Do you like barbecuing? Me too, I love !
On the other hand, I don't like cleaning a very dirty BBQ grill...
And whatever the brand of BBQ, Weber or others, it's always a hassle.
Fortunately, there are simple and effective tricks to clean your barbecue grill effortlessly.
We have selected 14 tips for you to clean your barbecue grill easily.
And all this without using harmful chemicals. No more cleaning up! Watch:
After using your barbecue, always wait for the grill to cool. Put 1/2 liter of very hot water in a container. Add 2 tablespoons of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of black soap. Mix everything. Using a sponge soaked in your homemade product, clean your grill. Rinse with clear water and dry well with a clean cloth. Check out the trick here.
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Another option is to use white vinegar. Combined with bicarbonate, not only do you get a good stripper, but you also have an excellent disinfectant product. For this, put a tablespoon of baking soda in a cup. Put on your cleaning gloves and prepare a brush for the dishes. Then, pour a little vinegar over the baking soda. It will foam! Now is the time to dip your brush into your gas mixture and scrub the grid with it. Finally, rinse it with clear water and dry it.
There are special steel or brass brushes for cleaning barbecue grills. The advantage is that their bristles are very hard and strip the burnt dirt stuck on the grid. To do this, put your cooled grid on sheets of newspaper. Then scrub with the brush. Then, with a sponge, wash the grid with water in which you have put a few drops of dishwashing liquid. Rinse well with clear water and dry.
Heat is very effective in disinfecting and cleaning the BBQ grill. When you have finished cooking your food, leave the grill on the barbecue until the embers go out. Burning residue on the grate will produce a lot of smoke. If your neighbors are there, it is better to avoid... Anyway, the grease stuck to the grill will quickly be charred. At this point, the smoke will stop coming from the barbecue. Being careful not to burn yourself, scrub the grill with a stainless steel or brass brush. Wait a bit until your grill is lukewarm. Then take a cloth on which you have poured oil. Put it on the rack. All you have to do is wash your grid with soapy water to remove the last residues. Rinse it and dry it well.
To use this technique for cleaning your barbecue, you must put on household gloves. Once it's done, put a tablespoon of soda crystals in a container. Pour over a cup of hot water. Mix. Soak a sponge in this homemade cleaner and clean the grill. Check out the trick here.
If you've left the barbecue grill to cool with meat and grease residue stuck on it, this technique will save you from having to scrape like crazy! Boil water and pour it into a basin. Then simply soak the grid for at least 1 hour in the basin. The dirt will soften and you can easily remove it with a wooden spatula. To finish cleaning, you can then use tip n°1 with baking soda and black soap.
If your grill is very dirty, you may be worried that this trick won't be effective enough. In this case, proceed in the same way as above. But add a little dishwashing liquid and the juice of a squeezed lemon to the hot water. All you have to do is remove the dirt with a sponge and rinse your grill with water.
Like water, the oil will have the power to soften the burnt residue:they will come off much more easily. To do this, take a few paper towels and roll them into a ball. Pour cooking oil over them to soak them. Pass the Sopalin balls on the grid. Get a wooden spatula. Place the Sopalin ball on the grid and rub it gently, holding it with the spatula.
This is the least tiring solution! If your dishwasher is large (or your barbecue grill is small), you can put the grill in the dishwasher. This trick only works if your grill isn't too dirty.
Your barbecue grill is rusty? Do not worry. There are simple solutions to get it back. It will be like new! Watch:
Put on household gloves to protect your hands. Squeeze a lime juice and put in a big tablespoon of salt. Take a sponge that you soak in this mixture. Pass the sponge over the traces of rust. Then wash with soapy water. Rinse the grid and dry it.
If you don't have a lime on hand, maybe you have an onion? In this case, cut it in half. Rub the rust spots with the cut part of the onion. Then, always the same, wash your grill with soapy water. Rinse it well and dry it.
To discover: Finally a tip to prevent the barbecue grid from sticking!
Like the onion, the potato has the power to strip rust stains from a barbecue grill. You just have to cut it in half and rub the part where there is no skin on the rust. Wash, rinse and dry to finish.
When grilling fish, for example, the grid tends to keep a bad smell. Not terrible, if you grill meat afterwards... Fortunately, here are 2 tips to make bad smells disappear:
Always finish by rinsing your grill with vinegar water. This prevents the smell of cleaning products from becoming encrusted when cooking your merguez sausages. No more bad smells the next time you go to grill something.
If a lingering fishy smell remains on your grill, just take half a lemon and rub it gently on the grill. Then, moisten a sheet of paper towel. Run it over the grill to remove the lemon. And finish by wiping it with a cloth.
- Even if you like rare meat, it is better to cook your meats to perfection. This type of cooking kills all bacteria. You will thus avoid serious illnesses such as gastroenteritis linked to E. coli, also known as hamburger disease, or salmonellosis.
- Metal brushes can be very handy for cleaning your grill. On the other hand, by dint of using them, metal bristles can remain attached to the grid. They will then contaminate your meat. Not terrible to eat! So be careful when using it. And remember to change your brush regularly, as soon as you notice that it is starting to get damaged.
- To prevent your grid from getting dirty or wearing out too quickly, there is a simple little trick. Before cooking your food, pour a little cooking oil on paper towel balls. Pass these balls of Sopalin soaked in oil on the grill. The grid is thus well oiled and your food will stick less. In addition, it will be protected from rust.
