I have a friend. . . who just may have left his cast iron grate for his Big Egg outside for perhaps a year ( or two). . And while we are in the desert here in Arizona, it occasionally rains. Ive ( I mean my friend) cleaned it once with steel wool and some CLR and it is improved, but I (he) ran out of CLR. What were you scrubbing you grates with? Im glad I watched because I actually forgot that Id need to reseason it one its cleaned up. . . My friend will appreciate your advice. :)
I feel for your friend!! We all have friends like that. I think your friends best bet is to use more CLR but with a heavy duty wire brush and not some grill brush but the kind used to get paint off of wood. I have experimented in the past with a wire brush drill attachment. I don't think that is needed but a pressure washer could also do the trick. I wish your friend luck and we are all counting on him ;) Cheers!
People who are complaining, sounds like they just found out they had to use the grill 5minutes ago and want a quick fix🤣🤣🤣🤣 Did you learn anything Muchacho? That’s the point.
I just bought some cast iron grates for my Nexgrill. The stainless ones it came with started peeling apart. The stainless is apparently just a thin overwrap over steel wire. I’m thinking about taking my cast iron grates off and keeping them in the shed between uses. I live close to New Orleans and the humidity will rust them up even with a cover. Good video. Thanks
I’m in the UK, and the weather here simply eats grills. I coat my cast iron grates with olive oil before cooking, and after cooking I clean them with a bristle-free brush and then re coat with olive oil, I then warm the grill up to burn off the excess oil so it doesn’t go rancid between uses. This method keeps my grates rust free from spring to autumn. For the winter I give the grates, sear plates and warming rack a wipe with oil and then put them in a garbage bag in a storage box in my garage, to protect them from the air and moisture. Hope this helps.
@@SmokedReb good day question for you. I have an open pit. What would you use to clean steel grates and not cast iron. I have a center block grill that I just built about a month ago and I see rust on the grates.
ive had my ceramic grill for a couple years now maybe close to three and i always spray it with pam before and after i cook on it. i used it semi regularly, not everyday but at least several times a month. just this past December however i moved and have only used it once for the superbowl game but not since. it is not bad but the grate is still pretty rusty. i am getting ready for the 4th so i pulled it out and have been burning it for a couple hours now letting it get super hot to cook off the caked on stuff and ive dropped the temp and put a thin layer of oil on it. its still rusty, all i have access to right now is just some vegetable oil. i figure i might need to put several coats of oil on it while its hot but i just dont know if that vegetable oil is good enough. i used olive oil when i first got it to season it initially.
Interesting dilemma you got there. I would use vinegar as you scrub the grates. This should ensure that you are getting to the metal and no there is no longer any rust on the grates. I would also suggest to season the grates with bacon grease if you are having trouble finding a heavy duty oil. You also don't have to season the grates in the BBQ, if it'll fit, you could put them in your oven to season. Hope this helps! Cheers!!
I LOVE my Craycort grates. I bought a set for the 22" kettle and the 18" Smokey Joe. I don't use my 22 during the winter so I'll season them and keep them inside in a large garbage bag. I use the Jumbo Joe year around, even though it's very little in the winter, but so far, no rust. I am expecting these grates to last me a lifetime with proper care. They cook so much better than the stainless steel grates. Also you're one of the few people I see that actually use these grates after recommending them. Love your channel.
You can compare pictures to what you see online? Most commonly, grills will have a stainless steel grill. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. Cheers!
My friend just brought over the portable char griller for me because he doesn’t use it anymore, and I wanted a smaller grill. The grates were the only rusty part. TYVM for posting this video!
Today I used a steel wire brush drill attachment to clean my rusted BBQ grill and hot plate. Then washed and dried before brushing liberally with olive oil. Came up a treat!
Great job...very informative vid! Thank you for posting. Your daughter is a sweetheart and I admire how positive you keep your responses no matter what your critics say! Very tough to do. Keep up the great work!
People come to these videos for tips,advice and help. Perhaps it be best if we could forego the back story on some of the things that do not pertain to why we came here in the first place. Vacation videos of Sea turtles and your daughter are great but should probably save it for another video.
I see your point and really appreciate the constructive feedback. I actually did another edit on this video and I also made another video with a different approach to cast iron maintenance and cleaning. Cheers!
You’re a troll. Some people subscribe and love to here what he has to say. But you get to tell us all how to make our own videos and why people watch. That was your excuse, speak for yourself. If you don’t like it, just leave.
Hey everyone! I'm going to teach you how to clean grill grates. But before we start, let me show you some video clips of my recent family vacation and talk about the past 10 years of my life moving across the country.
Wow your daughter has grown so much Brian! I live in Mississippi so I know all about how bad cast grates can rust. I cleaned my Craycort grates up about 6 months ago. Have you ever tried vinegar? I placed the entire grate system into a round plastic container that I have, and poured vinegar into it until it covered the grate. I let it set two days and all the rust was gone and they turned black. Then I re-seasoned the grate like you did. Just a little tip for ya, next time you have to do it. Cheers buddy!
Brian, It works just not on cast iron, I use this method on axe heads that I restore, but have water proof gloves on when while handling and cleaning the item with soap and water or your hands will be stained and smell funny for a short time..... Russ is correct but forgot this part.
