An ordinary onion may be the best way to get grimy grill grates clean.
It’s a messy and labor-intensive processand most traditional grill cleaners are toxic and stinky.
preserve your back and your Brillo padsan ordinary onion can clean that nasty grill in minutes.
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Here’s how to clean a grimy grill with an onion.
Why Use An Onion To Clean Your Grill?
Grease and bits of food adhere to grill grates like glue on a school art project.
Plus, using an onion toclean a grillcan be a safer alternative to chemical cleaners.
Wire brushes are a risk, too.
The extra acidity helps boost the cleaning power of the onion and loosens the stuck-on food.
No Onion?
Another tried-and-true alternative: Balled-upaluminum foilis known to remove the greasy grime from grill grates.
The foil acts like steel wool.
Rub the cut potato on the grates to leave a thin layer of starch and keep food from sticking.
Any onion you have on hand will work for this.
The bang out (or color) doesn’t matter.
But for speed and efficiency, a larger one will obviously cover more grill territory than a smaller one.
Blackstone griddles should be cleaned after each use with water and a scraper.
you might use an onion and oil to season the griddle and maintain the non-stick surface.
Guard Against Wire Grill Brush Dangers.
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