Scraping grates. Yay or nay?

[Schaefd2]

I never scrape my grates and I am wondering if I am just lazy. I'll never use a wire brush, but I do have a cedar scraper I COULD use.

Talk me out of my no-scrape ways. (Or did me deeper!)


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[Bob BQ]

[PotsieWeber]

I usually just burn off any gunk & MAYBE use a spatula to scrap any residue.  If it is a grate that has been sitting a while & has some rust flaking off, I will used a crumpled up ball of aluminum on it. 

I paid $5 for a wood paddle that is really designed for maybe restaurant or cafeteria cooking with a really, really long handle and have tried that out a number of times so I got the grooves burned in.  I sometimes use that WHILE burning off & it is ok, but not that big a deal.

I never scrape my grates and I am wondering if I am just lazy. I'll never use a wire brush, but I do have a cedar scraper I COULD use.

Talk me out of my no-scrape ways. (Or did me deeper!)


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[HoosierKettle]

I just scrape with a spatula when hot.  My buddy never scrapes and he always has too much buildup for my liking.


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[pancho2017]

I use these every time before I cook, seems to work really well.

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[toolhead]

many posts about wire brush bristles coming loose and not so good news when it ends up on someones plate.

i burn the mess off the grates and then use wooden scraper.

heat is the best sterilization tool

[blksabbath]

The wire brush thing....I keep thinking you'd have to have a very dirty grate with cooked on sludge to catch any steel fibers, as well as a scraper that's at the end of its lifespan.  Anyways, I use a weber grill brush with the metal scraper, but let the fire do most of the work.

[Rub]

I use a wood paddle that's pre-grooved on a hot grate. I like it. I also like using balled up tin foil in some cases.

[Scott Zee]

I have used a metal scraper for years and years. I clean the grate before cooking, when the grate is heated up. Never had a problem with rogue metal fibers.

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[kettlebb]

I just started using the Weber scraper since it came with my first CGA score. It's well built and I have yet to lose a bristle. I'm careful to not mash it into the grate and wait till it's nice and hot and the food/sauce is baked on.

https://www.weber.com/US/en/accessories/care/grill-brushes/6494.html?cgid=1348#start=1

I also have the wooden scraper and like it but it doesn't deep clean like the stainless brush can.


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[jeffrackmo]

Big Balled up HD Foil when the Grate gets preheated.  Works for me.  I too have the wooden scraper.  I use that one sometimes too.  The Wire brush???  I use that one on the CI Grate.  No real reason why... I just do it...

Eh... ya know... 6 of 1, half dozen of the other....

Happy Turkey Day Fellas!!

Grill on!!

[HoosierKettle]

I personally don't see the point in brushing a grate with a dirty brush. At least a spatula can be cleaned every time and actually does a pretty good job of cleaning if you hold it an angle and get the sides too.


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[Schaefd2]

Ok, I used my previously unused cedar grill scraper to clean up my grates today. I'm officially not lazy anymore

....for now.


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