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CLEANING AND CARE
Cleaning and Care
All cleaning and maintenance should be carried out when the BBQ is cool and with the gas supply turned ‘OFF’
at the gas cylinder.
DO NOT remove the drip tray until the BBQ has cooled.
General Grill Cleaning
• DO NOT mistake brown or black accumulation of grease and smoke for paint. Interiors of gas grills are not
painted at the factory (and should NEVER be painted). Apply a strong solution of detergent and water or use
a grill cleaner with scrub brush on insides of grill lid. Rinse and allow to completely air dry.
• DO NOT apply a caustic grill / oven cleaner to painted surfaces.
• DO NOT use abrasive cleaners, degreasers or a concentrated grill cleaner on plastic parts. Damage and failure
of parts can result.
Plastic parts: wash with warm soapy water and wipe dry.
Porcelain surfaces: because of glass-like composition, most residue can be wiped away with a backing soda /
water solution or specially formulated cleaner. Use non-abrasive scouring powder for stubborn stains.
Painted surfaces: wash with mild detergent or non-abrasive cleaner and warm soapy water. Wipe dry with a soft
non-abrasive cloth.
Stainless steel surfaces: to maintain your grill’s high quality appearance, wash with mild detergent and warm
soapy water and wipe dry with a soft non-abrasive cloth after each use. Baked-on grease deposits may require
the use of an abrasive plastic cleaning pad.
Follow these instructions to clean and/or replace parts of burner assembly or if you have trouble igniting grill.
1. Turn gas ‘OFF’ at control knobs and LPG cylinder.
2. Remove grill plates, grease tray and grease cup.
3. Remove cotter pins from beneath each burner ‘Foot’ using a screwdriver or needle nose pliers.
4. Carefully lift each burner up and away from valve openings. We suggest three ways to clean the burner
tubes. Use the one easiest for you.
a. Bend a stiff wire (a light weight coat hanger works well) into a small hook. Run the hook through each
burner tube and burner several times.
b. Use a narrow bottle brush with a flexible handle (DO NOT use a brass wire brush), run the brush through
each burner tube and burner several times.
c. Wear eye protection: use an air hose to force air into the burner tube and out the air ports. Check each
port to make sure air comes out each hole.
Natural Hazard Spiders
FACT: Sometimes spiders and other insects climb into the grill tubes attached to the
burners. The spiders spin webs, build nests and lay eggs. The webs or nests can be
very small, but they are very strong and can block the flow of gas.
Clean burners prior to use after storing, at the beginning of grilling season or after a
period of one month of not being used.
Spider guards are on the air intakes in an effort to reduce this problem, but it will not
eliminate it! An obstruction can result in a “flashback” (a fire in the burner tubes). The grill may still light,
but the obstruction does not allow full gas flow to the burners.