Rus did you clean the grates 1st before you set them in the vinegar? I'm going to try that on mine. I'm having an issue cleaning my grates for my drum smoker it has the X shape grill any suggestions
Ah this is nice to see, I seen some restoration videos, not of barbecues but of other kinds of items, and there was all sorts of processes.. I cleaned my barbecue plates and the body itself with one of those handheld wire brushes with a small scraper at the end (definitely to a point where I was as unenthusiastic and tired like your daughter looked during the video lol!), then washed everything with soapy water and a metal scrub, a rinse off, and then an application of some kind of rust converter that turned everything grey (probably an unnecessary step? My first time cleaning a barbecue, was a hand me down that wasn't used for years) followed by a final wash same way as before and then back onto the barbecue and got it running, applied oil but used the metal scraper with the oil.. I think that's where I got it wrong since I guess I'm scraping off what's being seasoned lol. But anyway as it got hotter and the oil softened everything up, the wire brush started to take off big specks from the plate and then started to reveal light yellow rust colour again.. no idea what happened there. Maybe I just stripped and cleaned it even further? But now I think I have to go back and heat it and oil it up again lol..
Yeah, the oil should be the last step when your re-seasoning the grates. Sounds like your grill was in rough shape. With a lot of elbow grease anything can be made new again. Good luck! Let me know how it goes.
Awesome. Thanks for the tutorial. Here's a great tip from me; October and April are the cheapest months to go to Hawaii. I barely spent anything. Hope you get to go back!
Drop all those grates and parts in a bucket of vinegar for a few days. Then scrub them with kosher salt and a potato cut in half. Then clean it all up and season it with avocado oil over heat
Cute video! Thanks for the smiles and the info! Now I know what to avoid at the store and I’ll be oiling up the grates before and after-Good way for me to start using up my giant Costco tub of coconut oil that’s been sitting around lol! :)
Hey, thanks so much for stopping by! I hear what you're saying about the rust is was actually just dust from the sanding. I probably should have taken a hose to it. ;)
it was clearly still covered in surface rust at 3:35 before applying the oil. if you're gonna bother cleaning it, and if you're gonna post a video pretending to know what you're doing, try to do it right ffs. there's a million cast iron restoration videos on youtube. i hope people go watch those instead. you should get the grates very clean, then very dry, then oil them before applying heat. if you have a problem with flash rust coming back too quickly, you can scrub it off/use vinegar to remove it, and then rinse in COLD water and towel dry it. don't use warm water. heat+water is what causes the flash rust. keep it cool and then dry it quickly to slow down the rusting process, and give you enough time to apply oil. make sure it's completely dry before applying oil. wipe off excess oil. cook the oiled grates in the oven, if they fit, to get it seasoned (lodge recommends 1 hour at 450-500). if it's sticky to the touch after seasoning, the oil hasn't fully cured and needs more cooking, could mean it was applied too thick. pure vegetable oil is recommended, trying different types of oils often just causes problems, sure many other types will work, but why even bother, just go with what is known to work good
Wow, it really sounds like you know what you are talking about... I'm surprised you even clicked to watch my video at all. Thank you for providing that feedback.
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Are you a Scorpio by any chance? I acquired an "Outback" BBQ recently. The grates are 80% OK nice smooth paint but 20% rusted paint flaked off. Any advice would be welcome. Maybe I just remove the rust in vinegar than treat with veg oil and live with the missing paint/enamel. Thanks for the info anyway BTW.
Nope, not a scorpio. I would scrub and clean those grates as best you can. You're on the right track in terms of seasoning the grates. You'll want to do multiple coats of oil to get a good seasoning on them. Cheers!
It stripped it down to nothing. My cast iron cooking dishes in the kitchen. Were rusted after being in storage. You strip it down completely of everything. It looks that way. Before you restore it. Like you would anything before restoring it. I'm a chef and I love my cast iron. I used salt and citrus In. The kitchen. Scrubbed it off and seasoned all parts top bottom sides handles ect. Then heated it. They look better than before. And better non stick than they were before.
Id gladly watch your Hawaii video if that's what it was titled as and I was looking for that, but the title was cleaning a BBQ . I wasn't being judgemental, just saying people are watching to get tips on the BBQ cleaning.
so I'm confused is the Weber brush good or not? cause he mixed me all up when he said it wasn't in the begging then said he will continue to use it. did he mix up two brushes???🤷🏾♂️
Nice your lil helper just breathing in all that rust dust very healthy for them young growing lungs. Great job.smh.... should of got the grates wet first, just my 2 cents but what do I know
I wasn't concerned with the air rust dust because we were outside and a gentle breeze was taking it all away. I believe you certainly can have your grates wet, I don't think it is a requirement. There are a many ways to accomplish the same job. Cheers!
That would be white vinegar, but.... You need to add baking soda also. Leave it until it stops fizzing. Rinse, dry immediately, then heat before oiling. DO NOT oil first. The moisture needs to escape first, and the pores will be open and readily accept the oil.
Great idea. The problem with these grates is there are 24 inches in diameter. I personally don't have a container flat and big enough to hold the grates with the vinegar.
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I love the Louisiana culture, everyone is very nice, generous, which includes lagniappe, and the food is amazing. Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting.
Nobody cares about your vacation or you shopping. You need to cut the filler, I literally stopped watching this after you didn’t even know what you were buying.
I dunno... a lot of stuttering and stammering and just a few seconds of actual instruction and showing of what has to be done. This could have been done better. Now I gotta click on something else.
Want to know how to get rust off a cast iron grill ..not dip into your personal life.wasted time..stick to the subject not wonder off to your home videos of whatever trip you have taken.
