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Cleaning Your Egg

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butert
butert Posts: 202
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What do you use to Clean the outside of your egg?
Cooking on a XL BGE from Allendale, Mi.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
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    Myself I use a 100% cotton rag soaked with water. Seems to work pretty good. To date I haven't put any type of cleaner on my egg. Just water and ivory soap. So far so good. Others may can offer other suggestions as well.

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  • stevethegreat
    stevethegreat Posts: 247
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    I've used water when it's hot/warm (be careful) and a towel. Also used simple green and paper towel when it's cool.
    Steve
    Outside of Appleton, WI - MBGE, LBGE
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  • freddyj
    freddyj Posts: 129
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    Grease lightening or dish soap with warm water and scrub brush rinsed with hose.
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    Simple Green works like a charm.
    Flint, Michigan
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
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    I use Method spray. Keep a bottle sitting on the SS table as it's good on the Eggs or table. Cooks Illustrated picked it #1.
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • Jupiter Jim
    Jupiter Jim Posts: 3,351
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    I let the rain do most of the cleaning! Have used a paper towel from time to time.

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  • timekpr1
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    I just cook on it.  Cleaning is for sissies!
    Mama always said, Grilling was like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you're gonna get.
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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,829
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    I will wipe down the outside of it with a rag while it's hot and cooking if I see any grease running from the daisy wheel.  It's usually hot enough that it comes right off without too much fuss.
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • keepervodeflame
    keepervodeflame Posts: 353
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    You can't beat simple green IMHO for the outside kettle and dome finish. 
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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,227
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    SGH said:
    Myself I use a 100% cotton rag soaked with water. Seems to work pretty good. To date I haven't put any type of cleaner on my egg. Just water and ivory soap. So far so good. Others may can offer other suggestions as well.
    That is exactly what I do. Every time I use it! 

    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,522
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    BGE recommends to avoid the use of chemical cleaners, the use of water and a soft rag seem the most appropriate. As @johnkitchens says - easy to do if you wipe it down every time you snuff it. 
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,729
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    I use a little vinegar diluted in water. Works great.
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