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How to Clean a Charcoal Grill?

July 26, 2020 by Arthur I. Mitchel Leave a Comment

The golden rule of keeping the stuff fit for a long time is to have proper maintenance of them – no matter it is a power tool or kitchen appliance.

And for healthy and juicy food, you need to keep your kitchen neat and clean. I don’t think that’s a big deal for a professional or occasional.

Here’s How to Clean Charcoal Grills in 7 Steps

If you are reading this cleaning a charcoal grill guide, it means you’ve already dealt with a charcoal grill. Now, you need to follow the steps below to get your charcoal grill clean.

Find Your Instruments

To get the cleaning job done, the first thing you need to do is to confirm you have the instruments you’ll require during cleaning.

Things You’ll Need

  • A grill brush
  • Foil, paper or plastic bags
  • A bristle brush or putty knife
  • A fork (sometimes)

Clean the Grill Grate and The Charcoal Grate

Your cleaning procedure will start with the removal of the grill grate. Some people try to save time without removing the grate from the grill. Thus, they can’t deserve perfect cleaning in the long run. (That means you can clean grate without removing, but not recommended). Try to remove the grate and clean comfortably.

For cleaning grate, use grill brush or other coarse cleaning brush. You’ll repeat the same as with charcoal grate on a kettle grill. If there is any hard gunk on the grate, in that case, use a scrubber made of a ball of aluminum. Sometimes you can try with a knife or fork if you find the grate is too rough.

Empty Ashes After Each Use

Just like you refresh your computer regularly when you use, clear out the remaining debris in a charcoal grill after each utilization.

A heap of trash left on the grill can gather dampness, and waste along with humidity together can rise to a concrete-like substance that can be staggeringly hard to evacuate.

To quickening the work of debris cleanup, keep a metal (not plastic or anything burnable) pail with a top alongside the grill, and dump the cinders and spent coals into it when everything has chilled off. Store the basin someplace where it won’t get wet.

Move the gathered debris to the trash when the pail is full and you’re sure there are no coals as yet consuming. Debris transfer turns out to be significantly more straightforward on the off chance that you settle on protuberance charcoal since it generally makes little debris when contrasted with briquettes.

How to Clean Charcoal Grills

Clean All Parts Once Each Year

Cleaning all parts of the charcoal grill once a year is a smart practice you should do if you like to keep the grill well-functioning. You can do it at your convenient time, be it at the start and end of each grilling season, or if nothing else once every year. If you grill all year, give your charcoal barbecue a careful cleaning with hot sudsy water and a hardened nylon brush or fiber scour cushion.

To get it done efficiently, you have to go systematically. Start with the surfaces up in the engine and descending to the side dividers and base of the cooking chamber. And of course, try to clean the drip pan completely.

Finish up by cleaning down the outside of the grill thoroughly from start to finish, utilizing warm water. Wipe dry to forestall rust.

Take Your Time

Cleaning a charcoal grill may be tricky and troublesome. On an excellent finishing, you need to be well-prepared. To reach the final destination, you might require several scour cushions and numerous cans of warm water.

The vast majority think it better practice to clean the grill at the end of the season, right before storing the grill. That way, the grill will be perfect and all set when the following barbecuing season kicks off.

Instead of a massive cleaning once a year, try to clean your charcoal grill regularly after each use. Look at the following cleaning process to maintain the Charcoal grill by own.

Check the Ash Catcher

Just like you check your car’s gear and other safety gear before you start driving, you need to check ash catcher each time. If it is loaded, unload it.

Brush the Grill Grate Before Grilling

Don’t wait for the scheduled time you do. Whenever you need, start cleaning the grill. After you preheat the flame broil, brush the mesh with a barbecue brush or wadded a bit of foil to expel the consumed bits of nourishment from the last barbecuing session. It’s simpler to relax the bits when the meshes are hot. Before start grilling, have a brush the grate. A clean grate quickens the grilling process along with the taste.

Summing Up

Cleaning the charcoal grill is somewhat tricky. If you can manage, brush the grate after your grilling process each time. It’ll get your grill ready for the next grilling smoothly. Use grease on the grate regularly. With the execution of the above steps, you can avoid the hassle of cleaning a charcoal grill.

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About Arthur I. Mitchel

Arthur I. Mitchel loves the smell of juicy meat sizzling on a grill on a hot summer day. He does two things. He travels, and he grills. So, you can say when it comes to grills, he knows more than anyone in the room. And he finally agreed to share some of his knowledge here. You can reach him through the contact page

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