Grilltastic Grill Steam Cleaner Review
My dear sweet wife must actually listen to me sometimes... she’d heard me mention I needed a new grill grate cleaner, and she knows I visit AR for reviews, so she jumped on herself and found Meathead ‘s review and platinum award of the Grilltastic steam cleaner and snatched it up for Father’s Day. I can certainly say I would never have splurged ($99) for a cleaner like this, so it was a nice surprise.
This morning I finally put it to use for the first time. The cord was plenty long for me (10-12 ft I’d guess) and allowed me to plug it in on the screened in porch and use it on the attached deck without requiring an extension cord. Setup is pretty straightforward - plug the brush attachment in, fill with water, plug it in, press a button for steam.
Here’s a "before" pic of the Easy Spin grate on my 26†kettle, which was not preheated prior to cleaning. I sometimes leave it in a toddler pool filled with water & Dawn liquid soap overnight then scrub, but this had been pressure washed ~2 months ago when I did the rest of the deck:
The instructions say it takes ~30 seconds before it’s ready to roll, so I gave it that and started scrubbing. At first I was disappointed to see a bit of water dripping into the kettle, but that didn’t last long - when it got rolling it produced a significant amount of steam with no dripping. Cool. I disagree with the review’s assertion that a tank of water will last several cleanings as I had to refill after covering the area outside the SNS. That said, it’s quite easy to refill and didn’t require any additional time to continue producing the needed steam. That 2nd tank was enough to finish this grate and clean the grate on my Bronco. A little elbow grease is required but not much, and it’s tough to clean all the way to the edges. But after just ~10 min I was pretty surprised at how clean the grate was!
I didn’t find any wire bristles left behind, but still plan to always give it a once over with some newspaper or something. Here’s a shot of the tool on the 26†grate for reference:
And a close up of the grill brush afterwards. It’s dishwasher safe which is a plus. I suspect it’ll need replacement after maybe a year and haven’t bothered to check on the price of that part yet.
All in all, pretty happy. Don’t recommend pumping loads of steam all around in the dog days of a humid Carolina summer, I was drenched, but it’ll be nice to use in December!
This morning I finally put it to use for the first time. The cord was plenty long for me (10-12 ft I’d guess) and allowed me to plug it in on the screened in porch and use it on the attached deck without requiring an extension cord. Setup is pretty straightforward - plug the brush attachment in, fill with water, plug it in, press a button for steam.
Here’s a "before" pic of the Easy Spin grate on my 26†kettle, which was not preheated prior to cleaning. I sometimes leave it in a toddler pool filled with water & Dawn liquid soap overnight then scrub, but this had been pressure washed ~2 months ago when I did the rest of the deck:
The instructions say it takes ~30 seconds before it’s ready to roll, so I gave it that and started scrubbing. At first I was disappointed to see a bit of water dripping into the kettle, but that didn’t last long - when it got rolling it produced a significant amount of steam with no dripping. Cool. I disagree with the review’s assertion that a tank of water will last several cleanings as I had to refill after covering the area outside the SNS. That said, it’s quite easy to refill and didn’t require any additional time to continue producing the needed steam. That 2nd tank was enough to finish this grate and clean the grate on my Bronco. A little elbow grease is required but not much, and it’s tough to clean all the way to the edges. But after just ~10 min I was pretty surprised at how clean the grate was!
I didn’t find any wire bristles left behind, but still plan to always give it a once over with some newspaper or something. Here’s a shot of the tool on the 26†grate for reference:
And a close up of the grill brush afterwards. It’s dishwasher safe which is a plus. I suspect it’ll need replacement after maybe a year and haven’t bothered to check on the price of that part yet.
All in all, pretty happy. Don’t recommend pumping loads of steam all around in the dog days of a humid Carolina summer, I was drenched, but it’ll be nice to use in December!
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