Summer is by and large the time when kids have their holiday from schools, and parents have the chance to take a little break from their busy working plan. It is in this time of the year that most families get to gather around. Mums and dads can simply sit back, have few glasses of juicy drinks, simply relax and enjoy their time with kids.

And for most American families, BBQ gas grilling is one of the most fun and enjoyable activities to have. As much entertaining the cooking experience can be, so is annoying the fact that you have to clean the grill properly after every single session, to keep it in shape and make sure it will perform to optimum result for the perfectly grilled steak or mouth watering pork ribs. Fortunately, there is a solution to make this job a lot easier and effortless in your end, if you prepare it right.

Depending on whether you are cooking with gas, charcoal or electric grills, the procedure can slightly change, but it call all boil down to these basic preparation and some precautions you need to keep in mind:

1. Before lighting the gas, charcoal briquettes, or turning on an electric burner, make sure you keep a small water pan beside the fire source and a drip pan, just under the grilling grates. Water in the pan will evaporate during the grilling session, and as the vapor goes up, it reaches and makes the grate wet throughout. This very thin layer of water will reduce the amount of fat and grease sticking and burning on the grate, and simply let them drip down to the drip pan for catching excess fat. If you electric grill is of clam-shell type with flat griddle, make sure it is slight sliding towards one side, so that the drippings can easily flow and be collected in the dripping tray.

2. Buying porcelain-enamel coated gas grill grates is another way to make washing simple and quick. These grates are sometimes called by another name – ceramic cooking grates. The ceramic liner simple acts as a protective layer between the metal used to make the grate and the fat or juicy liquid released from food during the heating process. They make grilling grates less sticky to your grilled food, like chicken skin, or pork tenderloin and some other veggies with easy to burn surfaces.

3. After you finish grilling, do not clean it right away, nor should you leave until very later. If you clean your grill right away, when it is still sizzling hot, you have very high risk of hazardous accidents. Plus it makes some grill parts less durable due to sudden change in temperature when they come into contact with cold or cool water. If on the other hand, you leave for too long, let’s say a day or two before cleaning, it becomes almost impossible to wash them properly. By the time all the grill accessories and parts are completely cool, fat and grease had enough chance to set and become very hard to remove. You will need to scrub your grill or smoker intensely with hard wire sponges in order to get rid of burned grease – and this is of course bad for your grill and it will quickly loose the protective layer needed for life shell.

4. Soft metal wire brushes with medium to a little hardiness are best for most grill cleaning jobs. You can also purchase them with built in water container, which slowly disperses water or lightly dishwasher detergent mixed liquid to generate extra steam and make the job a whole lot easier.