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High Protein BBQ
Today was a beautiful day. I had opened up all the windows, and decided to BBQ dinner for the night. I had noticed that the ants had left pleanty of sand trails between the cracks of my pavers. Great. Didn't see any, but I made note to spray it and clean up the mess. So, I cooked up a burger and ate it. Afterwards, though, it is a good idea to clean the BBQ. So, a few hours later (after dark), I decide that the BBQ is cool enough to clean up and cover up. I went outside, and opened the hood. Put my hand on the drill surface to see if it was cool (well, duh, it's been a while). It was, but I felt a sting on my hand. After looking at my hand, I saw a few ants on it. EEEP! Flicked 'em off. Looked closer at grill, saw some ants crawling around on it. Went to get flashlight. Saw that it was swarming with ants! Also, they were all crawling around the paver trails, and starting on my feet! EEEEP! So, what would you do when you find your BBQ full of ants? Thats right, I turned on the gas, waited a minute, and fired it up "fireball" style (you know, like when you can't get the flint to spark for a while as the BBQ fills with gas). Hehe.. There go those guys! I let it heat up so they quit crawling around on it. And I go to the garage to get my spray, and came back, turned off the grill, and sprayed all over the pavers. Ugh! Looks like tomorrow, I will be thouroughly cleaning the grill like I did that one time someone decided it would be a good idea to cook BACON of all things on it! It seems just fine, and that spray usually gets rid of the ants (or relocates them to another area), so a descent cleaning out is all the BBQ really needs, and it could use it anyway. I'm just glad they were not there when I had my dinner sizzling on it!
Archive Entry 72: High Protein BBQ
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I did clean it when it was hot... scraped it down with the metal brush. Besides, there were enough drippings inside before as well. I had just left it open to cool before I put the vinyl cover back on. They probably have attacked it before, and completely retreated. I've been thinking of moving the grill to the garage anyway (to be wheeled out to driveway for use). We'll see. I don't want to leave it out there uncovered for too long.
Comment by: Kelly
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It's easier to clean the BBQ (and skillets for that matter) while they're hot. For a BBQ, a stiff metal brush should do the trick (for a skillet, paper towels).
Comment by: Sean Conner
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