My husband and I just bought a house that came with a natural gas grill. We’re pretty excited but this thing is filthy. What do you grill masters recommend for cleaning and giving this grill some extra life?
by morningabocado
8 Comments
butsrslymom
You can just replace most of those parts
Purple-Reserve8635
Spray cooking oil all over it and set the fire to high. Let the fire burn everything off. Then give a good scrub once it cools off a little. Fire fixes everything 😂
the_poor_economist
Honestly you could clean this all with just the brush in-pic and a water/vinegar solution. That’s just creosote in the lid, should scrape right off.
Then finish the cleaning by running it really hot for your first grill, and if you really want to be good maintenance practices you could lightly rub the grates with oil afterwards.
icouldnotchoose
My in-laws had that same grill for decades. Find the local dealer and hit them up for replacement burners and anything else rusted out. These grills are indestructible
SpezHasSexWithSheep
Take it apart and start scraping and cleaning, look for anything that may need replacing, such as having holes or turning brittle from rust. Put it all back together and crank it as high as it’ll go, let it run for a bit. After it cools wipe down and repaint what needs painting with some paint designed for high heat
EfficiencyAccurate45
An easy way to clean it is to put some aluminum foil on the grill and let it all burn off and then you vacuum it out. It’s very simple, shiny part down. And yeah you’re good to go. It takes about an hour for it all to burn. ,✌️
Bot_Fly_Bot
Get rid of that wire brush immediately.
CommissionIcy9909
Burn everything in high heat then brush it all off. People will tell you not to use a wire brush because bristles can break off, get trapped in some carbon then get in your food. It would be smart to use it for your initial cleaning though, then switch to an alternative regular use tool once you start cooking on it. I’ve used wire brushes my whole life but I keep my grates clean and there’s nothing for stray bristles to stick to. Can’t argue that there isn’t safer options though.
8 Comments
You can just replace most of those parts
Spray cooking oil all over it and set the fire to high. Let the fire burn everything off. Then give a good scrub once it cools off a little. Fire fixes everything 😂
Honestly you could clean this all with just the brush in-pic and a water/vinegar solution. That’s just creosote in the lid, should scrape right off.
Then finish the cleaning by running it really hot for your first grill, and if you really want to be good maintenance practices you could lightly rub the grates with oil afterwards.
My in-laws had that same grill for decades. Find the local dealer and hit them up for replacement burners and anything else rusted out. These grills are indestructible
Take it apart and start scraping and cleaning, look for anything that may need replacing, such as having holes or turning brittle from rust. Put it all back together and crank it as high as it’ll go, let it run for a bit. After it cools wipe down and repaint what needs painting with some paint designed for high heat
An easy way to clean it is to put some aluminum foil on the grill and let it all burn off and then you vacuum it out. It’s very simple, shiny part down. And yeah you’re good to go. It takes about an hour for it all to burn. ,✌️
Get rid of that wire brush immediately.
Burn everything in high heat then brush it all off. People will tell you not to use a wire brush because bristles can break off, get trapped in some carbon then get in your food. It would be smart to use it for your initial cleaning though, then switch to an alternative regular use tool once you start cooking on it. I’ve used wire brushes my whole life but I keep my grates clean and there’s nothing for stray bristles to stick to. Can’t argue that there isn’t safer options though.