Clean Your Gas Grill's Cooking Grid
This is the best and easiest way to remove blackened, cooked-on junk from your gas grill's cooking grid—whether it is enamel or plain old stainless steel. The blackened gunk will fall right off.
Steps
- Make sure grill is not hot!
- Use a wire brush to remove all loose junk from cooking grid.
- Continue using wire-brush to score/scratch the surface coated with the black cooked-on junk. It does not have to be perfectly clean.
- Place cooking grid in the garbage bag or the sealable plastic container.
- Add 6-8 ounces of ammonia.
- Close container and let it sit overnight (about 12 hours).
- Remove grid from container the next day and using the wire-brush—this will easily remove the remaining junk.
- Rinse with water before using.
Tips
- If you use a plastic container you can reuse the ammonia 3 or four times. Be sure to label the container clearly and only use it for this purpose, as ammonia is toxic.
- You can do this once a month to keep your grill cooking without flare ups.
- Make sure you wet all surfaces of the cooking grid.
Warnings
- Ammonia is vile smelling, so make sure you do this outside.
- These tips are not for anything cast iron; search wikihow for tips on cleaning and caring for cast iron.
Things You'll Need
- Ammonia
- Garbage bag or sealable plastic container large enough to handle your grill's cooking grid.
- Wire Brush
