RT-1250 Hello! Cast Iron Flaking

[kgerst]

Hi all. New to the forum and new Recteq owner here (1250). Just started unboxing and what I presume is the cast iron heat deflector is flaking pretty bad (attached pics). Is this normal? I did email recteq as well to get their thoughts. Thanks for any input anyone has and happy Saturday!

 

[chadinsc]

i haven’t seen that yet. the cast iron is a new feature. in theory its a great idea but it hasn’t had time yet to prove itself. good choice on the grill also. 1250s are a nice setup

 

[MikeK]

Looks like just slag. it should just fall off and not have any adverse affects. Too bad it wasn't cleaned before it was sent out.

 

[Stratratbj96]

It didn’t get sand blasted at the foundry. It’s not supposed to be that way but I don’t think it will hurt anything. If you complain they will send you a new one and then you’ll have a spare.

 

[kgerst]

Thanks all for responses! I was worried to cook with it at first but may just clean it up and fire it up for my burn in and start using it while I wait to hear back from Recteq.

 

[Blues1]

Being the heat defector, it won't hurt a thing

 

[sdynak]

Will likely burn off.. nothing to worry about. Crank it up .