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cahill523
cahill523 Posts: 12
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Does anyone have any tips for cleaning a CI grid?
LBGE with Woo3, plate setter, smokware chimney, CS grid, DigiQX2, Maverick ET732, FiAIR blower, Thermapen
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  • Langner91
    Langner91 Posts: 2,120
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    How bad?  

    Buildup of crud?  Rust?  
    Clinton, Iowa
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,824
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    Set it on fire.
    NOLA
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,110
    edited July 2022
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    Like @Langner91 said, depends on how messed up it is.
    Wire brush to spraying with oven cleaner and tossing into a trash bag overnight.
    Just be careful to inspect for any wire brush bristles that fall off your brush and stick to the cooking grate. Don’t want those in your food later while cooking.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,765
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    is a pic possible?
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009
    XL 2021 (sold 8/24/23)
    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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  • BuckeyeFork
    BuckeyeFork Posts: 191
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    Some people have highly trained dogs that lick their grills clean.
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    What chu talkin bout?


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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,494
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    To the poor new guy/OP who asked the question (and got an unfair pile-on), try a wadded-up ball of foil first.  That works pretty well for both the flat side and the triangular side of a CI grill.
    I use my CI almost exclusively, and almost always flat-side up.  I usually only clean it with a scraper with a straight metal edge, and that works for me.  Where I live I don't have any rust issues, so I can't comment on that.  
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  • TigerTony
    TigerTony Posts: 1,078
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    I scrape my CI grid with this lifter/tool after every use, I also coat it with a light coat of canola oil spray then rub it down with a ball of aluminum foil.
    I use the CI grid often, almost on every cook. I've had it for at least six years and it's in perfect condition.
    Cook on it often, don't let it sit around without being used. I use both sides depending on the cook.

    "I'm stupidest when I try to be funny" 
    New Orleans

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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,110
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    TigerTony said:
    I scrape my CI grid with this lifter/tool after every use, I also coat it with a light coat of canola oil spray then rub it down with a ball of aluminum foil.
    I use the CI grid often, almost on every cook. I've had it for at least six years and it's in perfect condition.
    Cook on it often, don't let it sit around without being used. I use both sides depending on the cook.

    Like your scraper tool. Nice
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,429
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    What is this word- cleaning? 
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, & 22, and 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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