Everybody comes to the barbecue, but you're always alone when there's cleaning to be done. Right on Justin!

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

L O L. That's true. And hysterical.

Great video, Justin! Even my 304 griddle is developing permanent dark spots where most of the cooking occurs (I'm sure you noticed when you watched my last video, LOL). I've tried everything shy of power tools. I know it's clean, and that's all that really counts. Yeah, I've purchased "stainless" products that have rusted! Cheers, brother!

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Brass wire wheel, man. You could polish a turd with that... Not that I've tried it… As far as you know

Innovative, eclectic, & enjoyable excursion on an obsessive cleaning mission. Well done & creative opening!

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, Phillip. Appreciate you watching.

Very entertaining and informative Justin! I had the same problem on my Weber gas grill too. I just tossed them and bought Grill Grates instead...😂 thanks for sharing brother!

Justin 😂, the caption got me dying before I watched it. Your videos are so easy to watch and very informative. More please, yes anything.

This was great. Cheers, Justin! 👍🏻👍🏻✌️

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, Dwayne

awesome video that benefits everyone!!

That is some extreme grate cleaning! They ended up looking good, though. Great video!

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's totally addictive once you start. Lol thanks for watching.

Great job, Justin!!! I typically sell my grills before I really need to worry about deep cleaning the grates but I will try the wire wheel on my LSG's!!! Very entertaining video and I love how your OCD kicked in on this one!!!!! hahahaha

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

The wire wheel is magic. I'm not kidding. if you ever keep a grill longer than 15 minutes, I highly recommend it. Of course, if you don't sell them that fast, your family's gonna have to figure out somewhere else to live. Lol.

Great video! You always make me laugh. Love ya buddy!

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael. I appreciate you man.

Love the details. I feel the same about the wire wheel. It is the only way. I try soaking it to all kinds of stuff. Look the same after. 😁

Great video! The PBW works better with hot water up to boiling. I used it when I used to home brew. I still use it for tough stains on pots and pans and my grates.

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I was using hot water but not boiling. It was as much as the tap could kick out though.

Crazy how u put this out. I power washed my grill and grates today also. Not as clean looking as yours tho. Great video sir. Thanks for the tips💪🔥

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Great minds think alike!

Loved the video and you showing the work involved and the results from the different methods. I have to say though, just sandblast the grates clean. Throw them on an old pallet, hit them with a sand/media-blaster and you have spotless grill grates in a couple minutes. The equipment isn't expensive. No nasty chemicals. No residue. No scrubbing or intense physical labor.

Very useful. Thanks!

I have a Weber Smoker 18”. After cooking a Boston Butt,which was delicious, I thought omg look at the grates! I put them in my dishwasher and they were like brand new!

Nice tip with the magnet. Good to know👍😊

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help

As always great job.

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Hello Justin. Enjoyed the video! When a company uses 304 for thier stainless... they let you know. When the company does not... they just say stainless. LOL, easy way to tell if it is 430.

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Totally!

You're looking good! I hope your back is doing great

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Johnny. It took a while, but yes, my back is better. And I've lost a few pounds. it's really hard but at least I'm making progress overtime. Appreciate the comment.

I got a set of Grill Grates and love em Justin!!! They are all extruded aluminum and work FABULOUSLY!!! I know there are a lot of haters of them in the Texas realm of Qers, but I LOVE mine! Might wanna try a set on your Weber! I have a Weber gas very similar to yours. I use them in my SNS kettle too. Cheers! ~Chris

this is making me realize i need to clean my lone star santa maria, but thats a beast and cleaning will be nuts

Hilarious... Glad I found your channel. My smoker grates get a butane torch and scraping twice a year. easy and works well.

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

That's a great idea

I haven’t tried it on the bbq but I have soaked my stovetop oven grates in ammonia and it does a good job loosen baked on stuff.

haha great video - even as a charcoal and stick burner guy myself, ain't nothing wrong with a gas or pellet grill. Sometimes I just want a quick cook without worry about fire management.

Funny and helpful. Thank you!

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Buddy, great job on your effort to clean the grill the best you could. First, remember that corrosion eats everything (yes, including stainless steel). There is one kind of corrosion that is called pit corrosion. This happens happens mostly when you have dirt concentrated. My suggestion: just clean it everytime to use it. That's what I've been doing. It's easier to clean and you will prevent from building up that cooked hard dirt that is a focal point to pit corrosion. Cheers!

Yeah that "stainless" has a high carbon content to attract that magnet like that. Justin, have you considered buying a sandblaster? haha 😂

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

I did actually. Lol those things are magic. Thanks for watching, Rus!

@lexwaldez

2 ай бұрын

@@BabyBackManiac I was looking for that comment. Sandblaster is the way to go. We were blasting the paint off an old steel boat when I thought to clean the FILTHY grill grates. It blasted them back to new in a minute. I do that every year or two now. Because I'm lazy.

