Regardless of what way you clean it, I recommend heating up the grill at the end when you are done. That way any moisture from chemicals or water that you used doesn’t cause anything to start rusting just in case.
I recommend a rag and bucket for the scrubbing so that you can keep coming back with a clean rag and chuck the dirty water and come back with clean water when it gets dirty. Then you can throw the rag in the laundry. No sacrificing sponges or paper towels.
NEVER start your grill with the HOOD down!!!!! Safety first!!!! After a thorough cleaning with chemicals including oven cleaner, I would fire it back up again and let it get to at least 500 degrees and allow the chemicals left behind to be burnt off so the food tastes good when I cook again....Great video though!!!!
I have to agree, always start your grill with the hood OPEN. I don't use gas but it concept is always the same. You always start your fire with everything wide open. We clean our grills differently but you did a good job other than the hood being closed.
Thank You! I didn't know this! And....I have been starting it with the hood down because when I press the igniter; a big flame comes up and I thought keeping the hood down contains this flame.
After meeting someone at a party about 3 years ago who has a bristle from a grill brush lodged deep in the tissues of her throat (it came from a burger that was cooked on the grill and sadly it can't be safely removed - ever) I would say I will never use one to clean my grill.
My “secret”: clean once a week if you grill several times a week. It’s easier to clean a thin accumulation than a thick accumulation. I clean the grates in the sink with citrus cleaner and no heat. Then clean the sink with Comet to solve the wife factor. Citrus cleaner works really well. I got mine at Home Depot.
Place tin foil (shiny side down) over the grates before turning grill on. It reflects the heat back onto the grates. It will turn everything to white powder, which is even easier to remove!
For my grates, I throw them in the oven when I use the self clean feature. I do that to my cast iron cookware also.. just need to re-season the cast iron when done.
@ Mad Scientist BBQ I'm curious why you cleaned the inner lid of your Weber Genesis. I've seen your other videos about smoking and know you know that building up a nice patina is a good protectant when smoking. Why wouldn't you want to just loosely brush off and loose creosote that might fall on to your food and try to leave the patina intack on this gas grill?
Another way to remove the gunk without damaging or scratching any of the enamel is to use a Steamer with the scotch-Brite attachment, without almost any pressure the steam will melt\dissolve most of the gunk\grease within seconds and the Scotch-Brite helps with any stubborn gunk. You'll be done in half the time or faster using a steamer...
You talk about cleaning the grill itself and under the lid, but what about all the crumbs and crap that fall down below under the burner and heat tent? I usually take a putty knife and scrape the bottom out, then take a small cannister vacuum and suck out all the crud.
sounds interesting but what if all the burners are totally wet???and what if water goes inside them from the little holes??? isn't it bad for them to work properly later or they just fine if you let them to dry????
@@giannis13able Yes, water does get in the little holes... but they are fine when they dry out. I light the burners that will come on and this drys the others. I just have to pay attention and not leave gas on to any unlit burners during the process.
great tip i always thought to just scrub the grill without heating it up/turning it on. I can see heating up first can be much easier for cleaning. The grates and disinfecting stuff as well.... But curious if its better to clean the internals under the grate first by letting it heat up/ cool down a little or just cleaning cold?
My inclination would be to get it hot first so that any food particles will be more easily removed. I haven't tried to clean the different parts separately before.
I wish you showed the inside of the dome when it was done. It was coming out very clean, which is notoriously difficult to get perfect. When done cleaning, I would recommend re-seasoning the grates.
I appreciate your videos and the help on cleaning a BBQ. Have you done a video on cleaning a smoker? Would you do the same thing or do you do it different?
