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How do you clean your grate?

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Meathead1974
Meathead1974 Posts: 69
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I usually get yelled at for bringing the dirty grate it my SWMBO and making a mess since I like to use the sprayer in the sink.  What do you all do to clean the grate?
Fort Mill, SC
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Quick swipe with a brush when it has lots of goop. Mostly let the fire take care of it. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,114
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    Heat, metal brillo pad, and quick wipe with wet towel.

    Please do not use a wire bristle brush.  The wires can fall out and contaminate the food.
    They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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  • grege345
    grege345 Posts: 3,515
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    I clean mine but I admit I have never washed it
    LBGE& SBGE———————————————•———————– Pennsylvania / poconos

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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,551
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    Clean the grate?
    Greensboro, NC
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    edited April 2015
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    Wolfpack said:
    Clean the grate?
    I wondered how long before someone would post something sensible. LOL. Mine was clean the day I bought it... 5 1/2 hears ago. Since then, the heat takes care of it. If I were your wife, I'd be po'd too.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,114
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    If @Carolina Q were my wife I'd be po'd.
    They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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  • DubfromGA
    DubfromGA Posts: 54
    edited April 2015
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    theyolksonyou said:
    Quick swipe with a brush when it has lots of goop. Mostly let the fire take care of it. 
    Exactly.


    What the fire doesn't remove I hit with my Billy Bar.

    http://www.billybar.com

    Get the big one and hold it with your thumb up and the tool down to get the max leverage with the least effort.

    It can be rotated to provide 360 degree scraping of the grates.

    Excellent product.
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    Heat, a ball of aluminum foil. ..
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
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    I tie the grate to my trailer hitch with fishing line and drag it around the driveway. The abrasive pavement and vibration knocks the **** off
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    If @Carolina Q were my wife I'd be po'd.
    Yeah, like THAT will ever happen. Did I do something to offend you? 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • 4Runner
    4Runner Posts: 2,948
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    Quick brush on the cold grate in my prep stage.   Just to knock off the crusty bits on the top.  
    Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/  and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
    What am I drinking now?   Woodford....neat
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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    Sheesh!. Next thing somebody will ask about the Thermapen.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    edited April 2015
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    cazzy said:
    After my grate is hot after getting to my target temp, I clean the grate was with a scrunched up foil ball. 
    Geez...never respond to a thread when you're still half asleep.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
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    DubfromGA said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    Quick swipe with a brush when it has lots of goop. Mostly let the fire take care of it. 
    Exactly.


    What the fire doesn't remove I hit with my Billy Bar.

    http://www.billybar.com

    Get the big one and hold it with your thumb up and the tool down to get the max leverage with the least effort.

    It can be rotated to provide 360 degree scraping of the grates.

    Excellent product.
    I wonder how this would work on cast iron grate with v shaped bars and not round rods?
    Large BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
    Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

    Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
    Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.

    Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,114
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    Carolina Q said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    If @Carolina Q were my wife I'd be po'd.
    Yeah, like THAT will ever happen. Did I do something to offend you? 
    Haha!  No you didn't offend me, your just not my type.
    They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
    edited April 2015
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    cazzy said:
    cazzy said:
    After my grate is hot after getting to my target temp, I clean the grate was with a scrunched up foil ball. 
    Geez...never respond to a thread when you're still half asleep.
    I were wondering what you was were said. 
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    cazzy said:
    cazzy said:
    After my grate is hot after getting to my target temp, I clean the grate was with a scrunched up foil ball. 
    Geez...never respond to a thread when you're still half asleep.
    From the department of redundancy department. 
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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
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    Jeremiah said:
    cazzy said:
    cazzy said:
    After my grate is hot after getting to my target temp, I clean the grate was with a scrunched up foil ball. 
    Geez...never respond to a thread when you're still half asleep.
    I were wondering what you was were said. 
    Who that what yo said?
    Large BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
    Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

    Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
    Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.

    Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Carolina Q said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    If @Carolina Q were my wife I'd be po'd.
    Yeah, like THAT will ever happen. Did I do something to offend you? 
    Haha!  No you didn't offend me, your just not my type.
    Thank God!! Then I'd REALLY have something to worry about! :lol: 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • donbga
    donbga Posts: 9
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    I use a spun stainless steel pad, dry with no cleaners. Scrub as needed to get the dry hunks loose and then swab with a clean cotton utility towel wet with olive oil. The heat and fire will take care of the rest.
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  • Ragtop99
    Ragtop99 Posts: 1,570
    edited August 2015
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     Immediately after I remove the food from the grate, I give it a quick brushing... with a cheap brush from the dollar store.  :o

    I've never had a wire stick to the grate or get in my food in more than 3 decades of using them.  I do look at the grate just to make sure nothing is suck to it.  Anything that does stick would fall off when I R&R the grate before the next cook to stir the coals and add new charcoal.
    Cooking on an XL and Medium in Bethesda, MD.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    After running through the house with scissors, underneath a ladder, only when a black cat crosses my path, I use a wire brush on both sides, then wipe down with easy off from a spray can over an open flame. 
    Nah.
    I just use olive oil and crumpled foil.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Trixie_Belle
    Trixie_Belle Posts: 163
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    Chubbs said:
    I tie the grate to my trailer hitch with fishing line and drag it around the driveway. The abrasive pavement and vibration knocks the **** off
    lol animated GIF
    BGE novice...A Southern Belle living in Seattle.  
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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,365
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    Dog licks it off. 
    Jacksonville FL
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  • luckyboy
    luckyboy Posts: 284
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    I've always  put olive oil on it before I cook and there is no problem after woulds.just use soap and water and a scotch brite pad.
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  • JethroVA
    JethroVA Posts: 1,251
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    Wouldn't cleaning it remove all the flavor?
    Richmond and Mathews County, VA. Large BGE, Weber gas, little Weber charcoal. Vintage ManGrates. Little reddish portable kamado that shall remain nameless here.  Very Extremely Stable Genius. 
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  • Jstroke
    Jstroke Posts: 2,600
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    Weedburner and Foil Ball--Magic
    Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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  • DoofusOfTheDay
    DoofusOfTheDay Posts: 401
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    I think it was @RRP who posted that using a round plastic garbage can lid outside is a good idea.  Holds enough water and suds and round to accommodate shape of grill.  Scrub your heart out, rinse dump lid and back to Egging. 
    Gregg
    Large BGE Owner since December of 2013!
    Marietta, GA
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    I like to get the grid hot and rub my Woody on it. :fearful: 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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