How to Clean a Four Burner Gas Grill

Anybody who enjoys grilling also knows that their grill will need to be cleaned from time to time. Since most foods will drip grease, fat and sauce onto the interior of the grill, the ashen remnants of this can build up over time and not only effect the taste of your food, but the efficiency of your gas grill as well. Cleaning a grill is actually a very simple process that should only take 15-30 minutes, depending on the size of your barbecue.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• $50 budget
• Personal time
• Grill cleaner spray
• Grill cleaning brush
• Waste bag
• Paper towels

1. Purchase supplies. A trip to any local BBQ store will provide all of the supplies you need from the above list.

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   Shut off the gas. It is very important that you turn off the gas valve to your BBQ before you can begin to clean it. This is found on the hose that attaches to your propane tank, simply turn the valve all the way to the right.

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   Escape any remaining gas. Next turn all the burner knobs to the highest setting and allow the remaining gas, if any, to escape. Make sure you have the grill hood in the open position before doing this.

4. Let the Grill vent for five minute:
   In order to ensure that the remaining propane has ventilated properly, leave your grill open and do not begin to clean it for at least five minutes.

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   Brush grill bars. Using your grill cleaning brush, firmly brush the surface of the grill bars in a forwards-backwards motion with the steel from the brush sweeping across the surface. Once you have brushed the surface flip each grill bar over and brush the other side.

6. Saturate with grill cleaner spray and repeat. Using your grill cleaner spray thoroughly saturate the surface of the grill bars and brush both sides. Set the grill bars aside after you finish so you can access the interior of the BBQ to clean it.

7. Remove burner plates and clean. All gas grills have metal plates which cover and protect the flame pilots during cooking. These will typically become covered with ash, and burnt grease and sauce over time. Simply remove them from the grill and brush them down. After you have brushed them once, saturate them with the cleaner spray and brush them down again. Set the plates aside so you can finish cleaning the rest of your grill.

8. Clean interior of grill. The plates will only catch so much, still sauce and grease will fall to the bottom of the grill and turn to ash. Using your grill brush, jar all of this ash free. Douse it in cleaner spray so it condenses and scoop it up with the paper towels.

9. Clean grease catch. Many newer gas grills will come with a grease catching plate. You can usually access these through the rear of the BBQ. They generally have a small metal handle and will easily slide out. Remove this grease catch, and brush and clean it thoroughly.

10. Clean exterior of grill. Using your grill cleaner spray, saturate the exterior of the grill and wipe it down with the paper towels. Repeat this process until the exterior is entirely clean.

11. Reassemble the grill. Now you can put all the pieces back together in your grill and turn the gas valve on again.

Tips & Warnings

• You may want to purchase several types of grill cleaner brushes, as they have many that will work better for cleaning different areas of the grill.
• Always make sure the gas is turned off before you begin to clean your BBQ.

[FrogDoc]

on 3/26/2009 This is a very well-written and informative article! Thanks!