How To Guide: Cleaning Your Weber Q
How do I clean my Weber Q?
Grill: For day to day cleaning of the grill, the best method is to use a Weber grill brush.
After pre-heating your barbecue on high for 10mins, while the grill is very hot, brush along the grill bars where food residue remains, alternately you can clean your grill this way while it is still on after cooking.
It’s not necessary to wash your Q grill in water after every use but the grill should be washed in hot water and detergent after every five or six cooks to remove excess grease.
It’s handy to re-oil the grills from time to time. Simply remove from the bbq and pop some oil on; spray oils can be good for this. When you place them back in the bbq simply heat up the bbq on low for 5–10 mins to re-seal the grills. (If you use your trivet a lot, for roasts or pizzas etc this can prove beneficial)
Try to keep the grill protected from the elements, particularly if you live near the sea or have a pool. Salt from the ocean and chlorine in the air can contribute to corrosion.
Lid: We recommend that you use a non-caustic cleaning product to clean the inside and outside of your Weber Q lid. Weber produces a Weber Q Cleaner which works particularly well to keep the lid and bowl of your Q clean. For the best results, keep your lid and bowl clean from the start so that large amounts of fat and grease do not build up over time.
Bowl: It is very important to keep the bowl of your Weber Q clean. Allowing lots of fat to build up inside the barbecue below the cooking grill can result in a fat fire. If excess fats are cleaned away every five to six times the barbecue is used this should never be a problem.
For solid debris in the bowl, use a spatula or stiff piece of cardboard, Weber produces a Q Cookbox Scraper which is ideal for this, to scrape the solid grease and food residue into the aluminium drip tray below and dispose of the drip tray. Always check the drip tray before using your bbq and replace if needed.
Burner Tube: Ideally, every five or six times you use the barbecue, take your grill out and brush across the burner tube with a clean dry grill brush. You can also pop either a safety pin or paperclip through each of the holes in order to dislodge anything that may be stuck.
Hotplate Seasoning: The cast iron hotplates are porcelain coated and do not require seasoning.
Inside Of Lid: We often get asked how to clean the inside of your lid, you’ll never get it looking like new so just remove any loose debris using your cook-box scraper and give it a quick wipe out. Done!
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