Cleaning Grill Grates and gas channels

[fattogatto]

Any advice regarding cleaning old grill grates and gas channels/deflectors in a blast cabinet? Medium problems?

Thanks,

 

[GMCGarage]

Any advice regarding cleaning old grill grates and gas channels/deflectors in a blast cabinet? Medium problems?

Thanks,

I think this is a small problem. If it fits, and not too rusty, have at it.

 

[BuffettFan]

The 2 issues I see are if the grates are greasy with a lot of cooked on food particles, the contamination is now in your blast media which will contaminate anything you blast after as well as causing clogs in the gun, and if your media is too coarse, it could etch the grates causing food to stick to them.

 

[theoldwizard1]

I used a wire wheel on my drill on the stainless steel grates from my Weber. They were clean, just not shiny clean. I decided the following years it was not worth the effort.

 

[nh_yota]

Put them in your kitchen oven and set it to self clean.

 

[brocken]

Yup, either oven cleaner in the oven or outside in a bucket with degreaser and a scrub brush.
Once they are degreased you could put them in the media cabinet if you have surface rust.

 

[EOC_Jason]

Right by the "oven cleaner" spray cans at the store they now sell ones for grills...

 

[isb cornbinder]

I put the BBQ grills and other parts in my 27 litre ultrasonic parts cleaner. In 10-20 minutes the parts are really clean. The ultrasonic parts cleaner was nearly a $1000. I also have very clean tools. I use the ultrasonic parts cleaner to clean fasteners (nuts and bolts). Evaporust works ten times faster in an ultrasonic cleaner. There is a demonstration on You Tube.
I add a small amount of Simple Green to make the water wetter when cleaning parts.

 

[Todd.Brock]

My burners are from 2005. They are cast iron. I blew them out with 150 psi. That got them pretty clean. Wear goggles...trust me

 

[D rock]

I use a coil brush for a refrigerator to clean the inside of the burners...gets all the unwanted critters out.

 

[Junkman]

I don't worry about cleaning the grates, because my wife forgets to turn off the gas after cooking, and it is like a self cleaning oven when it gets that hot after a few hours. Burners and stainless steel deflectors, I just replace. You can buy them inexpensively on eBay or Amazon. I wouldn't put anything greasy into the blast cabinet, because the grease will cause you more grief when you want to clean something up for painting.

 

[jshillin]

The easiest option is HEAT, crank the grill up to about 600 for an hour or 2 and let it burn everything off. The other option is all purpose cleaner and then hit them with the pressure washer.

 

[jonhdw]

I would highly recommend using harbor freight wire wheels in a corded drill. They are super cheap and cut through everything except the base metal. I use them to restore bench vises.

 

[Pathfinders]

I spray mine with oven cleaner and put them in a trash bad for a while. Works well.

 

[Jinks]

The easiest option is HEAT, crank the grill up to about 600 for an hour or 2 and let it burn everything off. The other option is all purpose cleaner and then hit them with the pressure washer.

This guy knows the answer! I turn my briquet trays over, crank up the burners (they self clean) & cook the **** off the briquets. I have stainless grills, but iron would clean just fine with a lot of heat. I can clean mine with 409 & 0000 steel wool, but heat will clean iron. Don't do more work than you have to....