Flickr Find: Clean the Grill With an Onion?

We came across this Flickr photo entitled "Matt cleaned the grill with an onion..." and we were instantly intrigued. Cleaning the grill with an onion?

We had never seen this particular method before, so we did a little searching.

It seems that rubbing a hot grill with half a cut onion (cut side down) will loosen up baked on grit and grime and basically take it all right off the grill. It's best to heat the grill super hot first and burn down any remaining food or crud, then rub it hard with an onion stuck on the end of a fork (as seen above).

We haven't tried this yet, but we love that it's a totally green option too! No icky grill cleaning chemicals.

Have you ever cleaned your grill like this?

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(Image: Flickr member allygirl520 licensed for use under Creative Commons)

Comments (24)

This is a traditional way of cleaning the grill where i come from(Juarez, Mexico). But it does have to be super hot.

Interesting idea, I would have never thought.

We do that here. We have a friend that hates onions though so we have to hide this process from him!

I shall have to give it a try...

If it works, great!

That's funny because when I was a boy my father used to clean the grill using this same method.

My boyfriends from texas (ie: he thinks he's a grill god) and he swears by the onion method. The only downside is that the grill has to be SUPER hot for this to work.

I'm Mexican and agree with sofia this is the way my whole family cleans the grill when we have bbq's!

My mom used to use this technique all the time for a slightly different purpose. When you are cooking something like an omelette using a non-stick frying pan, there's no good way to prevent the little oil used, from beading up. The trick is to dip the onion in a little cooking oil and then painting the non-stick surface with a fork stuck into the cut side of the onion - it spreads the oil beautifully and doesn't damage the non-stick surface like a sharp implement or even a wooden spoon wood.

Basically ANYTHING will work on a very hot grill that's burned away the stuck bits. An onion, an oiled paper towel, a wad of alumnium foil, a raw potato half, balled up green corn husks... go nuts and use whatever you've got on hand.

Same here! I'm Mexican and that's how we do it -- although, I have to admit I've never asked exactly why.

Thanks for everyone who posted tips and ideas. I enjoyed reading them....and will try a few.

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Sounds like an interesting idea if the onions don't make you cry! One to try.

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I always clean my grill with half onion !! It's great for taste and great for cleaning !!!
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There is a product that uses an onion to clean your grill. check out thegrillion.com I just got one and the grill doesn't have to be hot. it works great, and wanted to pass the info along. i also didn't tear up with their knife. this works so much better than a fork

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