🤔 Hmm. I don't know. I don't use any chemicals on my grill as I am going to put food there. You may say you can heat up the grill to burn chemicals but the you (and your family) are going to breath all of that 😐 What I do is scrape, brush and power wash my grill. No chemicals, just water. Sometimes I use a brush that you can attach to a power drill. No need to leave the grill looking brand new as it is good the actual grills are greasy 👌
Your method seems to be the way to go to clean grates or inner lid grease but under the grates and the smaller internal components it seems you would be burning yourself to clean it well... curious if you have an additional method or spray to take care of that and make the scrubing less of an issue... obviously if your grill has a removable grease pan and removable bottom panel that slides out... that could potientially make cleaning the bottom components much easier but still there is the burner grates them self as well as small miscellous components that you just want to make look sexy again sort of speak
How do you clean a smoker, without losing the season? I can't find it anywhere. Oh, I have seen various ones using heat, in the form of a torch, and what is basically oven cleaner. But one I don't happen to have a blow torch, and two I don't want to ruin my smokers "seasoning" by using oven cleaner. I am talking about this very heavy stick goo, that only oozes when things are hot and can literally GLUE the lid of the smoke chamber down!
Plus i was curious and thinking on what cleaning methods prolong your grill the longest thru the different seasons , winter ,summer, ....etc I know covering the grill helps alot interms of the exterior from weathering / rain / snow /birds/leaves... and corrosion. But is there any oils or spray's one should uses to prevent corrosion without sacrificing contamination your food
No sarcasm here, but curious if there is a reason to not use a pressure washer on the stainless grill after you spray the grill cleaner and let it set for a little while? Note: Not talking about the grate, as the pressure washer could damage the igniter if used while the grate was in the grill. Again, not being sarcastic Was just thinking of a potential shortcut, but don't want to damage anything. Thoughts?
I just use the pressure washer and run the grates through the dishwasher when I want to deep clean the grill. I've run the Weber stainless flavorizers through the dishwasher as well Just tell the wife that if the dishwasher breaks, you will buy and install a new one
I sprayed down my Weber Genesis with a water hose and discovered to my dismay that the grease catch pan (supposed to keep an aluminum liner in it) is bare steel. RUSTED like the dickens! Yes, it is a cheap and easy part to replace, but if you removed it before dousing the grille OR promptly remove it AFTER and dry it thoroughly, you won't end up like me, with a rusty, disgusting grease catch pan.
meh. The cooking off of the food parts at the beginning is missing one HUGE (yuge?) step: you need to cover the grates edge to edge with foil - then turn on the heat full blast for 20 to 25 minutes. This guy says after his procedure the food particles are black and charged. By adding foil all of this stuff will turn to a gray powder (think cremation -- but not for too much). Then you can to the rest of the steps. I'm still looking for an excellent grease and burn-on cutter besides the usual, weak commercial stuff. Any recommendations? Using baking soda is just a recommendation from the baking soda people - you could use sand if you wanted to instead.
oven cleaner and a 3500 pressure washer certainly do the trick. sorry, but a wire brush and scraper are necessary to take the thick heavy stuff off. the less stuff to work thru, the better the oven cleaner is allowed to work
What you need to do when you put more than one brisket or any kind of meat in your off set smoker? Do you need to take out the meat that is closer to the smoke?
Hum. A grill grate tatoo would be awesome. Can you imagine "King of the grill with the criss-crossed grill burn" on the back of your hand? JUST JOKING. Don't do it.
The best way to clean a grill. Use a powerful degreaser like oven cleaner, LAs Totally Awesome Purple Power etc and a metal brush then hose it off with a pressure washer . Next reseason your grill grates with lard then turn up the heat full blast to burn it into the grill grates. Thats how professional chefs clean a grill Dont mess around with "environmentally friendly weak cleaners ,sponges and cleanign things 3 or 4 times
If you want to clean a grill or anything get a bottle of LAs Totally Awesome and use that . They sell it at the dollar store its the best cleaner you can get .The environmentally safe cleaner this dumbass in this video is using SUCKS.
Regardless of what way you clean it, I recommend heating up the grill at the end when you are done. That way any moisture from chemicals or water that you used doesn’t cause anything to start rusting just in case.
I recommend a rag and bucket for the scrubbing so that you can keep coming back with a clean rag and chuck the dirty water and come back with clean water when it gets dirty. Then you can throw the rag in the laundry. No sacrificing sponges or paper towels.
Caution with the wire brushes . I had a weber one and notices bristles started to be left behind on the grill. Time to replace it.
