[Closed] Help - BBQ needing serious attention

Elbow grease.

Fire it up, burn the shit off off the grill and get a big scraper into it whilst it's firing - wear welder a gauntlets!. Danish oil or similar for the wooden bits, rust inhibitor fro the rusty bits.

Oven cleaner bag on the grill, I think they do BBQ ones too.

Just scrub or jetwash the rest it's not a complicated job.

I was thinking a jet wash, but didn't think it would be the best...will fire it up and burn the crap off it!

Will sort the rust and see about the oil stuff for the wood, thanks.

Stick the grill in a bath/tub with a hefty load of biological washing powder and suitably warm water. Leave for 24 hours. That'll eat through the surface crud with no elbow grease.

Then rinse it down and stick it in one of those oven cleaner bags that Drac suggests for 24 hours. That'll eat most of the rest without elbow grease.

Then, and only then, apply elbow grease! 😀

I'm not keen on those grill bags with the chemicals, I can see the point on oven shelves, but you don't actually cook the food on those directly. It's nasty stuff as well, burnt my arms the first time I used it.

angle grinder with a (not steel as too harsh) disc on the grill. Too harsh will take off the chrome (if it's chromed)

Or just buy a Weber 😉

Main ingredient in "the chemicals" is [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_hydroxide ]Sodium Hydroxide[/url] (aka Lye or Caustic Soda).

So yes it [i]is[/i] nasty stuff, hence all the warnings about using long gloves and carefully sealing the bags - but it is also water soluble so not that hard to rinse off.

Weber is too posh, the Outback was almost the same price but wasn't so was an easier bill to swallow! Slightly annoyed it has been neglected for so long, but I'll get it back and working once more...

I'm not keen on those grill bags with the chemicals, I can see the point on oven shelves, but you don't actually cook the food on those directly. It's nasty stuff as well, burnt my arms the first time I used it.

It's only an issue if you cook the food with the gel still on.

And the most important step is to fire it up and cook burgers for your nearest and dearest cycling club,, we can swig by most Saturday's Dick.

To answer the question,, I found a steel brush good for removing crap from the grill and rust. Jet wash ought to sort out the rest.

Recently done this with an Outback myself. Fine grade sandpaper on the wood then a bit of Teak oil. The metal parts all come out and will fit in kitchen sink for a soak or scrub with some fairy. Then just use T-Cut on the painted surfaces. Works a treat. No such issues with the Weber.

Steel brush on the grill will get most of the crap off, and what's left will just add flavour 🙂

not sure what an outback is, but ive never 'properly' cleaned a barbecue in all my *cough* 30 years or so of barbecuing. theyve always been left outside or in the shed over winter, when the next summer comes around i just light it again and when its hot hot hot, i use a scraper to clean 'the sh1t' off before putting food on it. never had any health issues with that.

EDIT: theres no wood on it so cant comment on that bit.

[url= http://www.bbqworld.co.uk/browse/igniting-and-cleaning.asp ]Enough cleaning materials and brushes to satisfy Kim and Aggie.[/url]

What sadexpunk said. Burn the main crap off first then use a scraper.

not sure what an outback is

I think they are those "barbeques" for people who really just want to move the cooker outside.

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Pretty much what Graham S said - was a big unit as we used to have decent sized groups round for food...anyway, was left outside in all weathers and the cover that I had for it had been removed so it was left 'exposed'.

I'll burn off the crap on the grill and see what is left to scrub clean. The wood will need teak oiled and hopefully return to something resembling decent.

BigG - haha...maybe some day but as it still isn't in my own 'house', I suspect the invite will see me getting thrown on the BBQ and cremated! 😉

Cheers for the tips.