How often do you clean your grill?

i've got a weber gas grill that's about 8 years old. i replaced the igniter once, and replaced all the porcelain bars & grates with stainless..i keep it fairly clean to help avoid it from catching on fire.

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i keep it fairly clean to help avoid it from catching on fire.

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my neighbor burned down his house a couple weeks ago with his dirty grill

back porch...grease fire...bye bye house

before and after each use. On top of that, i put some of those disposable aluminum baking pans on top of the burner beneath the racks. Keeps the mess down and avoids flare ups.

i was thinking the same thing. all the flavor is lost.

Alot of gas grills come with cast iron now. Mine has it. Nothing wrong with treating the grates like a cast iron pot but I think they are talking about the well, greese trap and burners which is where your greese fire would start you wont get any flavor from there anyways

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i spray lighter fluid on the grill to burn off the old shite.

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Thats a joke right?? If not you must love the taste of chemicals.

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i'm not doing that with meat on the grill. and it doesn't taste the lighter fluid.

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I use a chimney when I use my charcoal grill however as long as you let the fluid burn out about 30 minutes it will disapear. If you don't though, it'll taste like shite.

I brush and floss after every meal.