Cleaning a BBQ

[Mudball]

Staying at a cottage which came with a spotless Outreach gas BBQ.. been using it to the max.

As usual it has bits of meat and fat on the grill and some fallen thru to the (foil covered plate below)

What is the best way to clean and make it spotless. Cottage has provided some HG Oven/BBQ cleaner and wire brush…

 

[theoneandonly]

I use a wire brush, BBQ cleaner and elbow grease.

 

[Neilds]

I find it easier to get most of the debris off whilst the grill is still hot. Let it cool and it can be a bit of a nightmare unless you crank the BBQ up again. Wire Brush and elbow grease is good, as mentioned.

 

[Mudball]

I find it easier to get most of the debris off whilst the grill is still hot. Let it cool and it can be a bit of a nightmare unless you crank the BBQ up again. Wire Brush and elbow grease is good, as mentioned.

i think you answered my Q… do it when it’s hot rather than cold one..

Or as my saffie friend says… never cleaned his Brie as he uses it everyday. All the rubbish just burns off…

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I find it easier to get most of the debris off whilst the grill is still hot. Let it cool and it can be a bit of a nightmare unless you crank the BBQ up again. Wire Brush and elbow grease is good, as mentioned.

Exactly this. As soon as the last thing has been cooked I get my wire brush out + warm water with a squirt of washing up liquid in it. Cleans off the fat and the heat then burns away any residue cleaner.

It might be worth burning a few coals here just to loosen up what is on the grill and make it easier to clean. (just realised it is gas, not charcoal. Do as #6 states, SteveW86, whack the gas on and go from there)

 

[SteveW86]

As its a gas one, I would just turn on to full whack, let it burn the worst off and then just give it a good scrub.

 

[Rooter]

Staying at a cottage which came with a spotless Outreach gas BBQ.. been using it to the max.

As usual it has bits of meat and fat on the grill and some fallen thru to the (foil covered plate below)

What is the best way to clean and make it spotless. Cottage has provided some HG Oven/BBQ cleaner and wire brush…

Hmm, some HG Oven/BBQ cleaner and wire brush…??

 

[Deleted member 29109]

My BBQ grill has been outside and in use for 10 years and has never been ‘cleaned’ in the conventional sense. It just gets a quick going over with a wire brush after use, then before cooking anything on it I get it very hot then rub it with oil.

A BBQ grill should be black not shiny silver.

 

[Smiffy]

It's the old black bits left on the grill from last time that gives you the nice BBQ flavour.
Don't ruin it by cleaning it.....

 

[MACM85]

Heat and use half an onion to rub up and down the grill. Then brush off the debris. It is what I do with my charcoal grill before each cook to make sure it is good to go.

 

[Robin Hood]

And this is why I always hated BBQs
The devils cooking pot.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

And this is why I always hated BBQs
The devils cooking pot.

I think after 3yrs, whatever was on that BBQ has decayed away to dust..

 

[AussieKB]

Did not think it was hot enough for you Pom's to have a BBQ

 

[Lord Tyrion]

For those looking confused @Robin Hood was replying to posts that have been removed, spammers.