What is the best way to clean the dome of a Weber?

[binarypaladin]

I have three different sized plastic putty knives I use for scraping my grills. I never worry about getting the dome "clean" but it is prone to having the kind of buildup that can flake down on food, so I just flip it over, scrape what comes off easily enough with the putty knife, then brush it into the trash.

That is the most cleaning I have ever bothered doing to the lid in like... 9 years.

With everything but the grates themselves, if a putty knife can't dislodge it, I'm not worried about it affecting the cook at all.

[holehogg]

If it's the outside I leave in place and wipe down with soapy water. If it's the inside i remove and turn updide down and use the top half of a plastic 2 liter bottle that catches most of the scraping to dispose of and then hot soapy water. 😊
If I had a pressure cleaner it would be a whole lot easier.🙈

[OSB]

A friend of mine swears by these nylon drill brush attachments. After reading this thread it seems like there are many ways to get the job done.

https://www.drillbrush.com/ultra-stiff-black/

[Attjack]

Rest it on your trash can (the one that goes to the curb) and scrape it with a ball of foil.

[Steve R.]

There is one of those self-serve car washes with the pressure washers a few minutes from my house. I take my grates, etc. there.

[Steve R.]

I always feel self-conscious about being "that guy", Attjack. But we do what we gotta do.

[Attjack]

If I can take my 4x4 covered in mud and wash it down the drain why not my grills?

[binarypaladin]

I hadn't thought about that. As I mentioned before, I don't care about much more than the grates but... it wouldn't hurt to pop in a few quarters and get my grates cleaned up without having to deal with the grease at all.

[klflowers]

I used the link HawkerXP posted and finished with Simple Green. Worked like a charm.