Cleaning your grill and grill grates

A roaring fire is all I've ever used.

Burn it off. Get it hot enough to carbonize the residue & then scrub it of with a brush or balled up aluminium foil.

Or, place sheet trays over the grates & crank the heat up for 10 minutes. The trays trap the heat & the residue turns to ash. Then just while with a well oiled rag. The trays will warp & the rag will be strained but, now you will have dedicated trays & rag for the next cleaning.

I leave the grease on after cooking.

Then when I preheat the grill I crank up the heat. Let it carbonize then use a stainless scrub brush.

Charcoal grill? Empty ashes, hit with leaf blower, clean grates with heat and non-metal bristle brush.

Gas grill? Same story for grates. For deflectors, soak in bucket of water with Dawn, rinse well. Scrape catch pan off and hit with hose.

I’ve got a cleaner from Grill Rescue.

It is a heavy duty flame retardant canvas that you put in water and use on a hot grill. The steam helps the residue to come right up. You can use it at the end of the cook or at the beginning before you put your food on the grill after it comes to temperature. I like the job it does.