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..

I just lean it against the fence and let the dog clean it for me,
Jeesh, ist that haw its sposed to be done.

A young boy did die from that.I remember at work(before I retired :)),,it was one of our "Tool Box Talks" about summer safety around the home.Kid swallowed a wire off one of them grill brushes.I havent used one since.

YIKES ! Sad story.

I just heat mine till it gets hot enough to look "dry".
Then wipe the dust off with a paper towel.
Wasted money on that cleaner crap.
It wouldn't even bring the smoke stains off of the neighboring stainless steel parts.

Like others, I just burn mine off. I also crumple up a piece of aluminum foil and scrub the grill with that.

I’ll remember the aluminum foil trick next time. I used coarse salt on a halved lemon and it helped but this thing needs a heavy duty soaking at some point. I’m a cheapskate and I’m not gonna spend money on new grates that will cost as much as the entire grill!

Try the tin foil and save the lemon for a cocktail. I really didn't want to have to spell aluminum again when we all call it "tin foil" anyway.

That we do!!!

Lemon don’t go well with beer…
Sorry for my zero class

It's called seasoning, don't worry about it. Adds to the flavor.

Wood not wire , wood will wear to your grill pattern

Neat, AntiGov!
I gotta find me one of them paddles!

That's what I'd do too...If I were anal-retentive.

Do you use that paddle on your wife.

The grates on my gas grill are heavy cast iron. after grilling I put the four burners on high for a few minutes to burn off any stuck on food. Then I clean with a wire brush and oil while still warm with a crumpled paper towel.. I oil soon after starting the grill too.

Good idea , thanx

Yes, those oak 1x6's can be hard to find.

I think you need to consider an autoclave.

They won’t mind at work if I sneak it out for the weekend

I usually just use a 5 gallon stir stick , when in a pinch

With 24 year old soy sauce!

VIIIIIIIIIINKE!!!!!!!!!

165°F kills any bacteria, and a good grill brush removes all food scraps.

Need more and you are a germiphobe.

brush on olive oil
turn grill to max temp
wire brush from the hardener store
re heat and place food on
take food off
turn grill to high IF,,,,....
wire brush
burn again

Remember to turn it off.......lol

I am NOT…

Looks good

Pull the grill out , prop it up against something , spray it down with Easy-Off or whatever brand oven cleaner. Come back 2 hours later , hose it down.

Easy peasy.

Easy off oven cleaner

I never clean the grill just scrap it down and keep a fire on it to kill and the bad.

Ammonia, black trash bag, out in the sun

Wire brush real quick most of the time.

I get all the free grill bricks I can stand. If I'm really ambitious I will take a grill bricks to it, then rinse it off good.

get it Ripping hot and wire brush it

I have a gas grill so it is really just go start it leave all the burners on high , forget about it while I get stuff ready for 15-20 minutes , then brush it down quick and slap some meat on and turn down the heat.

One woman's filth is another Man's flavor.
A fully heated up dirty grill give you delicious black stripes on your grub.