Thanks for the inquires all. Ok, here's my take on this new toy. I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical but this had really good reviews on
Amazon. ( I don't wanna post an off site link as I seen a thread here a couple weeks ago that was saying not to do so.) Anyway, if you are interested I did get this off
Amazon... Just search for The Grate Scrape !
So back to the review, I read that first you need to get your grill hot before using this the first few times as to get the grooves started. So, last night using the GMG I cranked it up to 400* & started the cleaning. The first use you do have to apply some decent pressure to get the grooves started, but that IMO is not a big deal as other methods I've used for cleaning the grates I've had to apply pressure as well. This did get the grates clean after taking the first few minutes to start working the grooves in the narrowed down scraper end & the grooves formed pretty easy, I was impressed with how easy the grooves started forming... You can actually once the grooves are formed put quite a bit of pressure on the grates with this & it worked pretty dang good. Some of the reviews mentioned that you could only use one of these per grill... I think I can use it with all my grills, I will just stagger the grooves so that each grill will have its own set of grooves... If this does or does not work, I will for sure update this thread ! So, only using this once so far I'd have to say that I'am impressed with this... So, the pros & cons so far... Pros so far: Seems to clean good & I think it'll get better as the grooves get a bit deeper after a few uses, No worries bout wire barbs accidentally coming off & possibly getting into the food... The grooves are easier to form than I expected, yet I think this thing will last a LONG time. Cons so far: Only thing I can think of which is really no big deal to me, but may need to occasionally put some oil on the wood so it stays somewhat hydrated.... I will also update with pros & cons as I see them come up.
Thanks for reading this & feel free to ask me if there's a question you may have that I didn't cover... I'll do my best to answer it ! Below are some pics !
Before use.
After first use, grooves starting to form nice IMO !
Thanks again for looking !