BBQ related Christmas gifts for myself!

[blazinfire]

Hey guys, Trying to think of Christmas gifts to buy myself. Two items is a weed burner and a good brush/scrapper to scrape my grates off well.

Always been afraid of wire brushes, I remember a couple instances where the wire brush was a problem after heavy use. Do you guys use an alternative? I know foil works but its kinda a pain with expanded metal grates.

Got amazon links?

Also thought about upgrading to a better vac sealer! I sealed a lot of BBQ today, and I'm having problems with them keeping vacuum. I would like to get one with a wide sealer. That would be nice!

Not sure what else I want LOL. Got any cool ideas?

 

[Sopchoppy]

I use a Mangrate wire brush, no bristle loss so far. Every few cooks the grate gets hit with the weed burner.

 

[MeatyOakerSmoker]

The weed burner at HF is like $20. Maybe you can get both.

 

[mattmountz94]

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236884&page=3

 

[mrwhale]

I ordered myself a rotisserie for my 18.5" kettle. Incidentally, I now see Octoforks in my future!

 

[blazinfire]

So there's no alternative to wire brushes? I've looked on the internet, there's not much as far as "grill" brushes unless they are wired. I think I'll stick to foil balls. Thought something with a handle would be nicer.

So far I'm looking at a sausage stuffer, meat slicer, oven racks so I can hang jerky on them as I need dedicated racks for that. Depends on if I can talk the missus into any of it LOL.

 

[Smoke Dawg]

Go to a used appliance / repair/ scraper.

They will sell oven racks pretty cheap.

 

[EricD]

@Blazinfire, have you seen www.billybar.com grate scraper. I've had one for a few years and really like it. You have to go row by row but works great!
As for gifts: Do you have a grinder? I recently got a Weston grinder for small $$.

 

[cyberstrategist]

So there's no alternative to wire brushes? I've looked on the internet, there's not much as far as "grill" brushes unless they are wired. I think I'll stick to foil balls. Thought something with a handle would be nicer.

I found this in one of those one-off catalogs I got in the mail. Not sure if it works or not.

http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/bristle-free-grill-brush

 

[cyberstrategist]

So there's no alternative to wire brushes? I've looked on the internet, there's not much as far as "grill" brushes unless they are wired. I think I'll stick to foil balls. Thought something with a handle would be nicer.

I found this in one of those one-off catalogs I got in the mail. Not sure if it works or not.

http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/bristle-free-grill-brush

 

[Ag76]

CharGon Grill Scraper

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[blazinfire]

Amazon.com : CharGon "The Grill Pro's Cleaner" PATENTED & PERFORMANCE TESTED TO LAST 500 CLEANINGS CharGon works on ALL round grill rods cleaning the TOPS, SIDES, & BOTTOM. : Patio, Lawn & Garden

The problem with this and the billy bar is my grates are made with expanded metal. Man it would be a pain to use something like that to scrape the expanded metal off. I've been doing some more reasearch, seems like a foil ball and a weed burner is the way to go. Gonna keep looking incase I find something. I'll keep you guys posted

 

[Tat-que]

Lowes carries a nice "scrub brush" style grate cleaner with metal Brillo style scrubbers for like 5 bucks!

 

[Westx]

Power washer.