How do you clean your cooking grate?

CPARKTX · January 28

How do you clean your cooking grate? I understand seasoning, but frequently the grate has a grease, marinade, food bits, etc.

Alton · January 28

I run the temp over 600 and every thing bakes off! Even the plate setter. Cleans up at that heat

Doc_Eggerton · January 28

Get the fire up to 900 for a few minutes.

Eggcelsior · January 28

What hapster said. I pre-heat the grill, add the grid and let it sit for 5 minutes. Brush it off with a grill brush. If I'm searing, I let the egg do the work and just burn everything off.

bboulier · January 28

Heat works fine, but I usually just drop mine in a laundry room sink in some soapy water and let it soak while I start the fire. Then wipe it with a stiff plastic scrubber when I am ready to start cooking.

Skiddymarker · January 28

Burn off and oil the CI, brush and if lots of low temp sticky stuff, laundry tub the SS grid.

cajunduck · January 28

Aluminum foil

td66snrf · January 28

I take the griill off as you must to start the fire, I get the fire going, put the grill back and close the lid to let the hot. Before I put on what I'm going to cook I hit the grill with a wire brush. Whatever was on there from my previous cook is gone and being that the grill is hot it is sanitary for your next cook.

td66snrf · January 28

td66snrf said:

I take the griill off as you must to start the fire, I get the fire going, put the grill back and close the lid to let the hot. Before I put on what I'm going to cook I hit the grill with a wire brush. Whatever was on there from my previous cook is gone and being that the grill is hot it is sanitary for your next cook.

Please insert the word "grill" between the and hot in the second sentence.

Charlie tuna · January 28

I have a system that i have followed for two years and it is working for me. My cast iron grate just gets re-heated and wire brushed before using. All my metel grills are sprayed with a heavy duty degreaser the following day, hosed with high pressure water, then cleaned by scrubbing with a Brillo pad. The degreaser melts any food product off, and the Brillo pad brings them back to the same shinny original surface. I have a total of six different set ups, but i stay ahead and have all my grills available BEFORE i start any cook.

td66snrf · January 28

Charlie tuna said:

I have a system that i have followed for two years and it is working for me. My cast iron grate just gets re-heated and wire brushed before using. All my metel grills are sprayed with a heavy duty degreaser the following day, hosed with high pressure water, then cleaned by scrubbing with a Brillo pad. The degreaser melts any food product off, and the Brillo pad brings them back to the same shinny original surface. I have a total of six different set ups, but i stay ahead and have all my grills available BEFORE i start any cook.

Seriously?

Mickey · January 28

Thought that was why we use fire.

njl · January 28

I emailed BGE years ago about this...and was told the answer is a clean burn. Fire will get your cooking grid cleaner more easily than anything you could manually do to it. Just load it up, light it up, leave the vents wide open, and be prepared to need a new gasket if you've got an older style one.

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