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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.