Cleaning Infrared and Rotisserie Burners

CaveTools

Hey this is Michael 'Medium Rare' O'Donnell with Cave Tools and in this video we're going to talk about cleaning infrared and rotisserie burners on your grill. Typically the infrared or rotisserie burners are going to be placed towards the back of the grill which tries to prevent the flare ups a little from trickling meat juices that fall down over the heat. Bigger chunks of meat like chicken, beef roast, lamb legs, they're going to get added taste when they're roasted gradually on a rotisserie style burner. When you want to clean the burners the most effective way to do it is just to burn off the excess grease and debris, after you've done grilling, just turn on to high for about 5-10 minutes. Then using a stainless steel wire grill brush or some other way to clean off those grates, make sure they're clean. If you've got a larger mess or some real build up of gunk on those grill grates make sure to mix some water with some lemon juice and spray it on the grill grates. There's also a cool way which we shot another video on, on how to use coffee grinds to clean your grill grates. So that's another good one, so make sure you check it out. You can also go deeper if you wanted to really remove the burner and then use a needle to unblock all the different holes, that's a great way as well for getting a deep clean on your burners. You also want to make sure you clean all the inside walls and elements. Scrub them down. There's normally going to be a residue that builds up. That's just an accumalation of carbon that builds up from the grease and smoke. Not really a big deal, but make sure to clean it with a moist paper towel and get rid of it. Next, you don't want to wait until the next time you grill, or even the next grilling season to clean up your grill. want to make sure that nothing gets a chance to sit there and solidify. So make sure to clean your grill right away. If you guys are interested in a rotisserie grill, I know we've shown a couple of models on this slideshow, but we've actually created our own portable verticle rotisserie grill. I know that's a mouthful! The big thing is that this is a portable grill that you can take tailgating, camping with you and the charcoal try actually flips up vertical so we talked about earlier when the grease drips and you get flare ups, with a vertical rotisserie grill, you don't get any flare ups. It's perfectly cooked food every single time.