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Thread ID: 86392 2008-01-15 04:46:00 cleaning bbq globe (11482) PC World Chat
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630428 2008-01-15 08:32:00 Bah! Harden up, a bit of oven cleaner in your steak will only make you stronger. pine-o-cleen (2955)
630429 2008-01-15 09:30:00 For a badly neglected 2nd hand BBQ. Used engine cleaner. Wire brushed, rinsed well. Ran for 10 minutes on full. Cooled of and oiled it. Looks excellent, no funny taste either. ! ! BobM (1138)
630430 2008-01-16 09:17:00 Hi

Presumably the grill plate is made from cast iron. If this is the case then it should be treated as any type of cast iron cookware. First warm the grill plate up then turn off the heat.

Now make up a solution of 75% white vinegar to 25% water with a teaspoon of salt. Put in a clean spray bottle.

Shake and spray onto warm grill plate. Allow to cool and wipe down with a kitchen sponge. Repeat if required. DO NOT hose down with water.

Once clean, spray with clean cooking oil and reheat until warm. Allow to cool.

Your BBQ is now ready to Rock 'N' Roll.

BURNZEE

PS: The above solution is a great general purpose household cleaner. Make sure yah hide it from Mum!!
Burnzee (6950)
630431 2008-10-31 18:06:00 Another approach is my "deep-cleaning" cycle which entails putting a few sheets of tin foil over the bbq grill cooking grid, and cranking the heat for a half hour. This really cleans things (kinda like a self-cleaning oven) as it turns everything to ash - be sure to check your grill warrenty to make sure this is OK to do.. then just brush around it with the wire brush. once its cooler of course. witchie46 (13287)
630432 2008-10-31 18:36:00 The highest flames kinda keep the grill clean automatically .

Since I like the grease dripping off my elbows when I eat dead animal . . . (extra rare!) I like to use the highest flame and the shortest cooking time possible .

With that amount of heat . . . . just 5-to-10 seconds on each side of a rib-eye steak and it's done . Pork and chicken get a run through the microwave first to get it hot internally . . but I cook them a little longer for obvious reasons .

Steak, on the other hand has any trouble makers (germs, viruses, living organisms, etc) that need to be killed, getting seared and dying a horrible death on the surface as the internals are sterile anyway . Hamburger is the outsides folded in and that's the real trouble . . it's contaminated all the way through . . so cook it well .

To clean a BBQ? Use a lot of heat, scrape and lightly oil when it's cooled a bit . Rub the grill with a dead cat from your vegetable garden .

I use the open wire grills though . . . . so you may not get the same cleaning results .
SurferJoe46 (51)
630433 2008-10-31 21:18:00 A wet sand blaster, preferably powered by a V8. Etches the patio in a barbecue pattern too. Gives the cutlery a useful non-skid finish with minimal effort, can permanently discourage wandering cats, plus give kids a really authentic Halloween look. R2x1 (4628)
630434 2008-10-31 23:16:00 Heh, heh, keep 'em coming R2x1. zqwerty (97)
630435 2008-11-01 00:28:00 A wet sand blaster, preferably powered by a V8. Etches the patio in a barbecue pattern too. Gives the cutlery a useful non-skid finish with minimal effort, can permanently discourage wandering cats, plus give kids a really authentic Halloween look.

WET sand blaster? Really?

I have troubles with mine if a baby wets a diaper 40 miles away...it makes the sand all pack and it won't flow..how're you doin' it?
:waughh:LARRY :confused:MOE :eek:CURLY
SurferJoe46 (51)
630436 2008-11-01 01:33:00 The water is mixed with the airstream separately from the sand. (They part company again upon impact with the cat or kid.) R2x1 (4628)
630437 2008-11-01 02:18:00 I'll bet you can remove tattoos that way too. SurferJoe46 (51)
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