BBQs

[Carlos]

How are people cleaning their grates? I know Weber make a cleaning kit but is it any good? Took ages yesterday with the scourer in the kitchen.

I give it one good clean once a year when I brush it, put it in the dishwasher for a hot wash and finish with a brillo pad. Other than that I give it a quick scrape & brush when I finish cooking and a quick brush when the coals have brought it up to 200°+ before putting food on.

[McSwede]

How are people cleaning their grates? I know Weber make a cleaning kit but is it any good? Took ages yesterday with the scourer in the kitchen.

I've cleaned it once. Just burn everything off when warming up and finishing and it's fine.

[Simon]

OK so everyone here is a fan of food poisoning, gotchya

[integrale_evo]

If the nasties can survive a blast a couple of inches above red hot coals I'm not sure a bit of washing up liquid and warm water would bother them too much

[Mito Man]

Considering that a medical autoclave only heats up to 120 Celsius, I’m pretty happy with just letting the grill heat up with the lid closed for 10-15 minutes whilst the coals settle down.

[McSwede]

OK so everyone here is a fan of food poisoning, gotchya

I used to have a couple of small cast iron pot belly BBQs which I used frequently for about 10 years. Never cleaned once and no issues. As mentioned above, the extreme heat will kill off everything and with age comes patina It all adds to the flavour.

[Orange Cola]

How are people cleaning their grates? I know Weber make a cleaning kit but is it any good? Took ages yesterday with the scourer in the kitchen.

I bought the Weber wire brush, I use it after I've cooked whilst the BBQ is still hot and just go up and down the grill. It gets everything off easily, however not everyone is into a complete clean (as above really). The rest of the kettle gets the ash knocked out of it to stop me getting gritty food but I don't clean off the oil/fat/grease from the kettle walls.

Outside of the kettle gets cleaned. Other accessories such as as the stainless steel stuff I'll try with oven cleaner later in the year but the rotisserie cleaned right up when it was just left to soak in hot water (plus it has a non textured surface).

[Swervin_Mervin]

How are people cleaning their grates? I know Weber make a cleaning kit but is it any good? Took ages yesterday with the scourer in the kitchen.

I've cleaned it once. Just burn everything off when warming up and finishing and it's fine.

This. I wash them once at the beginning of the year to get rid of the snail crap.

[Jobbo]

I gave my GBS circular grate a wash yesterday morning because my griddle had arrived and I took it off - it is definitely easier to give it a brush while hot than to wash it in the sink. Not going to bother washing it more than once a year.

I did get an Amazon Basics version of the Weber bbq brush which works fine, I’d recommend it. The shape is much better than my old flat one.

[Simon]

Thanks everyone.

I did get an Amazon Basics version of the Weber bbq brush which works fine, I’d recommend it. The shape is much better than my old flat one.

Ooh, linky?

[Jobbo]

I got the 12” long handle version linked for £7.89 when it was in stock a few days ago but they do an 18” version too.

ETA: Amazon links don’t seem to work from a phone... but it’s out of stock anyway so it’s not that helpful

[JonMad]

Some wire wool from Dunelm does the trick on the grills and the charcoal holder grill underneath. I line the bbq with sheets of foil before starting so it’s easy to dispose of the cold ash.

Then a wipe over and a dustpan and brush to get rid of any remaining charcoal dust.

[unzippy]

Did a Lamb Shoulder yesterday.
Test fit as it had a bit of leg attached too:



Rubbed with garlic olive oil, salt and pepper.



Started at 9 went for 40 mins or so on hot to get some colour in it.





Then wrapped in foil and dropped the temp to 250 ish. Added more fuel at this point.

Internal temp reached 203 at about 4.30, took it off, still in the foil and wrapped in a towel into the Esky to rest.





Served with Turkish red cabbage salad and pilaf rice. Banging.

[mik]

Looks nice, but you appear to be quoting temperatures in farenheit?

[Carlos]

Looks nice, but you appear to be quoting temperatures in farenheit?

He's gone full Zip Dundee, I had to Google Esky

[dinny_g]

He didn't start his post with

"Yeah, Nah, Yeah, But"

so not quite 100% full Dundee

[NotoriousREV]

Got my Weber Starter Chimney this afternoon so we had chicken kebabs and burgers for dinner. Dead easy, I should’ve bought one years ago. Not quite as convenient as has but much easier for casual cooking on the firepit.

[Carlos]

Got my Weber Starter Chimney this afternoon so we had chicken kebabs and burgers for dinner. Dead easy, I should’ve bought one years ago. Not quite as convenient as has but much easier for casual cooking on the firepit.

It's one of those things you wonder why everyone doesn't have one

[Simon]

I'm really thinking of engineering a leaf blower attachment to mine to turbo charge the starter process.

[dinny_g]

Got my Weber Starter Chimney this afternoon so we had chicken kebabs and burgers for dinner. Dead easy, I should’ve bought one years ago. Not quite as convenient as has but much easier for casual cooking on the firepit.

This... 100% yes