re: What do you do to keep your grill grates clean?

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I need to find a better solution.

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I've got a nylon bristle one from Home Depot that works fine.

I have one of those too, its OK but not great. Gas grills are easy - leave all the smoot on there each time you're done cooking. Next time you cook, set the grill on highest heat for ~10 mins then bang/scrape the ash off the grate with the paddle or a wooden spatula. Set the cooking temp, wipe with a damp paper towel, then an oiled paper towel.

For kettles, kamados, stick burners, and electric things - a pressure washer is your friend. Or wash 'em the coonass way with a hose and a scotch bright pad in the grass.

Please don't put a dirty greasy grill in your oven on clean cycle. Your local fire department thanks you.

Always use a wet paper towel afterwards.

I picked up this one after we found a wire on some food. It's not as efficient, but it definitely does a good enough job.

Just found a wire in my dog's stomach on an Xray. No telling how long its been there since I haven't used a wire brush in years.

I've been using something similar to this, just to scrape off what the dogs don't get.
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I do a quick visual inspection of the grates after cleaning.. not sure how you'd miss a wire bristle stuck to a grate.

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It happened at a restaurant in our situation, then a short while later I saw a few on the grates, was enough reason for me to find an alternative.

I typically just let most of it burn off, then knock off the gradeau with the spiral brush

Heat up my grill

ball of aluminum foil.

If I want my grill really clean, I used wet paper towels after the foil