@user-fj6ts6bt7z

4 күн бұрын

@@lexwaldez I went a step further. After super cleaning them with the grit blaster I took them to a friend who runs a metal finishing company. I had him passivate them to a bright shiny finish.

Stainless steel pot scrubbers work great on the grates I've found and cleaning inside too.

Nice video!

Great video

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Dude, you're great! 😂 keep it up!

@BabyBackManiac

Ай бұрын

Thanks! 😃

You're a funny man - a little OCD, but a funny man! And creative - never thought I'd see a BBQ feature in a KZread drama: so much emotion. But useful content. Thanks for the effort in posting. Keep the flame alive :-) 👍👍🏆🏆

I was just looking at my Weber grates the other day and said I needed to clean them something awful. thanks or the Clif Notes!

Thanks for the video. I have the same frustration with the grill. Consider using industrial degreaser soak overnight next time.. no guarantees but maybe faster.

I too have not been able to find a hands free way to clean my grills. However, I do swear by EZ Off oven cleaner. I can clean my entire Weber grill, bowl and lid and get the really clean. The chemicals do require the use of a mask, and gloves. Just spraying, letting it set for about 10 minutes rinsing off with a garden hose. I usually apply a 2nd coat of EZ Off and scrub with a heavy duty steel scour scrubber everywhere for a deep cleaning. I've thought of using the wire wheel on a drill but I was afraid to damage the stainless steel. Afterwards, I rinse everything and scrub with Dawn dish soap and green scour pads. I'd imagine adding a pressure washer to this method would work even better! Thanks for the video! Let me know if you try my method! 👍🙂👍

I also have a Gas Grill 😂 but I made a giant Flat Top Grill out of It It’s all seasoned & I just clean it as you would Cast Iron. Great Job ✅ but that was a lot of work In the long run Cleaning after 2 or 3 cooks really helps a lot. Happy Grilling Brother Cheers 😊

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Hi Mick. Us propane grill buyers have to stick together. This is a safe place. Lol. Have a great week, buddy.

Love the ending 😂😂😂

I have an older CharmGlow....(1998) that has Stainless Steel grates...real SS, no magnetism...I did exactly what you did but 10 fold...I tried every thing to get the smallest areas spotless about 15 years ago, I decided to clean them again, after I thoroughly DE Greased them, I took them to a media blaster...that stoner kid had hours of fun concentrating on every single sq inch of those grates and they they look spotless till this day

PBW! Justin is a homebrewer!

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

No, but one of my neighbors was... It's a great product!

Really great experiment! I have tried a few of these methods myself, the Dawn power wash and pressure washer. Like you, I’m disappointed that I can’t ever get the grates looking like new. I have a couple of super nice heavy duty stainless grates left over from a grill That I no longer own. I’ve been planning to try two more radical methods on them as an experiment. The first is a chemical they sell in the automotive department at Wall Mart called “Super Clean” this stuff is knarly, if you get it undiluted on your fingertips they go numb for a few hours (yikes!) I’ve used Super Clean to strip paint off of plastic motorcycle fairings, soak overnight and the paint just falls off. My last most radical idea is to clean my grates by glass bead blasting. That is sure to be a lot of work, so I’ve procrastinated trying that for a few years already. First I’ll see if the Super Clean works. Your video inspires me to get back on the project

couple of things... get a set of Grillgrates... they are nice... also when you start the cook just before you put the meat on then take a square of paper towel and spray the square with tallo... then rub the grillgrate with the tallo, it will keep the meat from sticking and protect the grate.... after the cook while the grate is still warm then use the grillgrate brush to push the big chunks off of the grates.... if you do it right the grates will look and work like new

I went thru almost the same process last year. And I brush my stainless steel (Weber) grates after every cook. (Although, not the back side...may start doing that). I soaked the grates, scraped the grates, scrubbed them with steel wool, and ended up using a wire brush attachment to my power drill just as you did. I did get them back to "sort of" silver...but nothing like they looked when new. And the flavorizer bars are even worse...no way those will scrub back to anything looking like stainless steel. The heat deflectors and drip tray were relatively easy to clean. So my solution? I took the lazy man's way out and purchased replacement grates and flavorizer bars. 😄 Much faster than any other method!

Nice video! Grates material is probably some series 400 stainless steel, which would explain the magnetism and pitting corrosion. Another method of cleaning is using a power steamer. Still difficult to compete with the high pressure power washer, most of the cleaning is mechanical removal, anyway. Thanks for the content!

@joegadget670

2 ай бұрын

A steam cleaner made for floors and bathrooms is great on smoker and gas grill grates. Put a brass wire brush on the steam cleaner wand and the tough black soot comes off completely. It’s so easy and quick.

