How to clean stove grates

Baking Soda

Clean off whatever you can with soap and warm water, gently scrubbing each grate one at a time. Then wet some baking soda with water and mix until it forms a thick paste. Apply this paste directly to the burners. Make sure you get all the tiny and hidden recesses in the grating.

Cleaning Cast Iron Grill Grates

Rub the grates with vinegar and allow them to sit for a few minutes to an hour. The vinegar will dissolve the rust, making scrubbing more effective. You may need to repeat this process a few times. You can also use a paste made of baking soda and water.

When cleaning cast iron grates, burn off any food left over on the grates. Then let the grates cool and scrub them with the nylon cleaning brush. After cleaning the grates, dry and saturate the grates with vegetable oil to prevent rust from forming.

Mix basic white vinegar with water in equal parts and submerge your pan in it. Use a bucket or plug the sink for really big pans; the entire skillet should be covered with the vinegar mixture. The vinegar will dissolve the rust, but once that’s gone, the vinegar will go to town on the original cast surface of the pan.

Use Vinegar or a Grill Spray

Mix two cups of water with two cups of vinegar in a spray bottle. Spray your grill grates with the mixture. Let sit for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes is up, brush your grates clean with a grill brush—no rinsing required.

For tough grease spots, add dish soap to the water or a grill cleaner. Once the surface has cooled, wipe the grate with a damp cloth to remove residue or brush bristles. Clean the inside of the grill using a wire brush and warm soapy water and rinse with water.

Soap and Water: Mix some dish soap and warm water in a bucket. Wash the grill with something soft. For stubborn rust on grill grates, try using a nylon brush to remove the rust particles. Avoid anything abrasive.

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To use vinegar and salt to clean, combine two cups of vinegar with one cup of salt in a large bowl. Then, set your rust grates inside a big heavy-duty garbage bag, the kind that you use for your yard debris, and let the grill grates soak overnight. Once you’ve soaked them, wipe away the rust using an old towel or rag.

Anyway, Coke can be used to clean rust spots off of your grate if you are so inclined. Dampen a rag with Coke and scrub the affected areas. Use a lemon: Lemons are extremely acidic. A halved lemon can be used to scrub tough to clean areas.

Cleaning Cast Iron Grates

If the cooked on food is too stubborn to come off easily when you scrub the grates, create a cleaning paste by mixing kosher salt or baking soda with water. Apply the paste with a nylon sponge and scrub the area until it is free from stubborn build up.

Oven Cleaner

Many oven cleaners use lye, which is great for breaking down that stuck-on-crud, but it will also strip your cast iron down to the bare metal. Spray your grates with oven cleaner in a well-ventilated area and seal them tightly in a large garbage bag.

Can I use steel wool or a metal scrubber to clean my cast iron pan? No! We recommend using a pan scraper or the Lodge Chainmail Scrubber to remove any stuck-on residue. We only recommend using steel wool or a metal scrubber to remove rust before reseasoning.