forgot to clean BBQ last autum... any chance of salvage

positivenote

Hi all,
we've a great auld BBQ that we use all the time when the sun is out. Went to take the covers off last evening and disater... i forgot the clean it the last time i used it. There is easy and mould all over the grills and its absolutely mankey. Is there anyway of salvaging it? Im open to advice and pointers on getting all the grim etc off, I know its going to be a filty job but whatever needs to be done im ready...
Thanks

Into The Blue

Ah yeah, take the bars and a wire brush and get the worst of, then throw them in the dish washer..
Brillo pad will sort the body

zagmund

Simples . . . turn it on, wait. Done.

The heat will burn off all the grease and nastiness. Just leave it burning for 15-20 minutes at a couple of hundred degrees and you should be grand. It's always worked for me, but I can't guarantee that it will meet all the FSAI standards, etc . . .

z

Tabnabs

zagmund wrote: »

Simples . . . turn it on, wait. Done.

The heat will burn off all the grease and nastiness. Just leave it burning for 15-20 minutes at a couple of hundred degrees and you should be grand. It's always worked for me, but I can't guarantee that it will meet all the FSAI standards, etc . . .

z

After most of it is cleaned off, then get an onion, cut it in two, and while wearing gloves, rub the grill down and it removes the rest of the gunk to reveal bear steel underneath.

endacl

Tabnabs wrote: »

After most of it is cleaned off, then get an onion, cut it in two, and while wearing gloves, rub the grill down and it removes the rest of the gunk to reveal bear steel underneath.

Bear steel? That's what they use to make Bear Grills?

beer enigma

zagmund wrote: »

Simples . . . turn it on, wait. Done.

The heat will burn off all the grease and nastiness. Just leave it burning for 15-20 minutes at a couple of hundred degrees and you should be grand. It's always worked for me, but I can't guarantee that it will meet all the FSAI standards, etc . . .

z

I did a combination of both replies, used one of the brushes designed for the bbq (similar to this: https://www.google.ie/search?q=bbq+wire+brush&rls=com.microsoft:en-IE:IE-Address&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV1JuGhaDMAhXjAsAKHTRdB5MQ_AUIBygB&biw=1366&bih=623#imgrc=pyYthOX0AXZvIM%3A) - got mine in Woodies for a tenner. I then brushed the bars with cooking oil and turned it on. 20 minutes later the bars were clean & for good measure, put them through the dishwasher.

rubadub

Some beer brands and bulmers sometimes do BBQ sets free with packs of cans with decent enough wire brushes. Have not seen any yet this year though.

Alun

Oven Pride cleaner, or the cheaper Aldi version they have in sometimes works really well. There is a special barbecue version but I'm not sure what the difference is .. maybe the bags are a bit bigger to accommodate bigger grills.

Into The Blue

Home store and more have decent wire brushes for a couple of quid

positivenote

thanks chaps.

stokesdiva

Alun wrote: »

Oven Pride cleaner, or the cheaper Aldi version they have in sometimes works really well. There is a special barbecue version but I'm not sure what the difference is .. maybe the bags are a bit bigger to accommodate bigger grills.

I would go with the oven cleaner, they come with a big bag put grills in pour in solution and leave for a while every thing just slides off, then just hose it down in the garden it's very good stuff not much scrudding to do.

IvyTheTerrible

When we clean the barbecue grill, we light the barbecue and put the grill on, as said above it melts the grease etc. Then we clean it with newspaper. Then you can wash it in the sink as normal. Works every time!

Thephantomsmask

TK Maxx is usually a good spot to pick up wire brushes and scrapers. I clean mine by doing a high burn for 10 min after I finish cooking and scrubbing with the flat brush. I keep a separate T brush for giving the burner a scrub when it gets overly splashed.

Stroke Politics

I swear by baby wipes, they get all the crud off my BBQ. I spend a day each spring take the whole thing apart and put it back together again and the Huggies baby wipes get everything off the parts. Use an old toothbrush for the hard-to-reach places like in the corners and behind the nuts/bolts/rivets, etc. A good blast with all burners at a high heat afterwards and it's time to marinade.....

Thargor

Clean a barbecue instead of just incinerating the crud? La-de-dah, no recession in your house...

hardCopy

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

When we clean the barbecue grill, we light the barbecue and put the grill on, as said above it melts the grease etc. Then we clean it with newspaper. Then you can wash it in the sink as normal. Works every time!

People pay top dollar for Pyroclean ovens that get hot enough to self clean, BBQs do it for free.

Just incinerate all the germs and dust it down with a wire brush. All that could be left on it is rust (iron) and smokey flavours.