How to Clean an Outdoor Gas Grill

Summer is around the corner and your outdoor gas grill is most likely very dirty. But before you use it, you will need to clean it. Follow the steps below on how to clean your outdoor gas grill.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Oven cleaner
• Warm soapy water
• Rubber gloves
• Garden hose

How to Clean an Outdoor Gas Grill

1. Disconnect the gas tank. You don’t want any chemicals to get into the tank and cause trouble later.

2. Remove the cooking grates and thoroughly clean them, using spray-on oven cleaner.

3. Remove the heat deflector. That is the accordion-folded metal shield between the burner element and the grate. Clean it with the spray-on oven cleaner.

4. Carefully wipe off the burner element. Don’t remove it and try not to get anything inside the ports.

5. Wipe out the inside bottom of the grill. Use warm soapy water for this and be careful not to get anything on the burner element.

6. Clean the inside of the lid with warm soapy water.

7. Clean the outside of the grill with warm soapy water.

8. Rinse the oven cleaner from the deflector and grates using the garden hose. Then wash them real well with warm soapy water.

9. Let everything dry in the sun.

10. Replace the deflector and the grates.

11. Reattach the gas tank and you are ready to start cooking.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure you have access to plenty of water from a garden hose, as well as warm soapy water from the kitchen.
• Make sure that no pets or small children are around while you are cleaning the grill, since some of the chemicals may be toxic.