Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoshould the BBQ cover be put back on after every use ... or just once at the end of BBQ seasonmessage-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareshould the BBQ cover be put back on after every use ... or just once at the end of BBQ seasonKarmanopoly@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTryingSomethingNew@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·15 hours agoNO. You need that grill to dry out inside first. Leave the lid off for an hour or two, let it cool off and dry off, then put the cover on.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 hours agoIf your grill is wet while you’re cooking, it’s not a grill. Of course it has to cool down, the lid is going to be 200° if not more and the plastic cover melts well below that.
minus-squareCevilia (they/she/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 hours ago…who’s cleaning the grill before it’s dried out?
minus-squareTryingSomethingNew@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours agoWell the cook or someone the cook instructs. Do you follow a “you cook I clean” protocol?
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoIt doesn’t have anything to do with who is doing the cleaning, it has to cool down before you clean it.
minus-squareTryingSomethingNew@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoIt has to cool down some, sure, but don’t let it get cold, then it’ll just get caked on.
NO. You need that grill to dry out inside first. Leave the lid off for an hour or two, let it cool off and dry off, then put the cover on.
If your grill is wet while you’re cooking, it’s not a grill.
Of course it has to cool down, the lid is going to be 200° if not more and the plastic cover melts well below that.
…who’s cleaning the grill before it’s dried out?
Well the cook or someone the cook instructs. Do you follow a “you cook I clean” protocol?
It doesn’t have anything to do with who is doing the cleaning, it has to cool down before you clean it.
It has to cool down some, sure, but don’t let it get cold, then it’ll just get caked on.