gas grill that doesn't need cleaning

I am looking for gas grille that doesn't need cleaning. It is a hard job to clean ours, takes fun out of using it, thanks

In my opinion this is a topic that should be on Tractor Tales but I will entertain you anyway. I will just tell myself that you invite your tractor buddies over often for cookouts. The real answer is how ..sterilized clean.. do you like it and how much residual material are you willing to leave for flavor? After you are finished do you turn the heat wide open and let it burn off for 10 - 15 minutes, if not this could be helpful. After that next time you go to use it wipe the grill grate of with a wet paper towel or rag and then the cooking surface is relatively clean. If you are a guy that has to clean the whole inside of the grill spotless clean nearly like it was new, you are in a uphill battle. Last grill I got was from Menards it is an Aussie brand Bonza Deluxe 3, not even sure if they still carry them. It had enameled cast iron grates and cast iron burners. I do not even practice what I preach above here is a picture of it after being shut off after cooking 4 very lean organic grass fed burgers on the left half. Next time I will preheat it and hit it with the brass grill brush then go over it quick with a wet paper towel and it will be good enough for me. In my opinion anything left at that point is sterile from the heat. All the residual stuff around the cabinet etc. is there as flavor enhancer. Might even help boost your immune system because neither my wife or me were down with the recent plague. The grill is somewhere in the 5-8 year old range and last year the burners rusted through partly due to my own fault of not cleaning the back part of the grill where the burners rest. I welded a steel patch with a washer to locate it on two of them. I see the last of the 3 needs repaired now. My son recently hired on at a sheet metal fabrication company as their maintenance manager. He said he could fabricate a new back burner rest out of stainless and also build me a new drip tray that rusted out some time ago. I should also add new replacement burners for in were not terribly expensive, but I am cheap.

While nobody wants to eat off a grille that never gets cleaned, you want a little residue on it for food flavoring.
Case-in-point: About a year ago, the local Orscheln's store had a manager special on an Even Embers (brand) pellet grille. The cost of this grille was less than a dollar a pound. So if this grille weighs in at 150 lbs., ......well you get the hint what I paid for it. Anyway, inside the operator's manual it says that your food will continue to taste better the more you use it. To me, that means don't clean it too often. That being said, I'm going to hit the insides of it with a power washer this weekend.

Cleaning for me means after cooking get it as hot as it will go for 5 minutes or so. Next time fire it up on the hottest it will go for 5 minutes. Hit the grates with a grill brush and cook. I grill with a lot of marinades and baste while grilling. Every so often I clean out the bottom of the grill especially if its smoky or wants to light up. As far as a grill that requires no cleaning? Let me know when you find one. I cant believe they exist.

What is your definition of clean?

For me, I preheat the grill then rub a wad of aluminum foil over the grating to clean it.

Thats it, thats all.

It don't use a brush on the grate cause I don't want to clean the brush, I just toss the nickel worth of foil.

You can put grates in a self cleaning oven.
Better have a good vent fan, a lot of smoke..
Or put an oven in your pole barn or garage for canning.

The only way I know to keep a grill clean is to not use it. The very act of cooking will get it dirty with food residues. So far, I have never seen one that can clean itself.

Personally, I only grill with charcoal or wood, and they both will make a mess.

Cover the grates with aluminum foil, shiny side down. Light and turn on hi. Wait. In a few minutes the stuff on the grates will be a white ash that brushes off easily.

Don't do this too often as the high temp created will shorten the life of the grates. I do it a couple of times, maybe three in a season. The rest of the time it is just a grill brush then wipe with a water soaked rag (held in tongs) on a hot grille.