Grilling can be a year-round activity but is especially a summer favorite. People love to BBQ for so many different reasons, primarily because instead of being in a hot kitchen, grilling can be enjoyed in a relatively cooler and pleasant backyard or terrace. Except for marinating the meat,BBQing takes very little planning and time. Eating at home not only saves money but tastes
better and is way more hygienic. Since the fat liquefies off the meat, it’s healthier. BBQing is fun but cleaning those grill grates later is awful. So, we in this article will explain how to clean those stubborn, crusty BBQ grill grates with ammonia solution.
Not only is the warm weather and longer days a worthy reason to get outside, but that same nice weather can also make cooking indoors (and warming up your oven) appear awful at times.Grilling can turn those simply prepared meats and vegetables feel absolutely special with nominal effort and energy.
Grilling usually requires fewer pots and pans, which makes clean up quicker. That only leaves one big mess…. cleaning the crusty BBQ grills. Primarily just don’t forget to brush the grills clean right after cooking the meat. Cleaning a crusty grill grate can be dirty as well as annoying work, or we have a solution for you which entails no elbow grease and leaves your grate sparkly shiny afresh.
Cleaning of BBQ Grill Grate using Ammonia Solution
All you need is a few basic household cleaning supplies including ammonia (this is household ammonia we are talking about, not the commercial one), white vinegar, baking soda, safety gloves, and a garbage bag. But remember that the key ingredient and secret is ammonia.
Ammonia is a simplest of all the solutions to returning even the grossest ones of the BBQ grills back to their original shine.
Directions
- Start with placing your grumpy BBQ grill grates outside in a plastic trash bag because it can just get untidy doing it inside, and remember we do BBQing to avoid all that mess.
- Then mix the ammonia with white vinegar. After that add baking soda (gently but swiftly) and pour into bag. Seal the bag tightly and shake to coat the grate inside evenly.
- If you’re worried about the foaming, you can avoid the soda, but this combination is legit,it will clean even the toughest burnt-on-food particles.
- Once you are done with the first two steps, allow the grill in the bag to stand the sun for 24 hours and then remove the grate from the bag. Lightly wipe the grill grates with a kitchen sponge and then rinse it off with water. You shouldn’t need to scrub a thing as this cleansing solution will soften and collapse all food particles, allowing water to wash them all away.
Clean Gunky Grills without Scrubbing
Since both vinegar and ammonia make such a convenient all-purpose cleaner once they are mixed together, it is worthy to have them both in bulk under your sink or wherever in your house along with other cleaning supplies in order to keep your BBQ grill grates squeaky clean without any desperate scrubbing. This cleaning solution if used only a couple of times a year could give the gunky grill grates a good deep clean with as little effort as possible on your part.
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Use of Ammonia-saturated cloths
With the use of ammonia, your grills could be cleaned hassle-free. So basically seal ammonia-saturated clothes into plastic bags with your grill grates. Let them rest while the ammonia fumes unstiffen and break down the burnt-on scum. Afterward, wipe the residue right off with an old cloth.
- Put grates of the grill to be cleaned into the plastic bags with those prepared ammonia- filled cloths. Tighten the bags with knots and ties.
- Let these to sit in a warm space for 24 hours.
- Take away the grill parts from plastic bags. Open the bags keeping a distance from your face, as ammonia fumes can be injurious to your lungs.
- Use an old rag to wipe off the tempered residue from the grill grates.
- Wash well with a garden hose.
The Magic Ingredient: Ammonia
Ammonia indeed is a magical ingredient to clean the dirty BBQ grill grates because it is cheap,and saves your time, money and energy.
Ammonia is a colorless gas that upon mixing in water creates a potent alkaline cleaning solution that is mostly used to clean glass and stainless steel,because of its streak-free shine. And so it also works great at removing charred on grease from stove burners and grill grates that have mounted up over the months—or maybe years. When diluted it is not poisonous, ammonia is even used by farmers in their fields to supplement nitrogen back into the soil.
Or more conveniently store-bought cleaning solution that features a slight percentage of ammonia in its active ingredients could also be used for cleaning the BBQ grill grates. Most of these scrubbing products will contain between 4 and 10 percent ammonia, which should be sufficient to get stovetop grates and burners clean, over and above your BBQ grill grates too. Go for the higher percentage if you have a bigger deposit of grease and gunk. But remember anything more than 10 percent will be hard to discover, and risky to use.
Since ammonia is toxic,the recommended disposal of ammonia is down a sink where there is an ample amount of ventilation such as a garage sink. If a garage sink is an unavailable, try opening a window(s) near the sink you are using for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Other Techniques to clean outdoor BBQ Grills
Here we have got some quick stress-free outdoor grill cleaning tips for keeping it clean inside and out, thoroughly. Bring on those steaks; don’t fear the later cleaning of those BBQ grill grates. But remember all cleaning should be done on a cool grill surface unless mentioned otherwise.
Prevention is better than cure
Before you well-lit the grill, shower amply the grill rack with nonstick cooking spray. This works great on both gas and charcoal grills. Apply a generous coat and food won’t stick avoiding the maximum mess, making cooking and tidying a lot easier.
Immediate cleanup
Instead of waiting for food, fat, and grease to pile on your grates, try gently scouring off the gunk with some aluminum foil. Tinfoil is a simple yet great way to clean the grates of your grill.
Make a ball of aluminum foil then rub and “scrub” the warm grill surface with it, take care that you don’t burn your fingers. When you are done, simply throw the foil, it’s so much easier and healthier than a flare-up of dirt, and saves you from the use of that smelly grill brush with morsels of spoiled food stuck to it even after cleaning.
Cleaning those Dirty Grill Grates
You haven’t closely looked at the inside of the grill since last summers and you haven’t deep cleaned it in years. You begin with those good intentions, but when you open the grill and look in, it’s overwhelming and you think to postpone that BBQ party. Not After today, you’re going to have a totally new approach, with these few ways to clean the grill rack(s) that will work for one and all.
You can select, or try them one by one at different times, to see which ones you prefer. Now, this:
Vinegar Cleaner with Baking Soda
- Place the grill grates in a tough plastic garbage bag that will enfold them.
- Stir together two cups of vinegar and one cup of baking soda. It will foam so permit space in the bowl or the container.
- Transfer this solution on the racks, well spread all over.
- Close this bag and leave overnight.
- After resting it for the night, tear the bag and leave the grates in it to contain the mess.
- Rub the grates preferably with balls of aluminum foil. Rinse and Wash well with a hosepipe.
Well here’s another simpler one;
Cleaning Grill Grates with Fabric Softener
Yes, you read that correctly. We are going to introduce the use of dryer fabric softener sheets to clean grill grates.
Here’s what you will need:
- A big plastic storage vessel to carry the grates.
- Hot water since hot water works best.
- Any Dish Washing Liquid
- Dryer fabric softener sheets.
Place the grates in the container and cover with warm to hot water. The water only needs to cover the grates well. Add the dish-washing liquid and blend it into the water. Afterwards, throw in the dryer fabric softener sheets. Leave it for some hours preferably overnight. The following day uses those softener sheets to rub the racks as you remove them. Rinse them glowing and rub with a scourer if required. Place the racks on the grill turned on high for a few minutes to burn off any deposit. Along with ammonia, these are some of the other tips to clean BBQ grill grates
Wrapping Up!
So we endorse the use of ammonia to wipe off the entire gunk and grease overnight before the day you know you’re going to grill. We hope you found these methods to clean BBQ grill grates useful, leaving you to cook with effortlessness knowing your grill can be cleaned hassle-free.
