3 steps for cleaning a stainless steel replacement grill grate

May 19, 2017 Grillrost.com
Grillwissen | Produkte

We offer suitable replacement stainless steel grill grates for most popular models of well-known brand grills such as Weber, Tepro, Broil King or Traeger.

To make it as easy as possible for you to switch to a stainless steel grill grate, we show you the advantages of a stainless steel grill grate compared to a cast iron grill grate in our blog, we explain the grilling behaviour of a stainless steel grill grate and give you tips on cleaning a stainless steel grill grate in this blog post.

In this article, I would like to focus on the cleaning of laser-cut grill grates and grill plates. For example, the replacement stainless steel grill grate from Grillrost.com suitable for the Go Anwhere or for the Q series from Weber, which can be seen in the picture. I will go into more detail about cleaning our other models with round rods in the next blog post.

Our products are made of 100% stainless steel and are polished to a mirror finish. To maintain this shine, the grill grate must be cleaned after every barbecue. With our tips, this cleaning process is very quick and the grill rack or plancha will shine like before.

The material we use is certified with the stainless steel logo.
Stainless steel is generally very easy to clean and has an excellent property by nature: it is absolutely corrosion-resistant. We even use a type of stainless steel that has been awarded the "Stainless steel" logo. Stainless steel has its own protective layer, which is why additional surface protection is not required.

Step 1 of the cleaning process:

After grilling, I put the grill rack or grill plate in the dishwasher first so that the coarse dirt is washed away. You don't need to worry about the grill product - this doesn't harm our stainless steel at all.

Step 2 of the cleaning process:

I then run warm water in the sink and leave the barbecue utensils to soak for a few hours with standard washing-up liquid.

Step 3 of the cleaning process:

Now take a barbecue brush and simply brush away the dirt. The material of the barbecue brush is important here - only use brass or stainless steel brushes! You can simply use a commercially available stainless steel pot cleaner. If you use a barbecue brush made of normal steel or other material for cleaning, small pieces of the material will settle on the stainless steel and rust there. This rust does not come from our stainless steel, but from the wrong grill brush material.

After a short brushing, the dirt from grilling is gone and the grill grate or grill plate shines again. Slight discolouration is normal for stainless steel, so there is no need to worry - stainless steel is and remains food-safe. Our tip: a nylon barbecue brush - this is very suitable for cleaning stainless steel

What can I use for cleaning?

Stainless steel or brass brush
Nylon brush
Any commercially available cleaning agent (except with acid, chlorine or scouring powder)

Do not use under any circumstances!

Tools made of or with metal: steel wool, steel brush, etc. Abrasive sponges,
silver cleaning cloths, etc.
Cleaning agents with acids or chlorine
Cleaning agents such as scouring milk or scouring powder

Is a quick clean enough?

Cleaning the replacement stainless steel grill grate for the Go Anywhere from Weber If the shine on the grill grate is not so important to you, you don't need to put so much effort into cleaning it; a quick burnout after grilling and removal of burnt pieces of meat is all you need. This brief cleaning is sufficient and the grill grate or grill plate can be used again immediately.

Dennis and his blog vomRost.de also favour this short cleaning process after grilling a flank steak with grilled vegetables. The picture shows what his grill grate looked like after a short burn-out.