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Read our privacy notice . Whether you’re the type of barbecuer who religiously wipes down the grill after every use, cleanses with fire in between cookouts, or waits until the season ends before doing a thorough clean-up, keeping your BBQ in good nick is the sure-fire way to ensure it stays in action for longer. But when you're stuffed full from your BBQ feast, there's barely enough energy left to do anything besides roll around on the sofa and wait for your body to digest, let alone bounce up to get the grill back to a decent state.



Yet omit this chore at your peril. The grill is easiest to clean when it's warm, with charred bits and grease coming away with minimal elbow grease. Allowing it to cool down gives the dirt a chance to harden, making it much more challenging to chisel off.

The good news is that plenty of cleaning tools help you do the job, from grill brushes and cleaning robots to good old-fashioned grill scrapers. The cleaning tools you need will depend on the model of the grill sitting in your garden, along with the type of BBQ: charcoal , gas or electric . That said, most stainless steel grates can put up with a lot, namely the business end of a stainless steel scraper being run over the.

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