My building has a communal bbq. It wasn’t properly cleaned/stored before (California) winter and I just discovered that it’s covered with mold. How would you go about making it food safe again? Tagged NSFW because it looks nasty
by GRiZbeeGolf
41 Comments
Kingpennyg
FIRE!
munchingrasshopper
Get it hot AF and burn it all off. Easy
LilOpieCunningham
Scrub off and clean out what you can then cleanse with fire.
minesskiier
Fire then pressure washer
BigDinkSosa
Fire it up and stay away from the fumes.
InevitableOk5017
600 degrees of love.
Treebranch_916
Some of this is not mold but I’m having a hard time picking it out. I’m pretty sure the flavorizer bars will need some sanding
riblau
Fire cleanses all
t-o-m-u-s-a
BURN IT
xxLOPEZxx
Open all the vents and get it so incomprehensibly hot
Wafflehouseofpain
You know what kills things?
Fire
Musicduude
When this has happened with my Weber I get a hot fire going and just let it burn. Afterwards I scrub it with vinegar but that’s probably overkill.
NPR_Oak
Also in California, same happened to me two weeks ago. Fire on high for 15 minutes!
raspberry_en_anglais
Oven cleaner and green scrubby pads, and rags! Then burn it all off before using
GRiZbeeGolf
Update: sending the mold to the shadow realm at 600 as we speak. Will scrub the fuck out of it after and leave a passive aggressive note above the grill about proper cleaning for the rest of the building to read. Thanks for the quick replies
Okramthegreat
is this the first NSFW in the grilling sub?
kwagmire9764
Heat up the grates and spray with oven cleaner, make sure you’re in a well ventilated area, then scrub with a Scrub Daddy steel sponge and soapy water. Throw the grates back on the grill and crank it up for like 15 minutes to burn off everything. Spray the grates with cooking spray or coat with some kind of oil to season.
Odd_Bat_26
Fire it up, water with ice, Scrub Daddy Polyester grill brush, and a small prayer. Hope it works.
TheBigMost
Vinegar’s pretty good at killing mold/mildew. I’d fix a 50/50 vinegar/water mix in a spray bottle – spray and scrub the cold grill with a stiff nylon brush, then heat up the grill after
pro-taco
Oven cleaner, blast it and degrease it before firing it up
foxpro79
Just did this, though I didn’t have quite the amount of mold you do. My steps were:
1. Take out the heat shield things. Fire up to 500 or so for 10-15 minutes 2. Scrape with putty knives as much as you can, let cool 3. Once cool, hit it with some degreaser (I used simple green), and rinse out with wet rag 4. Fire up again and bake out any remaining degreaser. 5. Coat with a bit of oil to prevent rust where you exposed any steel with the scraping
Worked for me
SalsaChica75
Power washer?
Altruistic_Bag_9276
Sell it to me for a dollar and I would just pressure wash it 😆
leseanjr
Soap water and fire and make it Hot
MattWheelsLTW
Dang, if only there was a way to clean all this flammable stuff out of this box designed for burning flammable stuff. Whatever will I do
Ambrose_Bierce1
Fire it up!
Normal-String-8787
I mean is this real. How to clean a grill?
Heat clean well. You came to reddit for that. Google.com is a new place to search common questions.
Yoshimitsustoenails
Purify it in the waters of Lake Minnetonka
Denalitwentytwo
Disassemble, power wash, reassemble, fire up good and hot, ready to go.
Detoxpain
Fire and a metal scraper brush are going to do wonders for you.
maddogg3166
Light her up and leave her on high for an hr!
stayzero
Simple Green and water, scrub down and rinse, then fire.
ProperEmperor
Onions and fire!
MissMcNoodle
Fire it up end ‘er to hell
11131945
Get it ripping hot for about an hour then wash/brush it out.
DaMightyBush
Light it!
Woodpeckerlips82
I got a free big green egg from someone who was paying to take it to the dump because it was filled with mold. I took it home, got it raging hot. Cleaned it thoroughly, got it hot again and then used it. That was 2014 and im still using that grill.
Substantial__Unit
Big fire but it would also help to then soak it while ripping hot. I think the steam would help a ton. Then maybe repeat.
Alarming-Ad-5758
Fire and time.
Region_Fluid
I turn it on full blast and come back in a couple hours.
41 Comments
FIRE!
Get it hot AF and burn it all off. Easy
Scrub off and clean out what you can then cleanse with fire.
Fire then pressure washer
Fire it up and stay away from the fumes.
600 degrees of love.
Some of this is not mold but I’m having a hard time picking it out. I’m pretty sure the flavorizer bars will need some sanding
Fire cleanses all
BURN IT
Open all the vents and get it so incomprehensibly hot
You know what kills things?
Fire
When this has happened with my Weber I get a hot fire going and just let it burn. Afterwards I scrub it with vinegar but that’s probably overkill.
Also in California, same happened to me two weeks ago. Fire on high for 15 minutes!
Oven cleaner and green scrubby pads, and rags! Then burn it all off before using
Update: sending the mold to the shadow realm at 600 as we speak. Will scrub the fuck out of it after and leave a passive aggressive note above the grill about proper cleaning for the rest of the building to read. Thanks for the quick replies
is this the first NSFW in the grilling sub?
Heat up the grates and spray with oven cleaner, make sure you’re in a well ventilated area, then scrub with a Scrub Daddy steel sponge and soapy water. Throw the grates back on the grill and crank it up for like 15 minutes to burn off everything. Spray the grates with cooking spray or coat with some kind of oil to season.
Fire it up, water with ice, Scrub Daddy Polyester grill brush, and a small prayer.
Hope it works.
Vinegar’s pretty good at killing mold/mildew. I’d fix a 50/50 vinegar/water mix in a spray bottle – spray and scrub the cold grill with a stiff nylon brush, then heat up the grill after
Oven cleaner, blast it and degrease it before firing it up
Just did this, though I didn’t have quite the amount of mold you do. My steps were:
1. Take out the heat shield things. Fire up to 500 or so for 10-15 minutes
2. Scrape with putty knives as much as you can, let cool
3. Once cool, hit it with some degreaser (I used simple green), and rinse out with wet rag
4. Fire up again and bake out any remaining degreaser.
5. Coat with a bit of oil to prevent rust where you exposed any steel with the scraping
Worked for me
Power washer?
Sell it to me for a dollar and I would just pressure wash it 😆
Soap water and fire and make it Hot
Dang, if only there was a way to clean all this flammable stuff out of this box designed for burning flammable stuff. Whatever will I do
Fire it up!
I mean is this real. How to clean a grill?
Heat clean well. You came to reddit for that. Google.com is a new place to search common questions.
Purify it in the waters of Lake Minnetonka
Disassemble, power wash, reassemble, fire up good and hot, ready to go.
Fire and a metal scraper brush are going to do wonders for you.
Light her up and leave her on high for an hr!
Simple Green and water, scrub down and rinse, then fire.
Onions and fire!
Fire it up end ‘er to hell
Get it ripping hot for about an hour then wash/brush it out.
Light it!
I got a free big green egg from someone who was paying to take it to the dump because it was filled with mold. I took it home, got it raging hot. Cleaned it thoroughly, got it hot again and then used it. That was 2014 and im still using that grill.
Big fire but it would also help to then soak it while ripping hot. I think the steam would help a ton. Then maybe repeat.
Fire and time.
I turn it on full blast and come back in a couple hours.
With fire