Cleaning Seriously Filthy BBQ Grill
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PICTURES of Virco Stainless Grill from Costco
Comments (42)450 degrees in just a few minutes (could go higher, but that was more than I needed just testing it). I did take a quick look yesterday at the Kirkland model while picking up food and a grill utensils for Memorial day. Noted the folded metal corners, screws, etc. which made me more appreciative of the Virco quality in welded stainless steel (lid, lip, etc..) that they ground to a perfect edge and fit. One minor thing that I did not like were how easy the utensil hooks can swing out. I will look for a rubber gromet or something like that to slide over the end to keep them in place. Did I mention this unit is heavy? Not near the 450 lb that the Costco claimed, but Virco did not skimp on stainless steel. Double wall doors, lid that feels immense, and a minor detail, but I really like the stainless steel skirt at the bottom as it makes it look permanent vs. portable (even though it has locking casters), and how about that cover bsbbq?! Fully insulated with velcro ties. For those interested, Costco has a Hoffritz (hoffritz.com)6 pc. stainless-steel and black santoprene (like rubber) grill set that includes a large turner, tongs, biiiig fork tipped knife, grill brush, basting brush, and a 10 x 16" (I think) grid grill. Sorry to push Costco, but I checked Walmart while getting some other stuff, and just two pieces (with wood handles) were more, so I am glad I waited....See Moreplugged up grills, ignition jets... how to clean?
Comments (1)You can look for a long, flexible brush... Resembles a bottle brush, but wire. You really Ned to get the crud out or risk a fire in grill. Stiff wire brush works well on any external crud. Once internal and external gunk is gone, I'd fire up grill on high and let it go for a good half hour to burn off anything that might be left.....See MoreHow to clean a filthy Viking stainless stovetop
Comments (7)I had the same mess ith a SS cook top 22 years ago. It was not a Viking and I can't remember the brand. It had a grill in the center with white, ceramic, briquettes, and some type of grease trapping system below. The people whom I purchased the house from did not have the grease colletion system set up and the grease ran under the cook top 4 all the years they lived there. I scooped 3, 2 pound, coffee cans of grease out of there. I can still remember the smell!!! There were no burner drip pans and the stainless was in great shape. I didin't want to scratch it up by using SOS or some other type of abrasive so I just sprayed the entire top with Easy-Off. The 1 in the yellow can. I had pilot lights so the gas had to B turned off. U get flash back if you don't. It looked brand new. I did this on the underside of the cook top, as well as where all of the grease had collected for years. I think back in those days, I used Top Job, in a spray bottle, mixed with hot water to remove the Easy-Off. This cook top was 25 years old when I moved in and the SS of today has a differant alloy mix than back in those days, so B carefull. I would just do a test spot and see the reaction. Today, I would just use Greased Lightening instead of Top Job. TJ is no longer made. The grates were so full of carbon grease, that they were rough. Easy-Off did not even begin 2 remove that crud. I thought, great the SS looks like new and the grates R terrible. I boiled them, 2 at a time in 2 cups of ammonia and water, in 1 of those, old blue and white enamel, turkey roasters. All of the carbon floated 2 the top, what was left, I scraped off with a cheap, knife. I sprayed them every week with Easy-Off after that, 4, 14 years. They looked brand new. There is another product out there and it works great! Just beware, it will burn your skin to the bone and you have to wear gloves and I have always used eye protection. It's called sokoff. U can purchase it online through www.ShopHomeTrends.com. I always purchased the qt. #018011. $18.95. This, is really nasty stuff but it works. The 1 thing is, is that U can use it on aluminum and it does not turn it white. I have 1 of those Turkey fryers and it takes all of the carbon grease off with out pitting the pot. It will also work on the original Teflon cookie sheets or Teflon Fry Pans. It will destroy Silver Stone. U can use it on Pyrex, Corning Ware, Brick, or on your garage floor, the fire box, in your gas grill. I had a 12 year old Webber and I had a service guy out here, a few years back. He opened the grill and asked me what I use as grills that had been use 6 months didn't look like mine. I told him about sokoff and he has been using this on motor cycle parts, as he does restorations. I want to tell U that if U have an ejector pump, B sure that U will B around, to run enough water to empty the pit a few times. The last itme I used this stuff, I had to fly to FL for a funeral. I did not run enough water and was out of here in 1 hour. When I returned the sokoff had eaten through all of the rubber seals in the pump and the rubber on the electric cord plus the security system wires. $1,400, I had 2 buy a new 1! The sokoff really works, but learn from my mistakes. Good Luck Eteinne...See MoreChar-broil 'Red' grill?
Comments (10)Thanks for the help, everyone-- the link to the bbq forum was especially useful: those folks take their grills seriously! I think I gained a couple pounds just reading about the food they make... I think that point that this is radiant, in the 500, possibly as hot as 700 degree range, as opposed to 1200 degree infra red is very valid. The Solaires look great, but so expensive: I'm building a new house, and the line of credit might allow me to sneak one of these in, but I'm reluctant-- maybe in a couple years, after the dust has settled. If I didn't have a pretty immeadiate need for a new grill, I'd probably wait a year and see what evolves. But I do need one, and the consensus seems to be that this machine does generate higher temps than a conventional open flame burner. So I may pay a visit to HD tomorrow, and succumb to temptation......See Moremojavean
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