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How do you clean your adjustable rig?

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cookingdude555
cookingdude555 Posts: 3,194
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My brother in law is coming to borrow my adjustable rig for a big cook on his large.  I thought I would make it transportable, so this happened (medium woo on top).  How do you clean yours?


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  • GaBGE
    GaBGE Posts: 556
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    Put in or leave in the egg for a semi clean burn after using it.
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  • cookingdude555
    cookingdude555 Posts: 3,194
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    @GaBGE, I think that is my traditional method.  I guess I have never sent the rig on a field trip, he called and caught me without any prep.  A clean burn would definitely do better than the flamethrower would.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    Wrap it up in a garbage bag or two. Done. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    ^^^^^^^^this.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Kent8621
    Kent8621 Posts: 843
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    i pressure wash mine once a year to give it a good cleaning but check local listings you might not be able to use a hose this time a year.

    2 Large Eggs - Raleigh, NC

    Boiler Up!!

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  • GoooDawgs
    GoooDawgs Posts: 1,060
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    caliking said:
    Wrap it up in a garbage bag or two. Done. 
    Do you put ammonia in the bag as well?   Curious about your method....
    Milton, GA 
    XL BGE & FB300
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
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    I use my gasser to heat up the dirty parts and then clean them there. 
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  • KennyCJR
    KennyCJR Posts: 262
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    caliking said:
    Wrap it up in a garbage bag or two. Done. 
    Gonna need more info on this.  Thanks
    Llano, TX   -  Med and XL BGE’s
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
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    I think it was a joke. 
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  • KennyCJR
    KennyCJR Posts: 262
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    I thought the same...throw it away, but then figured there could be some legitimacy to it.  🤷‍♂️
    Llano, TX   -  Med and XL BGE’s
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  • cookingdude555
    cookingdude555 Posts: 3,194
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    Thanks for the suggestions. The torch burn did ok, not as good as using the egg. He was borrowing my firebox and fire ring as well, so those had to stay cool to transport. He took his firebox out and its in so many pieces he couldn’t get it back together. I’m probably loaning him mine until he submits a claim. The medium just got promoted as the daily driver. 
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,843
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    caliking said:
    KennyCJR said:
    caliking said:
    Wrap it up in a garbage bag or two. Done. 
    Gonna need more info on this.  Thanks
    Take AR with crud on it and put it in a garbage bag.

    Put all of that in another garbage bag, and tie it closed. 

    Pick it all up and transport to site where it is needed. 

    Open garbage bags. 

    Pull out AR. 

    Place in egg. 

    Light up the egg. 

    Cook! :smiley:
    I knew what you meant - because it is exactly what I was thinking.  Since it is being given to someone else I might at another step:

    Half-heartedly apologize that the cooking gear you are lending is covered in cooking crud. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,764
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    i lend mine out and it usually comes back clean
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • bubbajack
    bubbajack Posts: 1,098
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    If I forget and leave it out of the egg, my dog will lick it pretty clean.
    I drink cheap beer so I can afford good bourbon.

    Salisbury, NC...... XL,Lx3,Mx2,S, MM, Mini BGE, FireDisc x2. Blackstone 22", Offset smoker, weber kettle 22"


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  • tjv
    tjv Posts: 3,830
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    I dig the 'active use of fire'.....lol

    caliking said:
    KennyCJR said:
    caliking said:
    Wrap it up in a garbage bag or two. Done. 
    Gonna need more info on this.  Thanks
    Take AR with crud on it and put it in a garbage bag.

    Put all of that in another garbage bag, and tie it closed. 

    Pick it all up and transport to site where it is needed. 

    Open garbage bags. 

    Pull out AR. 

    Place in egg. 

    Light up the egg. 

    Cook! :smiley:
    most common way to make it happen.......only thing to add is throw in a couple nitrile gloves for handling at new location......

    t
    www.ceramicgrillstore.com ACGP, Inc.
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
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    I'm always amazed when I see pics with a clean AR. I've tossed them in the dishwasher but they still come out with crud on them. I guess I don't do a clean burn as often as others. I figure it's like a CI pan, knock the loose stuff off and the rest is ok once it gets hot. 
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • SmokinTiger81
    SmokinTiger81 Posts: 746
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    I take mine to eggfests etc.   I never clean anything except the grates where the food sits.  I use the trash bag transport method too.   Works grate.   
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
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    i HAVE FOUND MY SELF CLEANING OVEN DOES WONDERS ON GRATES AS LONG AS THEY FIT
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,970
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    I bought the self-cleaning model. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
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    never cleaned either one and transport to Fla most years. never thought to clean them.........
    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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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
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    900F does it every time...in the egg of course
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    any oven cleaner...follow the directions 
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
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  • xiphoid007
    xiphoid007 Posts: 536
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    Clean burn. I rotate all pieces through. Just be very careful as the hinge gets hit and expands. The lid can fall out.
    Pittsburgh, PA - 1 LBGE
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  • piney
    piney Posts: 1,478
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    bubbajack said:
    If I forget and leave it out of the egg, my dog will lick it pretty clean.
    That's what I'm saying!! Damn it Tucker!
    Lenoir, N.C.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,970
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    piney said:
    bubbajack said:
    If I forget and leave it out of the egg, my dog will lick it pretty clean.
    That's what I'm saying!! Damn it Tucker!
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    still cracks me up. Trying to be sneaky and clean the grid. Got his tags stuck so I made him sit in his own shame until I could get a pic. The look on his face when I walked out was priceless.

    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Outlaw56
    Outlaw56 Posts: 27
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    King Charles, I have had five of them in my life time. Wonderful family members and terrible loss when they leave us.
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  • bubbajack
    bubbajack Posts: 1,098
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    Mine is good a plate setters too! LOL
    I drink cheap beer so I can afford good bourbon.

    Salisbury, NC...... XL,Lx3,Mx2,S, MM, Mini BGE, FireDisc x2. Blackstone 22", Offset smoker, weber kettle 22"


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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,314
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    Want the easiest method? Spray it down with Easy-Off Oven Cleaner and then stick it on a trash bag. Try and compact the bag down so it touches as much of the steel surface as you can.  All the gunk will be gone over night... this is also the easiest way to strip cast iron for reseasoning. 



    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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