bosco Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 well, I am curious as I want to move away from my weber grill scraper when I get the KKs. I am just curious what others here use and steps to keeping the grills so nice. MacKenzie your grill always looks amazing so.... spill the beans please!!!
kjs Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 well, I am curious as I want to move away from my weber grill scraper when I get the KKs. I am just curious what others here use and steps to keeping the grills so nice. MacKenzie your grill always looks amazing so.... spill the beans please!!! Yes, yes, spill the beans. Whenever I cook a large batch of ribs, brisket or pork butts the grates are a charred baked on mess. Short of a chemical bath or using a sand blaster ( which I would never do), if I can keep them pristine I would sure like to know how. I've tried soaking, scrubbing ( remember the detergent ads from the sixties referring to ring-around-the collar "but I just can't get those dirty rings out") arrrgh.
MacKenzie Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 I've used that curly kate stainless steel scrubber and then washed it off with hot water and a rub with a cloth. Just wait though I haven't done any of those really messy cooks yet and I haven't let any of the gunk pile up either. My time is coming:) I wonder if these would be a good option providing that none of the links come off and get into the food. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=chainnail+scrubber I just ordered one and should have it next Wed. Stay tuned for the review;)
kjs Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 I've used that curly kate stainless steel scrubber and then washed it off with hot water and a rub with a cloth. Just wait though I haven't done any of those really messy cooks yet and I haven't let any of the gunk pile up either. My time is coming:) I wonder if these would be a good option providing that none of the links come off and get into the food. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=chainnail+scrubber I just ordered one and should have it next Wed. Stay tuned for the review;) Thanks MacKenzie, I think we all need to collaborate on really messy cooks and cleaning afterwards. One of my first cooks on my new grill was for 50 people in our neighborhood, we do this annually. We cooked 16 slabs of ribs, four briskets, 4 pork shoulders and six chickens. Me and my BBQ buddy were so busy that day and the day before, I did not get any photos, but everyone loved the results. What a mess it made of my new grill grates, I soaked, scrubbed and got them relatively clean, but I would like to have no left over residue what-so-ever. Me thinks the only way is good old fashioned elbow grease.
tinyfish Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 To scrape the grill rods I use this an 3/8" open end box wrench. Works great but wont get them MacKenzie clean. The open end wrench works like a billy bar or grill floss. 1
Poochie Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 I couldn't remember who had posted the wrench cleaning but I wanted to thank them. Tiny, that sucker works like a champ...so thanks for enlightening the masses! 1
kjs Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 To scrape the grill rods I use this an 3/8" open end box wrench. Works great but wont get them MacKenzie clean. The open end wrench works like a billy bar or grill floss.2015-09-03 17.44.47.jpg I will have to give this a try, thanks.
wilburpan Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 I use a combination of doing a high heat burn at 500ºF or more for about 10-15 minutes after cooking, a Weber grill brush, and Grill Floss, as needed. But I think that this is the key element: Me thinks the only way is good old fashioned elbow grease. Truth. 1
Syzygies Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 3/8" open end box wrench The specs say 3/8" / 9mm. It is puzzling that a metric wrench isn't a better fit, but 10mm > 3/8", and 9mm doesn't fit.
CeramicChef Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 Grill floss. Best I've found. I use Grill Floss when the grates are warm. Then a high temp burn. I then follow up when everything is cold with a very, VERY stiff nylon brush made by CharBroil. I NEVER use anything with metal bristles on my grills. I have too many MD friends who work emergency rooms and to a man, they hate metal brushes scrubbers. Bristles beak off, end up in/on the food, are ingested, and you end up in the emergency room with major gut problems. Nobody wants a perforated intestine.
kjs Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 Grill floss. Best I've found. I use Grill Floss when the grates are warm. Then a high temp burn. I then follow up when everything is cold with a very, VERY stiff nylon brush made by CharBroil. I NEVER use anything with metal bristles on my grills. I have too many MD friends who work emergency rooms and to a man, they hate metal brushes scrubbers. Bristles beak off, end up in/on the food, are ingested, and you end up in the emergency room with major gut problems. Nobody wants a perforated intestine. You are absolutely correct regarding metal bristles.
tony b Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 Couple of thoughts here. Grill floss is da shizzle! (That's a good thing!) No metal wires. MacKenzie, I have the chain mail scrubber for my cast iron and carbon steel pans in the kitchen. It's excellent. I've never thought to use it on the grill grates, hmmmm?? Might have to experiment., too. If you want maintain pristine looking grates (I'm far too lazy to care), use this product that I use in my brewing room - Powdered Brewery Wash (PBW). It was developed by Coors Brewing to clean their brewing equipment. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064O7XBA/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687522&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001D6IVZG&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0VBKZ4ZPTWSB1YAN25BS It works great! I use it to clean my cooktop when it starts to get gunky. You might have to soak your grates in it overnight, but it will cut through proteins (and other sundry junk) like crazy! Think OxyClean on steroids! It's food safe, but needs to be rinsed off well.
kjs Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 Couple of thoughts here. Grill floss is da shizzle! (That's a good thing!) No metal wires. MacKenzie, I have the chain mail scrubber for my cast iron and carbon steel pans in the kitchen. It's excellent. I've never thought to use it on the grill grates, hmmmm?? Might have to experiment., too. If you want maintain pristine looking grates (I'm far too lazy to care), use this product that I use in my brewing room - Powdered Brewery Wash (PBW). It was developed by Coors Brewing to clean their brewing equipment. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064O7XBA/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687522&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001D6IVZG&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0VBKZ4ZPTWSB1YAN25BS It works great! I use it to clean my cooktop when it starts to get gunky. You might have to soak your grates in it overnight, but it will cut through proteins (and other sundry junk) like crazy! Think OxyClean on steroids! It's food safe, but needs to be rinsed off well. Great tip, thanks.
Poochie Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 I clean my grates right after every cook while they're still hot/warm. I use the 3/8 wrench to get the baked on stuff off and then give it a quick wipe with a paper towel. I really don't see the need to get them shiny sparkling clean before the next cook. When you're getting your Komodo to temps for the next cook, the grill will be under more heat than your dishwasher could provide and destroy any horrible nasty germs that might have made their home on it. If it's for photo purposes, then yeah it looks cool. But otherwise, knock off the crusty stuff and grill on, brother! 1
Tucker Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 After the cook, scrape with grill floss, wire brush, then let the grill heat up to 600 f, let it hang there for 25 minutes and shut down. Every 3 months I let the grill go at 600f til the fuel burns out completely, this creates a white ash inside and then just brush it away.
MacKenzie Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 tony, thanks for that tip again. I'm going to check out the local brew store to see if they carry it.
tony b Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 I'm just about positive that they will, MacKenzie. It's standard stuff in the brewing biz - commercial and homebrewing. Hear yah, poochie. You can't keep the "new car smell" forever. You folks don't even want to look at my drip pan - it normally looks like it's made of cast iron and not stainless steel! Whenever I get the notion, I give it an overnight soak in the PBW to kind of "refresh" it somewhat. I care to think of it as "patina."
Poochie Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 I give my drip pan a soak in the old "DDL." Dawn Dishwashing Liquid. The next morning all the gunk rinses right off. It doesn't look new but neither do I.
MacKenzie Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 Bad news, I bought ribs so I could do a messy cook, then went to the brew store and no PBW:(
Poochie Posted September 5, 2015 Report Posted September 5, 2015 No worries, MacKenzie. Dennis supplied a grate that can take all the sauce I slosh on chicken and ribs and mine still look grate (great, get it? Another pun for Tony tiger) Put those ribs on and don't look back.
