Title: Gas is best, but will work on ceramic stove
Product review: This makes my 5th Lodge piece and first to be pre-seasoned. It was uniformly black and free of rust. I still gave it a 90 minute bake at 350 lubed with shortening. I'm using this piece under the worse possible scenario, a ceramic top stove. Since there is no direct contact with the burner surface all heat transfer is radiant. This requires a 15 minute preheat time to allow the majority of the cooking area to be uniform in temperature and do it in 2~3 stages, not all at once and here's why. The first time I preheated this grill I monitored it with an IR thermometer. The center rose to 350 while 1" from he edges it was still at 80 Fearing this might lead to a fracture, I backed off and started slower. You'll also need to use 25% more heat to maintain the desired cooking temperature versus a cast iron skillet doing the same task. Overall it's a practice make perfect learning curve.
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