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What do you do to keep your grill grates clean?
Posted on 8/5/20 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 8/5/20 at 5:55 pm
Do you spend a lot of time brushing, cleaning, burning it off? Does it matter?
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Posted on 8/5/20 at 6:01 pm to Jax-Tiger
Get it hot. Hit it with the wire brush.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 6:02 pm to Jax-Tiger
Heat. Wire brush. Wipe with oiled rag.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 6:02 pm to Jax-Tiger
Easy Off Oven cleaner, Brillo pad
Posted on 8/5/20 at 6:17 pm to Jax-Tiger
You are supposed To clean them?
Posted on 8/5/20 at 6:52 pm to jamboybarry
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Heat. Wire brush. Wipe with oiled rag.
This is what I do.
High heat until there is no smoke, wire brush, then wipe with an oiled paper towel using tongs.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 7:34 pm to Kim Jong Ir
My family stopped using wire brushes after a family member got a bristle lodged in their throat. A quick use of the google machine says it's not that uncommon, the bristles can break off and stick to the grate, ultimately being transferred to the food. I dunno how common it is, but now they use aluminum foil.
So there's your random factoid of the day, you all know me a little bit better now.
So there's your random factoid of the day, you all know me a little bit better now.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 7:37 pm to Jax-Tiger
Wire brush is not advisable. If any bristles break loose and stick to the grate and then your foods, swallowing one can mean emergency surgery.
Loosely balled up aluminum foil so there are many angled flat edges works well to scrape and leaves no bristles.
Loosely balled up aluminum foil so there are many angled flat edges works well to scrape and leaves no bristles.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 7:56 pm to Jax-Tiger
You're supposed to clean them?
Posted on 8/5/20 at 8:00 pm to Jax-Tiger
Where I come from that's called flavor
Posted on 8/5/20 at 8:02 pm to Matisyeezy
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My family stopped using wire brushes after a family member got a bristle lodged in their throat. A quick use of the google machine says it's not that uncommon, the bristles can break off and stick to the grate, ultimately being transferred to the food. I dunno how common it is, but now they use aluminum foil.
Coater, our FBD ENT with ER experience with this, has advised me against wire brushes, but I still use them.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 8:03 pm to Zappas Stache
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You're supposed to clean them?
I do it before each grilling. They stay in their natural state between grillings.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 9:38 pm to Matisyeezy
Yeah I don’t use them anymore after removing several from people
I’ve got a wooden paddle looking thing that develops grooves by rubbing it over hot grates. It works great
I’ve got a wooden paddle looking thing that develops grooves by rubbing it over hot grates. It works great
Posted on 8/5/20 at 9:57 pm to Jax-Tiger
Fire.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 10:09 pm to Btrtigerfan
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Get it hot. Hit it with the wire brush.
My go-to way of cleaning them between deep cleanings.
I'll deep clean my grill 3-4 times a year by taking it apart and hitting it with my pressure washer for the crud that collects in the bottom and deep clean the grates.
I'll remove the gas burners and all other components and soak them in hot water with TSP to cut the grease and clean them. Then put everything back together and fire it up and oil my grates to season them.
Damn near good as new.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:13 am to Jax-Tiger
If cast I season the shite out of them.
If stainless I boil am and toss em in the oven of self clean
If stainless I boil am and toss em in the oven of self clean
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:27 am to X123F45
Stick them in the oven on self clean mode, if there happens to be a run of cold winter days.
Self clean mode is hell for most of the year.
Self clean mode is hell for most of the year.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:01 am to Jax-Tiger
Fire up your grill so the grill is nice and hot, cut an onion in half and use a grill fork or something similar to rub the cut half of the onion all over the grill similar to how you would use a wire brush, works an absolute treat!
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:06 am to Coater
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I’ve got a wooden paddle looking thing that develops grooves by rubbing it over hot grates. It works great
I got one of those, but the grate on my new grill/smoker isn't just straight pieces across so it doesn't work worth a shite. I went back to the wire brush even though I've heard your horror stories.
I need to find a better solution.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 8:13 am to Jax-Tiger
Combination of heat, brush, and billy bar.
I have cast iron grates on the joe. I usually give it a good scrub while it's cold before i fire up the grill, with a synthetic stiff bristle brush (not wire, for reasons mentioned above. Once it starts getting hot, i'll use the billy bar (pictured below) to scrub in between.
I should probably oil the grates but never have.
I have cast iron grates on the joe. I usually give it a good scrub while it's cold before i fire up the grill, with a synthetic stiff bristle brush (not wire, for reasons mentioned above. Once it starts getting hot, i'll use the billy bar (pictured below) to scrub in between.
I should probably oil the grates but never have.
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