When I see a shiny cooking grate, my first thought is always “man, get out there and cook on that thing”.
I just scrape off the crunchy bits after it’s good and hot. You really can’t see much of the grate when you have delicious food on it and frankly, that’s how I like mine to look. Filled with tasty looking eats.
Of course I am also a person who has pans with not so shiny bottoms, cutting board which are clean but look like they have had food cut on them, the dish drainer half full after I just put everything away and the dishwasher perpetually half to full of dishes—dirty if it hasn’t been run yet and full when it has. We cook. A lot. Our home (and grills) reflect that.
If it makes you feel better, call it seasoning. Or patina.
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