| When your trusty barbecue grill starts looking grungy | | | | replaced in the last year, now's the time to buy new |
| and working inefficiently, your first thought may be | | | | ones. Lava rocks that have been used too long won't |
| to go out and buy a new one. However, new grills | | | | perform as efficiently as new ones. On the interior |
| are expensive. At least the good ones are. If you | | | | walls of the grill, use a spatula or paint scraper to |
| know how to troubleshoot your old grill and fix the | | | | remove any build-up that will come off. Then use |
| things that ail it, you can end up with a grill that's | | | | your shop vac to pick up the matter you scraped |
| almost like new without spending a whole lot of | | | | away. Once the inside and all the pieces you |
| money. In addition, you won't have to get rid of the | | | | removed are clean and dry, you can put your grill |
| grill you know so well and have learned to rely on. | | | | back together. Buy replacement parts if you see |
| One thing that too many people fail to do is to keep | | | | anything that is broken or damaged. |
| their grill clean. They might scrape the grate before | | | | Close the grill in order to clean the outside. You can |
| using it again, but they seldom think about cleaning | | | | wipe it down using a cleaner and a clean rag. If you |
| other parts of the grill. If you take the time to keep | | | | have a grill with a stainless steel casing, you will find |
| them clean, your grill will stay looking nicer much | | | | special cleaners to use on it. You will also need some |
| longer. Even if you haven't kept it up as you should, | | | | glass cleaner to clean any windows that your grill |
| a good cleaning isn't going to hurt anything. Start by | | | | might have. |
| removing the gas tank and all the parts you can. Set | | | | Once you've cleaned up your old grill in this manner, |
| out large tubs of hot, soapy water, and let these | | | | you may not hardly recognize the old thing. However, |
| pieces soak for at least an hour. After doing so, it will | | | | you will enjoy being able to have backyard barbecues |
| be much easier to scrub away the built up grease | | | | once again without having to be embarrassed about |
| and grime. | | | | the way your grill looks and functions, and you'll have |
| If your grill uses lava rocks which haven't been | | | | saved yourself a lot of money. |