We have had the same little outdoor cooker charcoal grill for about five years now. Bought it on end of summer clearance for $15 and have taken very good care of it.
If I wasn’t well into my beer, I would throw the grates in the truck bed and take them to the car wash!
Otherwise I try to soak them in Mean Green and go at them with a brush and garden hose. Invariably it is a greasy and messy task and I was wondering if any of you have had better tricks!

heat it up, and brush it off right on the grill.

Just burn it clean by putting it on the base when the coal gets hot enough to spread out.

Get em hot use a grill brush.
I never use a chemical cleaner

they say an onion works great

Wire brush while hot then wipe them somewhat clean with paper towel. Stainless still ones cleanup better in my opinion

I got a lodge sportsman cast iron grill I had for years. It’s just me and the wife as kids are gone and it’s perfect for us. I burn stuff off and that all it seem to be all that’s needed

I like those very much but I wish they came with a lid as I like to grill low and slow like an oven

Thank you!

Yep, and just leave it filthy till the next time.

I think I just like to keep it looking brand new! I clean my grill more than I do my oven!

I just leave it on the fire and brush it off.

After a cook I let them get hot enough to burn all the gunk up into ash and hit it with a wire brush I keep for the grill

You're supposed to clean them???


Try soaking overnight in a shallow pan with baking soda and a little water, usually softens everything up to be hosed off, or spray with oven cleaner and wrap in a garbage bag, or....do like everyone else and just scrape the charred remnants off and grill away

Be careful of wire brushes, one broken off wire can do a lot of harm if you manage to miss it and accidentally ingest it...try a crumpled ball of aluminum foil instead...

Saw that on "Monsters Inside Me" dude almost died from it.

I take bigger risks just getting out of bed every morning

Who said you were sposed to clean them?


SMH

Good ol Kingsford. I liked the logo better with the dad grilling a variety of meats on the big kettle type charcoal grill. We had one when I was little. I don’t remember my dad grilling anything tho, come to think of it; I don’t remember my dad hardly at all! Mangy dog..