If you ask 10 professional chefs how to clean a commercial griddle, you’re likely to get 10 different answers.
There are several ways to skin the proverbial cat.
While cleaning methods and materials may differ from chef to chef, the goal is universal: a clean, sanitary griddle that allows for efficient cooking and delicious, unadulterated food.
What You’ll Need
- Griddle scraper
- Griddle brick/pumice stone
- Cooking oil
- Soda water/club soda
- Vinegar
- Rag
It usually takes 5-10 minutes to properly clean a grill.
Directions
- While the griddle is hot, pour 1 cup of cooking oil (you can use fryer oil) onto the griddle surface.
- Scrub the griddle surface with a griddle brick/pumice stone, making small concentric circles—Miyagi style—until the surface is clean.
- Scrape the oil into the grease trough and discard. Turn the griddle off.
- Pour (carefully) 1 cup of club soda/seltzer water onto the still-hot griddle. The carbonation helps loosen and lift stubborn grease.
- Scrub the griddle surface with your griddle brick/pumice stone, making small concentric circles until the surface is clean. Scrape remaining liquid into the trough for discarding.
- Pour 1/2 cup of vinegar onto the griddle surface, spreading liquid out evenly across the entire surface and not allowing the vinegar to pool.
- Rub the griddle surface with a rag, making small concentric circles until the surface is polished.
- Scrape the vinegar into your grease trough and discard.
- Rub the surface with a rag soaked in cooking oil to polish and reseason the steel.
- Bask in the warm glow of your newly cleaned griddle.
“How Often Should I Clean My Commercial Griddle?”
If your griddle sees heavy daily use, we advise cleaning it daily. This will prevent flavor transfer, efficiency loss and unsightly burnt-oil-flake contamination.
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Thanks so much for posting something non-chemical. Everything I read is about a professional degreaser. I just purchased the stone so I’m excited to try this cleaning out. Thanks again!
I volunteer cook for a non-profit organization. Your instructions for how to clean a flat top grill with the pumice stone was just what I needed. Thank you!
I ate at a restaurant that didn’t clean off the residue that the cleaning leaves and have had intense cramps in my gut. thanks
Should I clean my blackstone outdoor griddle the same way?
Local establishment uses AMMONIA to clean griddle at end of day. The smell is just awful. Is this safe? Is this safe for their employees – and customers – to be breathing this in?