Grill Grate Cleaning

Brushing your BBQ grill is a bad idea. Most experts nowadays advise against it.

This write-up is about creating awareness against metallic BBQ Cleaning Brush.

Brushing is a very common practice to clean a bbq grill grate. A metal brush is

commonly used in cleaning gunky stoves and burner. Normally, the BBQ is heated

up in high temperature so that collected grease and food residues are easily cooked

off. The ash is then brushed off with a brush. Here is why it’s a bad idea.

Excess heating damages the vital parts of the oven which then need to be replaced.

It can be an expensive affair, especially, if you have professional BBQ apparatus

like - Lynx Grill Grate or DCS Grill Grate. Over heating can also lead to damages

like melting and paint failure. Some people even cover the oven with aluminum

foil to trap the heat better which not only increases risk of fire accident but also can

cause heath issues from leaching of aluminum micro particles to food.

Scrubbing with a hard metal brush can scratch the surface and damage the back

wall and the edges. Normally pro grill ovens such as lynx has polished-grain

direction and brushing can cause the paint to pit. Using a non-metallic abrasive pad

is a good practice to retain the newness of the oven.

Thirdly, the wire strands of the brush become brittle and break when used in over

heated oven. These small parts of metal can stick to the meat when cooked in the

oven. Accidental ingestion of wire strands are quite common incidents which can

lead to medical emergencies.

All of the above issues can be avoided by using a smart BBQ grill cleaning kit.

These kits usually contain cleaning liquid, cleaning racks, tumbler, protective

gloves, abrasive pads and nylon brushes for a complete and thorough cleaning

purpose.