This is the current state of my grill, my apologies and I feel bad for it being this way.
I’ve got some brushes and things but worry about pressing to hard and scratching the grate/bowl.
What do you guys reccomend, or am I just not pushing hard enough, or for not enough time? (That’s what she said)
by Bobnobs
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You look ready for a cook
You’re way over thinking this. It’s a grill. Use it. It looks 50x better than all of mine.
Dude.
Step 1 – light the fires of hell
Step 2 – let burn for 20 minutes
Step 3 – brush off ashes
Step 4 – profit
It’s kinda bizarre that you’re apologising here man. It’s a grill that’s gonna get greasy and then you burn it off, use a steelbrush to get the last off; otherwise you could also use half an onion or some crumped up aluminium foil. Don’t overthink this; its outdoor cooking!
I don’t see the issue here… looks better than mine and I’ve never apologized to anyone about it. Get it hot, scrub the grate with half an onion and get grilling
You good to go. After it’s ready for meat… Rub it with an onion.
Everyone telling you, you are ready to cook is absolutely wrong.
You need to straighten out that center grill insert. Seriously that is bugging the shit out of me.
Then you’ll be ready to grill.
Get it hot and then use your brush, or I’ll put some water on a sponge and brush
If you’re apologizing for this not sure what I should be saying about mine. That being said everyone here saying the same thing, light it up and let the fire hire that hard, and scrape with wire brush,foil onion….your choice. Your grate looks like stai less steel…your fine!! If you saw my cast iron grate on my grill I use the least you might go into shock if you think yours is bad lol.
I don’t understand what the problem is.
Weber has a really good metal brush that works really well. The grill looks pretty clean though.
I’ve been very happy with a “steam cleaning” Brush. Sponge with stainless steel mesh around it.
Not so critical for meats but a clean grill, well oiled, makes a big difference for fish
I hate metal brushes, terrified of metal needles getting into meat. My procedure: take sharp-edged log (correct word?) or wooden stick and without much pressuse downwards slide it through every line both sides to get off biggest residue pieces, then clean with tougher paper towels (both sidesof the grill-mesh), then rub heavily with wet grill sponge (one side of it very tough and good for getting it mostly shiny, special for grills) then treat with fire/heat, after that paber towels (some of the old greases turn liquid amd somehow get on the top part of the grill-mesh), clean corner areas with metal spatula’s edge or with wooden chopstick and finally paper towels again (wet and dry). 5-10 minutes + heat treatment time and it’s almost as good as new. If you clean every time, then it’s quite easy. Also it helps if you clean a bit after grilling (with log, wooden stick or spatula).
Been grilling for 25 years and cleaning is as important to me, as meat preparation and grilling itself.
I’d get it dirty before cleaning it.
Go buy one of these at your local Home Depot
https://scrubdaddy.com/product/bbq-daddy/
Let your grill warm up for a few minutes. Dunk the brush in water and go to town. Also get yourself some heat resistant gloves so you don’t burn yourself.
I too am a clean freak when it comes to cleaning my grills. If you don’t clean your grill you’re just eating off burnt leftover food. 🤮
Get a BBQ Daddy brush
Aluminum foil. (I reuse the ones from my toaster oven). Crumple into a ball or log and the foil will conform to your grates when you apply some pressure. It’s 100% better than any brush I’ve used. And since im up cycling used foil from the kitchen I feel like it’s somewhat planet-friendly.
Thanks all! This is post a clean, but thought I should be doing more to get the stainless grill sparkling again, but I’m glad I’m just over thinking it!
Getting warmer here in the UK, so hoping to try my hand at smoking something soon!
That grate isn’t going to last forever. If you use it regularly (you should be) it’s going to need to be replaced at some point. Don’t sweat it, just get it super hot and scrape it with your grill brush. Wipe it with olive oil after and it will last a bit longer.
Oh man, Im not even legitimately cleaning mine until it’s SIGNIFICANTLY worse than this. Light it, let it get hot, use a brush (like how a brush should be used) on the grates, and move on.
Crust is flavor
Your grill looks fine. Heat that fucker up, brush it, and use it. You’re overthinking this.
Your grates are never going to be shiny silver again. You don’t need to worry about scratching them…they go through a lifetime of getting banged around with metal tools while being heated to several hundred degrees. They’re probably the most durable thing you own.
I thought this was a picture of his grill right after he cleaned it.
This was exactly my situation yesterday. Grilled burgers and brats for the first time in the Weber since last year. Didn’t clean it before I covered it up for the winter. Opened it up yesterday and it was a mess. Doubled the amount of charcoal, burned the crap out of everything, took some foil to the grates and then wiped an onion over the entire thing and they looked great.
Also burned every single hair off of my arm because I was wearing the wrong gloves. But the food was good 🙂