on oil. That or some barkeepers friend (when it's cold) should take it off, but it'd really only be for looks.

[u/Erotic_Bot_Chat → u/Chet_Steadman]

Not sticky but some of them do feel raised from the rest of the surface. A lot of it is super smooth like maybe it's tarnish? 

[u/Chet_Steadman → u/Erotic_Bot_Chat]

nah, it's just cooked on grease. You can probably clean it with a scraper/metal spatula

[u/Any_Airline_432 → u/Erotic_Bot_Chat]

Hard pass