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Also a steam cleaner works pretty good with the wire brush attachment

Just recently got my first power washer. My smoker grates was the second thing I washed with it, right after my wife’s car. Holy crap that was easy and they’ve never been cleaner!

Great video. What do you suggest for the weber cookbox? Mine is all black and can't remove it.

I have an old cooler I use. Boil a bucket of water. Pour the water in the cooler. Put the grates in water and let it sit over night. Most of the gunk will fall right off. The rest scrapes off easily with a scotch pad. Also, sometimes the color/shine seen from the wire wheel is actually the coating from the wire wheel so make sure to scrub with soap afterwards.

Hey mate. Boiling water. I’ve got urns do I can boil a lot of water. That wire brush and some dish liquid will get all grease and carbon off. If you have those plastic heat proof gloves doing it whilst the water is super hot gets all that stuff off. The wire wheel I’ve tried a bunch of times but I realised after that they got dirty super quick because all the scratches collected all the gunk

Important note - to make it as easy to clean as possible, crank your grill as high as it will go for 30min to carbonize everything! It'll then come off much easier. Oven cleaner (easy off is safe on stainless) in a garbage bag will make short work of whats left, then hose it off.

@BabyBackManiac

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

What are your thoughts on just oven baking the grates? I have put foil over the grates on high heat and then the grill smokes for 15-20 minutes and I am able to scrape everything off on the inside of the cooker. Powerwashing will definitely get the grates back to the stainless look, but I have found this to be an easy way to clean the whole cooker. I have done this with grills I have picked up that were very gross on the inside. I currently have a Weber Summit that I do this after a few months of cooking.

This guy has more money than sense. It's not meant to be an insult, it's just necessity is the mother of invention. This guy really doesn't have much necessity.

Justin, my suggestion is just replace your weber grates with Grill Grates custome fit for your weber grill. I did that for mine and then you don't have to worry about trying to get that stainless steel shine back.

Man! The right remedy 9% vinegar, diluted 50/50 with ordinary clean water, and soak stainless steel overnight. In the morning, just wipe with a clean rag and rinse with water. Grease, soot, everything is washed away. The grate becomes as good as new.

@richardf6932

2 ай бұрын

I use Vinegar to clean the rust off cast iron grate and it does amazing without any effort... Now the real test is to see if there is a different taste difference with clean vs. seasoned grates....

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

I tried to post this earlier, but it seems to disappeared. Yeah I usually start out with the mix of water and vinegar, but these were just well past that so I had to bring in the big guns.

@woodstream6137

Ай бұрын

​@@richardf6932no rust on the iron?

I've always been tempted to try a torch and turn the gunk to ash, that's (kinda) how self-cleaning ovens work.

Thank you

Have you tried easy off? Spray it on a wrap it in a trash bag and leave it over night or 2? Worked pretty well for me.

what was the tune. you used for this? loved it

Bar Keepers Friend is good stuff, when are you going on a cruise again my friend?

You went OCD Maniac on it. How much time did you spend on it? Would've drove any of us nuts. Great job. Good to see more videos.

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, the irony was I started all this to save time. L O L. I spent a couple of days on it. It's slowed down a lot once I realized I was making a video and filming everything. That's the nature of the beast though thanks for watching.

I did exactly what you did. Then I found a sanding sponge at Home Depot. Its used to sand wallboard. I used barkeepers friend and the sanding sponge. Booom!

Lots of people have great luck with vinegar and water solution.Submerging into solution for a few days then rinsing with aid of wire brush. If that doesn’t work get an angle grinder with wire cup. If you research cast iron skillet restoration you’ll be on the right track.

Try using Easy Off Oven cleaner spray. It should soften those burnt on areas.

Your Weber grates lasted better than my Members Mark grates. They are also magnetic and chrome plated but they rusted and exploded from rust expansion. They were also supposedly stainless. There was a company called Billy Bars that had a flat end with a circle the size of the grate with a wooden handle. They were made in the USA but are for sale from outside the country. The round profile locks over the grate and scrapes the round grates clean in only a few trips over the single grate. Grill Floss may also work. This would be far easier than a spinning wire brush guided along a round grate bar.

I got a classic Webber. Grill grates were 3 years old. Nasty. I just bought a new grate for bout 25 bucks. Well worth it rather than cleaning. I suppose if I would have done the proper cleaning between cooks that would make a difference. Great vid

I assume you already tried doing a high temperature burn-off? That's really all I do to clean my grates. I don't cook with my gas grill, it's basically just a self cleaning oven for my pellet grill and kamado grates. I just use it burn off everything and turn it to ash. For what it's worth, I do have a set of Grillgrates that seem to retain the heat in the grill better. On high heat, the grill thermometer gets up to the 800s and effectively turns it all to ash.

