Probably sounds like a stupid question but how do you clean your gas bbq? My ex would never get one so I treated myself to one recently. I've got to grips with cooking on it but not how to clean it.
I read to turn it on full with the lid down for 5 minutes and let it all burn off before scrubbing/wiping the grill. I tried that but then flames started shooting out of the back of the bbq and I had to turn off the gas and carefully move it away from the fence/plants. I was pretty concerned that the whole garden was about to catch light.
I can clean the cooking grill in the sink (although a real pain as only part of it fits in, maybe it would go in the dishwasher) but what else do I need to clean? I've emptied the small drip tray as that was full of grease, how would I clean the metal heat shields that go over the burners (I think that's what they are called), do the burners themselves need cleaning and how should I clean the actual bottom of the bbq under the burners as that is covered in carbon deposits and grease now.