Once all of the Memorial Day cookout fun is over, it’s time to get down to tidying up, but how doe you clean your grill after using it?
Everyone loves eating food off the grill at a Memorial Day cookout. For the day off and holiday that most consider the unofficial start to summer, that makes sense. Food tastes better when you’re having fun with the ones you love. However, there’s always a business end to every fun time, and that includes whipping up the good eats on the grill.
After you’ve scarfed down burgers, dogs, chicken, steaks and whatever else, the fun ends. And if you’re the one who’s been cooking, you’re not done just yet. You have to clean the grill next. For many this is unenviable as many think that cleaning a grill is a huge task. In actuality, that’s not entirely the case.
When it comes to maintenance, the deep cleaning that many think of is only necessary about twice per year. Thus, there’s a good chance you just need a light cleaning following cooking on Memorial Day. With that in mind, here’s all that you need to do to clean your gas or charcoal grill.
For a charcoal one, the process is exceedingly simple. Carefully use oven cleaner on the great to get any caked on residue off. Then simply wash with soap and water and a gentle grill brush (most come with the preferred brush. Elsewhere on the unit, make sure to get all of the ash out of the bottom and in the ash catcher once it’s cooled. Finally, you can clean up the exterior with soap and water.
Truthfully, though, the gas grill cleaning isn’t difficult by any stretch. The first thing you need to do is the easiest of all: burning off some of the leftover reside. Close the grill and turn up the heat for about 15 minutes. This will turn any remnants of your meal to ash and make things easier to clean up.
After that, turn down the heat and wait until the grate is warm. That’s when you disconnect the gas and then grab the steel brush and scrape down the ash and debris from the grate to get that nice and spotless. Then it’s the same as with the charcoal as you polish the exterior with soap and water.
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And for long-term maintenance and cleaning of your grill, please cover it. Doing so will help immensely over time and you’ll be glad you did it the next time you whip it out after Memorial Day.