@@ares193 what would you use instead
@@ethannaka1822Nilon or a sponge based tool (using steam is a great way on a hot grate)
Use an onion 🧅
@@ethannaka1822 scrunched up aluminium foil.
A piece of hickory sanded to a point on the belt sander. Been my go to for a couple decades. Yall been buying scrapers? Lol😂@Daz555Daz
NEVER start your grill with the HOOD down!!!!! Safety first!!!! After a thorough cleaning with chemicals including oven cleaner, I would fire it back up again and let it get to at least 500 degrees and allow the chemicals left behind to be burnt off so the food tastes good when I cook again....Great video though!!!!
I have to agree, always start your grill with the hood OPEN. I don't use gas but it concept is always the same. You always start your fire with everything wide open. We clean our grills differently but you did a good job other than the hood being closed.
Thank You! I didn't know this! And....I have been starting it with the hood down because when I press the igniter; a big flame comes up and I thought keeping the hood down contains this flame.
@@justmyself1000 Internal Combustion, how powerful can it be? Depends on how long the lid is left down with the gas on before igniting LOL!!!
After meeting someone at a party about 3 years ago who has a bristle from a grill brush lodged deep in the tissues of her throat (it came from a burger that was cooked on the grill and sadly it can't be safely removed - ever) I would say I will never use one to clean my grill.
Omg
My “secret”: clean once a week if you grill several times a week. It’s easier to clean a thin accumulation than a thick accumulation. I clean the grates in the sink with citrus cleaner and no heat. Then clean the sink with Comet to solve the wife factor. Citrus cleaner works really well. I got mine at Home Depot.
Good advice. I especially love the wife factor .
Thank you. I don’t get some people. I look at their grills. It looks like it’s never been cleaned. And they put food on it.
Place tin foil (shiny side down) over the grates before turning grill on.
It reflects the heat back onto the grates. It will turn everything to white powder, which is even easier to remove!
Would love to see an updated video on this
Now he just gets a new grill instead of cleaning 🤣
For my grates, I throw them in the oven when I use the self clean feature. I do that to my cast iron cookware also.. just need to re-season the cast iron when done.
Nice tip. I'll be using that method
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Mad Scientist BBQ I'm curious why you cleaned the inner lid of your Weber Genesis. I've seen your other videos about smoking and know you know that building up a nice patina is a good protectant when smoking. Why wouldn't you want to just loosely brush off and loose creosote that might fall on to your food and try to leave the patina intack on this gas grill?
Thank you for this. As a female this was super helpful and made me more comfortable with cleaning my ggrill
Wire brush is a no no
Um. That’s the easy part. How do you clean the bottom?
Hahah you read my mind madam!!
You remove it and clean it with the spray
lol good lord you’ve come a long way.
Another way to remove the gunk without damaging or scratching any of the enamel is to use a Steamer with the scotch-Brite attachment, without almost any pressure the steam will melt\dissolve most of the gunk\grease within seconds and the Scotch-Brite helps with any stubborn gunk. You'll be done in half the time or faster using a steamer...
It's weird seeing you with a gas grill, all of your videos now are offset smokers
You talk about cleaning the grill itself and under the lid, but what about all the crumbs and crap that fall down below under the burner and heat tent? I usually take a putty knife and scrape the bottom out, then take a small cannister vacuum and suck out all the crud.
Are we confident that the Cabela’s product is safe to use, chemically, on a grill that we then grill meat on?
Are u dumb ?
I heat it up, then hit it with the garden hose. Steam cleans the whole grill in seconds. Learned it from Lang BBQ video.
sounds interesting but what if all the burners are totally wet???and what if water goes inside them from the little holes??? isn't it bad for them to work properly later or they just fine if you let them to dry????
@@giannis13able Yes, water does get in the little holes... but they are fine when they dry out. I light the burners that will come on and this drys the others. I just have to pay attention and not leave gas on to any unlit burners during the process.
great tip i always thought to just scrub the grill without heating it up/turning it on. I can see heating up first can be much easier for cleaning. The grates and disinfecting stuff as well.... But curious if its better to clean the internals under the grate first by letting it heat up/ cool down a little or just cleaning cold?
