How to clean your braai

Spring has certainly sprung! With this fantastic weather we're having and rugby to watch this weekend, it's time to get out the braai and invite friends over.

It seems inevitable that we always remember to buy all the food and get everything ready but as we go to light the fire we remember that the braai hasn't been cleaned for months and there's still all sorts of things stuck to it.

Not this time, I have some fabulous tips to help you get your braai cleaned up before the braai actually starts. If your braai looks anything like mine you'll need to start with brushing out the old, burnt-out coals. It's always a good idea to wear gloves when handling any cleaning products. Take the grates which all the meat rests on while cooking and have them soak in a special solution. Now you'll need a container large enough for the grates to be able to soak in. Into this container you can add five parts of hot water and one part of Blendwell Chemicals' Wac GP Liquid. So if you are adding 5 litres of water you will then add 1 litre of Blendwell Chemicals' Wac GP Liquid. Wac GP Liquid is a brilliant cleaning chemical that seriously wacks away grease, grime and dirt. For cleaning your braai you're going to use this cleaning product at a very high ratio but as we all know burnt-on grease is no fun to clean off.

Leave the grates soaking in the solution for 20 minutes. This will give the cleaning chemical a chance to start working and for the hard parts to begin to soften. You should then take a wire brush and brush off the grates. Depending on how much dirt and grease is on the grates, you may need to scrub a little but this fantastic cleaning product will be doing most of the hard work for you.

If you have a built-in braai with some metal sides, you can clean these with the same solution as you used to soak the grates but you can use a plastic brush or cloth to clean the sides and wipe with a wet cloth afterwards. For a weber braai use a cloth and rinse with clean water.

Blendwell Chemicals manufactures Wac GP Liquid. Wac GP Liquid is an extremely versatile cleaning product that can clean just about anything. For more information on this and other cleaning products please visit http://www.blendwell.co.za/ Blendwell Chemicals manufactures their huge product range in Halfway house, Midrand, South Africa.