You should never use caustic oven cleaners, chloride cleaners, or bleach on any part of your grill. Those cleansers contain chemicals that will eat away at your grill worse than any grease or grime ever could.
1/2 cup salt per 1 cup of Vinegar for every gallon if water. Pour evenly over the area of the grate let sit for a couple minutes. Stir water mixing salt and vinegar. Let sit over night Next day dump all water using a scouring pad and course salt scrub entire grill for any stubborn corrosion left behind...
Do not use harsh de-greasers or caustic cleaners such as oven cleaners on GrillGrates- they can pit the hard anodized surface. Do not place hot GrillGrates in cold water as it may warp the panels. Soak in hot water and dish soap after the Grates have cooled down.
A: The BBQ grill cleaner is stronger than the OVEN cleaner. It's meant to be used outdoors and ONLY on the grills themselves NOT the grill box. Despite my fantastic results using the BBQ cleaner on our indoor oven, I'd use the OVEN cleaner next time instead.
Some people swear by Easy Off, a popular oven cleaner that can be used successfully to clean tough grime off of your cast iron stove grates when used according to the directions on the package.
Reach for the baking soda, even if your cast iron grates don't easily come out of your grill. Make a paste of 1 ½ cups ARM & HAMMER™ Baking Soda, ¼ cup dish soap, and ¼ cup white vinegar in a small bowl. It should be a frothy liquid consistency that sticks to the grill grates.
Remove grates. Use a no-scratch cleaning pad and clean with hot water and mild detergent or a paste made of baking soda and water. Use degreasers or Easy-Off® Fume Free Oven Cleaner with a blue Scotch-Brite™ pad sparingly. Degreasers include Formula 409 products and citrus cleaners (for example, Fantastik Lemon).
Goo Gone Oven and Grill Cleaner
For stuck-on messes that won't seem to budge, we nominate Goo Gone for the job. This heavy-duty spray cleaner is geared toward ovens and grills, two notoriously gunky, grimy, food-covered surfaces.
Never line the bottom tray with foil as grease can accumulate in the creases in the foil and cause a grease fire. Never use oven cleaner on your gas grill. Oven cleaner is not friendly to the painted surfaces of your grill; it can remove the paint.
No, there's no need to use oven cleaner on a Blackstone griddle. That's a surface you're eating off of, never do it.
Sharon Booth wrote: “I put my racks into a large bin liner and spray with Mr Muscle oven cleaner. “I turn them regularly and sometimes leave overnight, then place them into the dishwasher.”
For a stainless-steel grill, use a specially formulated stainless-steel BBQ grill cleaner and microfiber cloth. Ceramic, porcelain and painted steel surfaces can be cleaned using soap and water. If you have a propane grill, you can store it outside with the propane tank attached.
Wait Time: Typically, it's recommended to wait at least 1-2 hours after cleaning with a chemical oven cleaner before using the oven again. This allows the fumes to dissipate and ensures that no harmful residues remain.
Cleaning your grill grates will help reduce rust buildup and ensure tasty food when you grill. You want to scrape your grates after each use, but you should also do a deep cleanse at least once a year.
Mix baking soda with distilled white vinegar in a 1:2 ratio until a thick, spreadable paste forms. Cover the grill grates in the paste and allow it to sit for 15 minutes. Using steel wool, a stiff-bristled brush or an abrasive scrubber, scour the rust from the grates.
Grab your tongs and use these to steady the ball of foil so that you can scrape the grill grates. The foil will knock off leftover residue, leaving you with clean grates for the next time you fire up the grill. It's that easy!
Hensley notes that while commercial oven cleaners may be used for the racks, some cleaners cause discoloration. "Be sure to do a small test area to check the results, and rinse the racks thoroughly after cleaning," she says.
Safe and Sound
It's a safer alternative to general oven cleaners, as Goo Gone Oven & Grill Cleaner is surface safe for all metals and plastics.
Distilled white vinegar: You may have used vinegar to clean your home before. Bring that bottle outside to get your grill spotless. Use an even mix of water to white vinegar — to avoid that harsh smell — and shake it up in a spray bottle. Be sure your grates are cool before you spray them with the solution.
While the grill is cool, use a small shovel and bucket to remove the ashes. Fill a bucket with water and a few drops of a degreaser, like dish soap. Remove the grill grates from the grill and place them in the soapy water. Dip a scrub brush in soapy water and thoroughly clean the interior of the grill.
Stove Grate Cleaning Method: Easy Off
How it went: While other methods were successful in getting the burners to wipe clean, Easy Off actually removed and stripped the super-tough burnt-on grease splatters with hardly any effort from me at all, making the burner look brand new.
When washing cast-iron stove grates, some cleaning agents and tools shouldn't be used to prevent costly or irreversible damage, including: Scouring powders. Acidic cleaning agents such as distilled white vinegar. Harsh cleaning agents like oven cleaner, ammonia, or chlorine bleach.
Grill Grate Cleaning Method: Vinegar + Baking Soda
Put them in a garbage bag and add 2 cups of vinegar and 1 cup of baking soda. Close up the bag and let the solution soak for 8 hours or overnight. Then, rinse the grates and scrub off any remaining food bits, using a ball of foil or a scrubby sponge.