This bbq cleaning in Brentwood went so well we had to share it. Come take a look at the benefits of a regular grill cleaning and learn about one of the many reasons we love LYNX brand outdoor grills.
We love a good LYNX grill, and this fine unit was no exception. This is a repeat customer and a fine example of the difference that a regular deep clean schedule can make. This customer first hired us over a year ago. As you can see, our cleaning services have kept this grill looking like new, despite its condition when we first arrived.
If you have a LYNX bbq, you’ve got a great grill on your hands. The LYNX ignition system is reliable and easy to troubleshoot, making igniter repair a breeze. Unlike the traditional ignition system which involves a spark arcing to or near the burners to ignite the propane or natural gas, LYNX has upgraded to a hot-surface glow-plug igniter since L series. It no longer sparks, but instead features a hollow metal tube with an electrode that glows red hot to ignite. How cool is that!
If your grill won’t light and you think it might be the igniter, check out our Troubleshooting Guide
PS, these igniters use a transformer, not a battery! So check your lights and outlets instead to rule out electrical problems
Whether it’s grill installation, igniter repair, or bbq cleaning in Brentwood call or text us today to schedule your appointment. Because nobody likes a filthy grill.
Picture this: you’ve invited the neighbors over for dinner and you plan to grill up some burgers. You buy a few pounds of grass-fed beef, shape the meat into 1/3-pound patties perfectly seasoned with Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, you cut the tomatoes, onions and lettuce. You buy brioche buns, mustard, ketchup and mayo and you’re all ready to get cooking. You light your grill and let it heat up for 15 minutes. The guests have arrived and are all gathered around the grill, ready to watch you cook the perfect burger. You bring the platter with the uncooked patties out from the kitchen and, armed with your spatula, begin arranging the patties in perfectly straight lines on the grates. The meat sizzles as it hits the hot stainless-steel grates and the aroma of cooking meat makes your mouth water. The neighbors all watch, telling you how delicious the burgers smell and look, and you feel like a backyard hero.
After a few minutes, the fat from the burgers turns to liquid and begins to drip onto the heat trays beneath the grates, the heat trays that have caught the grease from the last 20 times you’ve cooked on the grill and that are already beginning to smoke from the heat of the burners. Another minute or 2 goes by, and now the grease from the burgers is catching fire as it hits the heat trays and the flames are leaping up through the grates and touching some of the burgers. You notice this and begin to flip the burgers, so the flames won’t burn the side of the meat that’s nearest the flame. But when you flip the burger, all the grease that has accumulated on top of the burgers drips down onto the heat trays and the bottom of the heater box, causing the flames to spread and go higher. Now, as the grill reaches maximum heat and the burners are all oozing grease, the flames are reaching up through the grates, emitting black smoke and charring the greasy burgers. Some of the patties catch fire and the flames continue to rise. You try to move the now burning patties away from the flames, but no matter where you move them to, the flames rise to meet the meat and the grease continues to feed the flames.
The neighbors watch in horror as their dinner is consumed by uncontrollable flames and black smoke. In an attempt to stop the flames, you turn the gas off, but the grease in the heater box and on the heat trays that has accumulated over several months continues to burn. As a last resort you grab your neighbor Dave’s bottle of Pliny the Elder and pour it onto the flames, temporarily putting them out and creating a cloud of steam with the rare and expensive beer that Dave was so proud to have brought. As the steam dissipates, everyone stares down at the hamburger patties that now resemble smoldering hockey pucks. Somewhere a neighbor child cries, and Dave, with his nearly empty beer bottle, snickers something about the fire department being on their way. In less than 6 minutes, you have been transformed from backyard hero to neighborhood zero.
What caused this unfortunate and all to common disaster, and how could it have been prevented? Outdoor grill fires are caused by excessive grease being heated to the point of combustion during the cooking process. The grease can come from fat melting during cooking or oil from marinades and sauces that drip off the food and into the heater-box below. Grease will start to smoke at 375⁰ – 450⁰ and will ignite at 450⁰ – 500⁰. If you cook with the lid down on your grill, you will reach these temperatures very quickly, often in the time it takes you to walk to the cooler and grab a cold drink. You can prevent a grease fire from occurring by cleaning and maintaining your grill. Cleaning the grease out of the bottom of the heater box and off the heat trays should be done every 1 to 6 months, depending on how often you use your grill. This is dirty and time-consuming work, so you will probably want to hire a grill cleaning service to come and handle the job for you. A grill cleaning service will have the proper tools and knowledge to clean and degrease your grill, extending the life of the grill and ensuring that the disaster described above never happens to you.
