Best way to clean grates

[Dab942]

I've been putting them in a plastic tub with water and soap -- let them soak then scrub. This creates a mess. We have an electric pressure washer, I was considering. Much faster and I can hang them outside. I don't know if it would chip the ceramic coating.

Thoughts?

 

[Mike From R.I.]

I just use a plastic putty knife on the heavy stuff and a plastic bristle brush for the light stuff.

 

[Jimsmokes]

I use dollar store oven cleaner. Lay them on the drive soak down and hose off.
If your drive is concrete and has a oily spot. Lay them there it'll clean that spot too. LoL

 

[Mwcurnan]

I've been putting them in a plastic tub with water and soap -- let them soak then scrub. This creates a mess. We have an electric pressure washer, I was considering. Much faster and I can hang them outside. I don't know if it would chip the ceramic coating.

Thoughts?

Same here,I use a plastic mixing tub from Home Depot soaked in water and Dawn . Works for me

 

[Steve In Pa]

I don’t have ceramic coated grates but for my vertical I crank it up to H at the end of a cook. Most everything clinging on them is incinerated and then are easily wire brushed off once they cool down

 

[Cowboy1955]

I use the yellow & green sponge from dollar general and dawn dishwashing liquid
Hopefully this helps you

 

[m4253y]

I use a orange oil degreaser i buy at home depot...not only does it clean the grates and inside of the smoker brilliantly, it makes it very easy...spray it on, leave for a few minutes then wipe down with damp rag

 

[jaramie]

pressure washer hands down! no mess whatsoever and you’re done in less than 5min.

 

[jaramie]

I've been putting them in a plastic tub with water and soap -- let them soak then scrub. This creates a mess. We have an electric pressure washer, I was considering. Much faster and I can hang them outside. I don't know if it would chip the ceramic coating.

Thoughts?

this is EXACTLY what i do. no soap, no soak time, no mess and you’re done in less than 5min.

 

[andrew.short]

Dawn dishsoap. hose the grates down in my driveway. I scrape them clean with one of these:

BETTER GRILLIN' Scrubbin Stone Grill Cleaning Block with Bonus Compac Home Magic Stone Porcelain Stone (4-Pack) 13841+ - The Home Depot

The BETTER GRILLIN' Scrubbin' Stone is an eco-friendly scrubbing block is made with recycled cellular glass allowing you to easily remove encrusted or burnt on grease, grime and dirt from your many of

www.homedepot.com

They are great at scraping the big chunks off.
Then I run a small scrub brush over each slot in the grates.
Hose it off, let it dry, done.

 

[DanStealth]

I grab the garden house and put it on jet and hit for a bit. It pretty much gets rid of most of the stuff then with some soapy water and a sponge I just give it a quick rub down to get the rest. It’s way easier then bring it inside and doing it in the sink.

I actually was thinking if they were dishwasher safe I’d just throw it in there

 

[Capt Jim]

No shortage of "how to's". Here is my 2 cents.

I have on hand a tub big enough to stand up the grates inside, this keeps all the grease and cleaner contained for later disposal. I spray grates with Krud Cutter (biodegradable, avail at Lowes). I scrape off big stuff, use a brush and or dish sponge to finish. I remove the grates from the tub and water spray the cleaner off. There is only a little of the Krud Cutter and grease left in the tub which I soak up with some paper towels, they go in the garbage. store all the cleaning supplies in the tub for later use.

 

[carmangary]

I don’t have ceramic coated grates but for my vertical I crank it up to H at the end of a cook. Most everything clinging on them is incinerated and then are easily wire brushed off once they cool down

Don't do this. This is how I normally clean my gas grill but I did this to my 850 Pro recently and regret it. It caused one of the grates to crack and it also made the heat shield completely rusted.

 

[carmangary]

I grab the garden house and put it on jet and hit for a bit. It pretty much gets rid of most of the stuff then with some soapy water and a sponge I just give it a quick rub down to get the rest. It’s way easier then bring it inside and doing it in the sink.

I actually was thinking if they were dishwasher safe I’d just throw it in there

I am sure they can handle it but you might end up with a grease film on your dishes and inside your dishwasher.

 

[carmangary]

pressure washer hands down! no mess whatsoever and you’re done in less than 5min.

Takes me more than 15 minutes to drag out the pressure washer and hook it up.