My inclination would be to get it hot first so that any food particles will be more easily removed. I haven't tried to clean the different parts separately before.
I wish you showed the inside of the dome when it was done. It was coming out very clean, which is notoriously difficult to get perfect.
When done cleaning, I would recommend re-seasoning the grates.
I appreciate your videos and the help on cleaning a BBQ. Have you done a video on cleaning a smoker? Would you do the same thing or do you do it different?
🤔 Hmm. I don't know. I don't use any chemicals on my grill as I am going to put food there. You may say you can heat up the grill to burn chemicals but the you (and your family) are going to breath all of that 😐
What I do is scrape, brush and power wash my grill. No chemicals, just water. Sometimes I use a brush that you can attach to a power drill. No need to leave the grill looking brand new as it is good the actual grills are greasy 👌
It's more like a solution than a chemical. Some people use vinegar and baking soda.
Your method seems to be the way to go to clean grates or inner lid grease but under the grates and the smaller internal components it seems you would be burning yourself to clean it well... curious if you have an additional method or spray to take care of that and make the scrubing less of an issue... obviously if your grill has a removable grease pan and removable bottom panel that slides out... that could potientially make cleaning the bottom components much easier but still there is the burner grates them self as well as small miscellous components that you just want to make look sexy again sort of speak
How do you clean a smoker, without losing the season? I can't find it anywhere. Oh, I have seen various ones using heat, in the form of a torch, and what is basically oven cleaner. But one I don't happen to have a blow torch, and two I don't want to ruin my smokers "seasoning" by using oven cleaner.
I am talking about this very heavy stick goo, that only oozes when things are hot and can literally GLUE the lid of the smoke chamber down!
All you do is turn it on.. let the fire clean it. 🔥
What about the inside?
Will you do a video on cleaning the Fat Stack. To make it legal for completion/catering.
where can I find the heat plates you used with the biscuts for even cooking?
Plus i was curious and thinking on what cleaning methods prolong your grill the longest thru the different seasons , winter ,summer, ....etc I know covering the grill helps alot interms of the exterior from weathering / rain / snow /birds/leaves... and corrosion. But is there any oils or spray's one should uses to prevent corrosion without sacrificing contamination your food
On the outside of the grill I would feel comfortable using WD-40. Inside you could spray it with a high heat cooking oil.
I would suggjest seasoning your grill after a good cleaning you would be suprised what an onion and olive oil will do for your grill
No sarcasm here, but curious if there is a reason to not use a pressure washer on the stainless grill after you spray the grill cleaner and let it set for a little while?
Note: Not talking about the grate, as the pressure washer could damage the igniter if used while the grate was in the grill.
Again, not being sarcastic Was just thinking of a potential shortcut, but don't want to damage anything.
Thoughts?
I think that would be fine. It shouldn't cause any problems at all.
I will give it a try tomorrow and report back on how it works.
Thanks for all the awesome videos!
Shannon Tarpley how was it?
Crickets...
Yeah, I thought of same thing. Wish Shannon would have updated us ...
Thanks for the upload. great advice, just one question: how would I smoke food on a gas BBQ? atb Si
using wood chips.
What about the part beneath the grate? Do you clean that?
He flipped it ....but didn't bother to show you... Which is the most important part and HOW TO POINT!
I clean that part....with soapy cloth, wipe 3-4 times , then I throw cloth away .....doesn’t have to be perfect, just cleaner !
I just use the pressure washer and run the grates through the dishwasher when I want to deep clean the grill.
I've run the Weber stainless flavorizers through the dishwasher as well
Just tell the wife that if the dishwasher breaks, you will buy and install a new one
Pressure washer is the only way to go. I used to hand wash the grill. Never again.
Might not hurt to clean the tub section and "flavorizor bars" too. A lot of gunk builds down there
Great video. First time seeing your channel. New subscriber here. One question, how often do you clean it? After every use??? Thank you
I give it a quick cleaning after every use, but I give it a full, hour long deep cleaning either at the end of winter or start of spring
superman82 tHank you 🙏
Why wouldn't a person use the dishwasher? Does it do something bad? Mine are in there now.
