How to clean the grate and skewers after meat - problem-free and hassle-free ways
When guests arrive, the best way to feed everyone tasty, simple and satisfying is to cook something over an open fire. Our cauldron and barbecue are not idle all summer long. What we just didn’t cook! They experimented, tried a lot of new dishes, or introduced new notes into old proven recipes.
Now we consider vegetables and mushrooms fried on a wire rack to be the best garnish for meat. Only they must be pre-marinated for an hour in some kind of marinade. In principle, banal mayonnaise with spices is quite suitable. Then put on a wire rack and serve with the meat.
But after that, washing the grate and skewers is not as pleasant as tasting fried meat and vegetables. Previously, we did not wash the grate at all. They calcined it on a fire, passed it with a wire brush, and the grate became completely clean, without any problems.
But recently our old grill has disintegrated, it served for a long time and faithfully. Apparently, their quality was much better before.
We bought a new grille a year ago, but this summer it burned out, that is, the quality of the metal mesh is useless. But they concluded for themselves that such products should not be ignited, you can go broke on them. And they began to look for another way of cleaning. There was such a way.
Often, kebabs and a bath are combined in time, that is, we heat the bath and cook something on the fire. Therefore, after everyone has washed, pour hot water into an old huge basin and pour ordinary baking soda. In this solution we put a grate, skewers and in the morning all the carbon and fat are easily and simply washed off with a sponge.
We do the same with the cauldron. Outside, it is smoky and stains everything that touches it. Moreover, it is very problematic to remove this soot from clothes. But when the cauldron stands in soda, the soot leaves very easily, it is worth rinsing it with water. Just one addition - you need to add liquid detergent to the water. A few hours and everything will turn out great!
And yesterday my friends suggested to me their own way of cleaning the grate. They take a sachet of citric acid, which everyone with a washing machine now has at home. A lattice is placed in a garbage bag or any other whole bag, hot water is poured, citric acid is poured. Leave for a couple of hours and then easily wash off all carbon deposits with a sponge. Also, by the way, a cheap and easy way.
As for the skewers - here we have never even had any problems. If carbon deposits have already formed on the skewers, then they can be rubbed with sand and will instantly become clean. Someone sticks it into the sand several times, and all the carbon deposits also leave. And most often I just take them home in a case, and calmly wash them along with the dishes with detergent and a metal washcloth. Then I wash the cover in a typewriter, dry it and put it all in the closet until the right moment.
I heard that some people make it even easier - they throw the grate into the grass, and in the morning it becomes like new. Honestly, I haven't tried it. It will be necessary to conduct an experiment. Who is cleaning it there? Ants, mice, or other organisms?
Something is doubtful, but for the purity of the experiment and the purity of the lattice I will definitely try.