Now that the tried and true wire brushes seem to be public enemy #1, I guess with good reason, what are you using to clean your grill surface? I tried a “stone”, didn’t care for it, left deposits. Now I’m using a wooden plank but that’s not at all impressive either. Thoughts? Thanks.

I still use a twisted wire grill brush, think mine is from weber

I think the number of instances are relatively small in number and have been blown out of proportion. Always seems to be exactly the same story regurgitated year after year after year

I make sure to beat the grill to knock anything off prior to cooking

crumpled aluminum foil seems to be popular with some folks

Something like this for the nearly the last 10 years: Amazon Link

Simply wad up a piece of tin foil into a ball and use that to scrape the heated grill. Works good.

I just let the fire burn off the crap and move on.

Grill grates are a consumable item

I believe I got the recommendation from here, but I have a Kona nylon bristle brush. It’s held up pretty well so far.

I still use the old tried and true brush but in deference to the possibility of bristles, wipe the grate very well afterwards with an oil soaked paper towel and be sure to get between the bars. I also trash my brushes before they start to get ratty looking.

On a Youtube recommendation I bought a stainless steel "spiral" brush (this one). It turned out to work not very well at all and I'm still looking for something better. In the meantime I'm using a nylon-bristled one, which works kinda OK but you have wait for the grate to cool down before using it, so it winds up taking a lot more elbow grease.

I only use the official Weber triangular grill brushes. They last about a year for me, and I’ve never seen them shed.

INO the whole grill brush shedding issue is way overblown. If it were really a thing, the government would be all over it. Maybe cheapo brushes shed bristles but the good ones do not

The one with thick nylon type bristles I bought at Wal-Mart actually works pretty well.

I have a continuous wire brush and a standard wire brush. I never use the continuous brush because it just doesn’t work that good and the handle is nylon so it bends from the heat.

I fire up my grill and crank the heat up. If I have baked potatoes or corn I throw them on at that time on the high shelf. The high heat makes all the existing crap on the grill char up making it easy to brush off. Because the heat is cranked I like a standard wire brush with a wood handle.

Thanks guys. Maybe I’ll just retire my old brush for a new one. I like the idea of the oil wipe down with paper towel, I’ll give that a go.

DYI homemade 3 inch stainless steel joint knife with notches dremmeled in the end the same width as the grill grate. Been making them for as long as I can remember. Lasts years and then make a new one.

The Weber long twisted wire triangular one is the best. Lasts a couple of years and I've never seen it shed.
To be safe I finish with a wipe over with a handful of aluminium foil.

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Originally posted by Expert308:
On a Youtube recommendation I bought a stainless steel "spiral" brush (this one). It turned out to work not very well at all and I'm still looking for something better. In the meantime I'm using a nylon-bristled one, which works kinda OK but you have wait for the grate to cool down before using it, so it winds up taking a lot more elbow grease.

I recently bought one similar to this, although mine also has the addition of a steel blade scraper as well. I don’t think it works as well as a steel brush, but it works, and my wife is happy, so…

I just bought a new grill from Weber and pitched the old one.

Libman makes a really good one that is <$5 at Menards. They work well, last a long time & are made in USA. They're in the cleaning aisle, not with the grills.

The one from Weber does not shred or leave bits of wire behind like the generic cheap-o dollar store brushes. A bit pricy but they seem to last forever. If they get gunked up, I soak in a bucket with a healthy does of Dawn, (the extra strength one) then rinse. I haven't officially tracked it but it seems I get at least a year out of one brush.

https://www.weber.com/US/en/ac...brush-6278/6278.html

I've had the best results with the steam brush.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C...QN518FT2KWEERCT2WJJ7

Get the grill nice and hot, hit it with this brush and use the power of steam to clean the grill.

After you're done grilling, hit it again while the grill is still hot. Super easy.

The Weber brush works well for me too (on porcelain coated grill grates), and the ‘corner’ sections show no worse for the wear when turned on edge for brushing in between the gate slots. No shedding of wire bits either.