What about using a power washer?
3:56 this is exactly why I am here...
I sprayed down my Weber Genesis with a water hose and discovered to my dismay that the grease catch pan (supposed to keep an aluminum liner in it) is bare steel. RUSTED like the dickens! Yes, it is a cheap and easy part to replace, but if you removed it before dousing the grille OR promptly remove it AFTER and dry it thoroughly, you won't end up like me, with a rusty, disgusting grease catch pan.
Um, I read harbor freight and the wire cup brush and something about 0000 steel wool and simplegreen.
Helpful advice - but, don't assume everyone who grills has a "wife" who will be mad if you make a mess. I don't have a wife. Just me and my grill!
We suggest you avoid the cleaning hassle (we all know how much we hate cleaning our grills every time) and try us out!
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meh. The cooking off of the food parts at the beginning is missing one HUGE (yuge?) step: you need to cover the grates edge to edge with foil - then turn on the heat full blast for 20 to 25 minutes. This guy says after his procedure the food particles are black and charged. By adding foil all of this stuff will turn to a gray powder (think cremation -- but not for too much). Then you can to the rest of the steps. I'm still looking for an excellent grease and burn-on cutter besides the usual, weak commercial stuff. Any recommendations? Using baking soda is just a recommendation from the baking soda people - you could use sand if you wanted to instead.
oven cleaner and a 3500 pressure washer certainly do the trick. sorry, but a wire brush and scraper are necessary to take the thick heavy stuff off. the less stuff to work thru, the better the oven cleaner is allowed to work
If you clean as you go you don’t have to be this detailed, I don’t like to use any chemicals of no kind.
what kind of cleaner did you use?
If I remember correctly it was just the generic brand all natural grill cleaner they had at cabela's
what about cleaning inside under the grate? How do you do that?
besides removing any charcoal that may have fell thru...you don't clean under the grill under grate. no reason to.
What you need to do when you put more than one brisket or any kind of meat in your off set smoker? Do you need to take out the meat that is closer to the smoke?
"For the rest....of your life" haha
Also . Doesn't the tar prevent the grill from rusting ?
i would scrape the grate ontop of something else. not ontop of the stove itself.
now you gosta also clean the stove.
funny.
Never use a wire brush.
TIMMAY CLEANING 101 , DONT DO WHAT THIS GUY DOES AND USE GLOVES
My grills are heavy as hell
use a pressure washer and some oven cleaner
Word of advice .. don’t bother cleaning the hood.. big waist of time for no reason
I've heard that flakes from inside the cover could break off and onto food while cooking.
Hum. A grill grate tatoo would be awesome. Can you imagine "King of the grill with the criss-crossed grill burn" on the back of your hand? JUST JOKING. Don't do it.
I'm lazy I would have just let the chemical sit for 5-10 min then power washed it.
Einstein...you forgot to use the metal scrapper that is designed to help remove food particles PRIOR to scrapping.
The best way to clean a grill. Use a powerful degreaser like oven cleaner, LAs Totally Awesome Purple Power etc and a metal brush then hose it off with a pressure washer . Next reseason your grill grates with lard then turn up the heat full blast to burn it into the grill grates. Thats how professional chefs clean a grill
Dont mess around with "environmentally friendly weak cleaners ,sponges and cleanign things 3 or 4 times
Well just use a garden hose. and yes you season any type of metal grill grate unless its porcelin . YOURE WRONG
If you want to clean a grill or anything get a bottle of LAs Totally Awesome and use that . They sell it at the dollar store its the best cleaner you can get .The environmentally safe cleaner this dumbass in this video is using SUCKS.
Bio-degradable is a plus!! #green
Lame
Next time make a video SHIRTLESS.
Handsome man!
😂
#booty
You ruined it. Leave it its for taste muppet
I don't use the grill because I don't want to clean it.😁👍🤷♀️
We suggest you avoid the cleaning hustle (we all know how much we hate cleaning our grills every time) and try us out!
What cleaner did you use?
I was wondering that also