I have an infrared gas grill and the grill is very difficult to clean. At least, until I learned a trick.
A few months ago, I was cleaning it, and I noticed that the bristles from the wire gas grill brush I was using were coming off. Scared the crap out of me to see it on the grill. I had to remove them, wash them, etc. to make sure they were off.
As it turns out, a guy I follow for college baseball--IMHO, the best guy to follow, Kendall Rogers--posted last night that he spent the day in the ER when his daughter got a BBQ brush bristle stuck in her tonsils. Said they had to put her under and surgically remove it.
He said the doctor recommended that you use balled up tin foil to clean your grill. It won't leave particles behind and does a great job of cleaning the grill.
I have tried that before and maybe I'm using the too thin version, because mine tears. It's better than a wire "hair" left behind, but not perfect either.
Here's what is perfect.
Take that tinfoil and take out a couple of sheets big enough to cover the entire grill (wait until the grill is cool before doing this). Lay the sheets down on the grill flat.
Turn the grill up to high heat, closing the lid. Leave for 25 minutes. Turn the heat off. Remove the aluminum foil with tongs (or you can just wait until it cools). What is left is like a self-cleaning oven. It's ashes. You can literally just blow it clean. Use a rag or something to clean it, and you're ready to go for next time.
I have now done this 3 times and it is perfect. Yes, you're using some propane you wouldn't otherwise use. It's worth it.
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