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 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?
Related: Grilling Questions for Diane Morgan: How To Clean a Grill?
(Image: Flickr member allygirl520 licensed for use under Creative Commons)
This is a traditional way of cleaning the grill where i come from(Juarez, Mexico). But it does have to be super hot.
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Interesting idea, I would have never thought.
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We do that here. We have a friend that hates onions though so we have to hide this process from him!
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I shall have to give it a try...
If it works, great!
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That's funny because when I was a boy my father used to clean the grill using this same method.
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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.
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I'm Mexican and agree with sofia this is the way my whole family cleans the grill when we have bbq's!
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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.
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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.
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The single method that I knew is with the bacon. But I think it's easier with an onion. Thanks !
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Same here! I'm Mexican and that's how we do it -- although, I have to admit I've never asked exactly why.
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Yes...me and my GF have been using this technique for several years now!
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I have been using onions for years, it has been in my family ever since I can remember, and i am around 40 years old. I was not aware that everyone did not know this.
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One of the reasons I gave away my portable mini grill was because I had to deal with cleaning the grime and gunk after each meal. I would buy special cleaners, but they would never do the job right. Keep in mind that I'm a pretty lazy person, and I hate having to do any "additional" work... :p
I think this technique was featured on a network like HGTV, and I had my parents use an onion when they grilled. It worked! Now I regret giving away my barbecue grill :(
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Nice advice. So far I have just heated the grill and hope the heat will kill all the germs. That didn't kill the aftertaste though. Grilling chicken that still has some salmon aftertaste is not for everyone! =) Will give this a shot!!!
Thanks!
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Btw, can I use the onion afterward? =)
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Good advice and who would have thought of it? I wonder what other affects this would have on hygiene.
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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.
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My mother 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.
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My husband, son, and I attended his co-worker's little post-housewarming barbecue, and he was struggling with cleaning some previously cooked-on gunk when we got there. So I told him about using an onion even though he didn't think it would work, and now he thinks I'm some grilling guru :)
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