Cleaning Disaster: Best Grill Cleaner Vs. Grill Destroyer!

We made a HUGE mistake while cleaning our pellet grill recently and decided to share our experience with all of you so you can avoid this disaster for yourself!
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[@surfingonmars8979]

How on earth does this channel only have 96K subs!?!?!? This is overall one of the best channels. Cannot understand it……..

[@peppermo]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Cleaning is so important and always interested in seeing how others do it. Thanks!

[@k1llerdir]

what I like to use is Simple Green 24-fl oz Grill Grate/Grid Cleaner. When I was in my teens; I tried cleaning my grates with coca cola by soaking the overnight in a bag. The acid in the pop ate the build off but a ate the enamel on my dad's Weber Genesis he bought in July of 2005. When I did that it was September of that year. Another mistake was in 2009 I had just got my first old country brazos and I Sprayed Simple Green® Industrial Cleaner & Degreaser all over my grill. I had to heat my smoker to almost 550 degrees F to burn and coat in cooking oil the salvage the smoker. When I do a season my smoker now a days I just use veg oil on a light coat.. For clean any of my grates I and griddles I just use water and grill rescue brush.

[@emmgeevideo]

I'll give it a try. My go-to has been Krud Kutter.

[@harddocs]

Any plans RE-PAINT? Just lightly sand the surface and spray it with a high heat / wood stove type paint.

[@staceysofoul1]

I don’t know if you still have the grills that you test but a while back you did a test on pellet grills and one of them was the Oklahoma Joe DLX 1200 It has a somewhat complicated set up inside and around the fire pot because it has a directional heat that moves I would be quite interested in seeing this thing totally taken apart and cleaned because I’m quite hesitant to take this thing apart Love Your channel you guys are 100% the best when it comes to reviews God bless

[@blackhawkvenom5724]

Please do a how to clean video.

[@kristiosborne3]

I would love a how-to that I could apply to my Traeger Ironwood 885. I just cleaned it but I am not confident I did all that I could/should? Thank you for the PSA and the terrific videos.

[@rpbonnette]

I can also say that the Members Mark Commercial Degreaser from Sam’s will also yield similar results on painted surfaces. I wanted to clean the exterior of my Recteq 1250. The stainless surfaces had the typical drips below the lid. And this product does a good job cleaning those greasy drips BUT when it dripped onto the powder coated surface of the Competition Cart below - yep, white looking residue/drips that will not wipe off. So each, it now looks like crap. Such is life. It still cooks amazing food. It just looks bad.

[@TheBarbecueLab]

I feel your pain right here. That really stinks, but I’m glad it still works for you. Here’s hoping that one of us can find a magic solution down the road to remedy this!

[@rpbonnette]

@@TheBarbecueLab I’ll keep watching your channel and hope you find a solution.

[@JG-yk6ny]

The Noblesville Meijer carries it in store.

[@TheBarbecueLab]

That’s great to know! I never would have thought to check there! Thanks!

[@jeffstallings8737]

Please make the deep clean video! Thanks!

[@IFlyHeliz]

Kona Safe is the best cleaner for my grill and smoker

[@Solar750]

Biggest mistake I've made was running my pellet grill in about 10 degree temps. There was some kind of condensation in the auger tube that eventually froze, and then broke/burned up the motor trying to turn the auger.

[@nautygoesdeep]

If any sort of liquid was in your auger, it wasn't the cold temperatures that took it out. The liquid kinda dissolves your pellets and they become rock hard. So either way, if you had liquid in your auger tube, you were screwed.

[@polsok44]

Maybe just that cheaper style of paint, i used straight up oven cleaner on my everdure furnace painted enamel and it didnt hurt it at all, took the grime off like a charm

[@anthonykurnyak1561]

I live in northern indiana and the Meijer by me shows it 8.99 a bottle.

[@himdabo]

This would’ve happened to me. 100%.

[@rickcormier9160]

Tom Horsman paints his grills to his favorite Red. He has a video on how to do it and what not to do LOL

[@sdlittlefield]

yes please make the video

[@paulmedrano2497]

I use olive oil on my smoker

[@offroadman8387]

My local "At Home" carries it...

[@masterchiefmasterchieflopez]

👍👌

[@polsok44]

👀👀 Everdure

[@ixlzz]

That's a heck of a PSA!

[@dennisschickling2249]

Sorry to hear. Thanks for the Great information. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