In all fairness, they look pretty dang good after 10 years. I love stainless grates, replaced the one on the wsm and kettle with ones from big poppa smokers a few years ago.. Never cared for the plated factory grates.

Have you tried very high heat for ten minutes after you cook? The gunk pretty much turns to ash and can be brushed off.

Large contractor grade garbage bag, spray liberally with straight ammonia, tie up (seal) the bag nice and tight, let sit over night. Was always the "safer" version of easy off for oven racks. Works like a champ. Brushes off very easily the next day.

I have some Broil King HD "stainless" grates that look rusted and pitted much like yours. - Obviously not as advertised. I wonder if some kind of mild acid bath would "eat" off all the rust and caked on food, and make them smooth again? After all this, I assume liberal coats of oil are required to keep them looking like new. - Cheers!

Jason lol Justin what part of Texas are you in. Happy Mother's Day to your wife and your mom. Thank you

I don’t know what was better, the best way to clean the grates or your jokes. Very useful as usual!

I throw all my Weber grates, heat deflectors etc in my oven on self clean. Easily the quickest labor free way to get your grills looking new

The product you really want is industrial grade Oxalic Acid (can get off amazon fairly cheaply). Use a damp sponge to coat your grate, let it sit for ~10 minutes and pressure wash it off. Works better than any cleaning product on the market for a fraction of the cost.

@BabyBackManiac

Ай бұрын

I just checked it out. Wow. Thank you for this tip!

A trick to try and I have on stainless grates contractor plastic bag or 2 kitchen bags a cup or so of ammonia zip tie leave out for 24 hours then hit with power washer……. And do more often so you don’t get pitting works great on kitchen stove grates drip trays and stainless oven grated…….

Two cooks and all your efforts are down the drain. Just scrape both sides with a painters tool and keep cooking.

Justin, what might happen if you put the grates in the oven and set to "self clean"? Guys do it with cast iron and it burns all the residue to ash.

304SS can become magnetic when cold formed and not heat treated to excess of 1000+- deg F.

Throw your grates (or pots/pans, etc) into a garbage bag with newspapers or rags liberally drenched in ammonia. Leave over night or 24 hours. You'll end up with shiny grates, but you'll still need a little elbow grease to wipe them down. It works even better than oven cleaner.

now that they are clean, season them with canola oil before using. kinda like a cast iron pan.

I use a wire BBQ brush after a cook to remove stuck on food (e.g. melted American cheese). They're black, clean and that's the way they will remain. If you want shiny real bad, buy new ones. black.

Simple green and power washer

Tip, don't use water in the overnight soak. Use spirit vinegar with lemon juice instead.

Personally I've been loving the grill daddy. Get the grates hot and some water and scrub and they come clean pretty easy.

Your a funny guy.....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, Tommy, have a great week!

If you have a selt cleaning oven, what if you chucked them in there and killed 2 birds with 1 stone?? Clean oven and grates? Never tried it, but it makes sense to me??

This was fun to watch! Seems really unnecessary, unless the reason to get them that clean was for clicks.

Put them ion the oven and run the Self Clean cycle.

Power Washer then Bead Blaster. Bring them over and we'll make them like new!

If you get your stainless super hot then it will rust. Best advice is to treat it like regular cast iron. Light cleaning, scrape off the chunks and season. Heat up before cooking and used a wet rag or paper towel to give it a “steamy clean” re-season and cook. When done then light clean and spray with oil. A few layers of burnt on stuff is better than chemical residue. Also if you really want to get it clean then use oven cleaner. I personally never trust a man with a shiny grill - he is either totally new to cooking or is probably a nutter😂

I use oven cleaner and power washer hooked up to my Hot water.

Good to have you back Justin. The Title said: tested 10 methods to find the best. You only had 2 dirty grates, so where are the other 8? Is there an automated version with longer bristles of the copper wheel drill attachment? Something like the Grillbot only one that also works with squared grates and longer bristles so they reach in between the bars.

U said gas like that's bad. We need gas. Charcoal and a smoker. To complete the back yard 🎉🎉🎉😂😂

Use either sodium hydroxide or pot hydroxide or both. Be careful mixing them with water they react violently. For the carbon buildup you can use carbon off. It will get all the black baked into to metal buildup off. Heated pressure washer is best. But with the right chemicals you can just about clean anything with sold low pressure water. I own a commercial kitchen exhaust cleaning business we also clean kitchen appliances.

Maybe try spraying them with easy off oven cleaner and let them sit overnight

Gas grill..!! LOL😂

@BabyBackManiac

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Put them in the oven in a clean cycle. Line the oven with tin foil for easy clean up.

I use fire, just light some wood in charcoal grill. Don't do so with any other types :)

Nothing wrong with a Weber! Sometimes you can't fire up the charcoal and need to get a char on that steak.. Embrace the ease...just don't get lazy.

I use my pressure washer. Its a game changer........