Fresh can of stove black in the spring, good as new. Did you buy it to use? Or buy it to look at?
Like any tool, it will show scars from honest use. Anything you use to cook on is gonna get greasy eventually. Concerned it might actually (gasp) show some use, use the kitchen range to cook on. If you need it in an emergency, how it ends up looking is not going to be a concern..
You are absolutely on point here. Followed by everyone else's suggestion of stove black and I think we have a solution.
What say you OG?