Do NOT use wire brushes to clean your grill / smoker...

[pitbulmom]

Thoughts on this one??

https://www.thegrommet.com/kitchen-bar/brushtech

 

[mike5051]

 
I've found the weed burner works well on the ones for my electric box (yeah, I take them out first). if I were using the UDS I'd just drop the grates to the lowest rack setting, and stoke up the initial 'getting my coals' fire up as high as possible. a few minutes at 700F seared the grates clean and cleared off anything that might happen to have put itself on the walls.

I think, what I might do later on in the year is knock up a metal box to fit my grates into on one side, and the weed burner in the other, and that way I can give them a good torching for several minutes. actually might be good to have just in general. I wind up cleaning and reseasoning cast iron a lot... (I have other people living here that are hard on the pans) 

but in general, I find fire cleans a multitude of things... 

I use fire to clean my grates exclusively!  I let them burn off over the hot coals when grilling, and then they are "clean" for my next smoke.  I always put my grates on the grill after I'm finished cooking to burn off everything.  I hate wasting hot coals!

Mike

 

[3montes]

 
The scrubber I have has a "U" shaped handle with two scrubbie pads on it . Warm up the grill (warm) and just rub, no kidding looks new in less than 10 seconds.

After about 4 BBQ hamburgers or 1 rack of ribs I clean between the bars with the beater pocket knife. I'll never use a brush again, and will give the scrubbie pads to my kids for Christmas presents along with the story of finding a wire from the old style brush in my food. Still scares me to think what could have happened.............no way your going to pass that sucker!

Any ideas about this type? I may try this style next.


Ron

I have had one of those. They gunk up easily and are rendered ineffective.

 

[tropics]

WHB Posted a wooden paddle they make for cleaning the gratings.

I bought a piece of flat stock Oak cut it in half,had some other flat stock and just glued it to gether works great

Richie

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• tropics
• Aug 28, 2017

Grooves burn in as you use it

 

[wimpy69]

WHB Posted a wooden paddle they make for cleaning the gratings.
I bought a piece of flat stock Oak cut it in half,had some other flat stock and just glued it to gether works great
Richie

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• tropics
• Aug 28, 2017

Grooves burn in as you use it

Great idea, i'm stealing that one.

 

[renron]

 
I have had one of those. They gunk up easily and are rendered ineffective.

I guess it depends on what you cook.  We do mostly chicken, steaks and hamburgers. Ours has lasted about a year and is VERY clean still.

If we cooked ribs 5 nights a week then the scrubbie (and my arteries) would get clogged quickly  and I'd weigh 300 lbs.

We eat a lot of chicken.....;)   but I still gain weight every Christmas season.......

I like the scotchbrite idea.

Ron