Best grill brush

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Get your grill as good as new after a big barbecue session with the best grill brush. Everyone loves to eat barbecued food and many take pride in cooking up a storm over the flames in their backyard or campsite. However, cleaning the grill afterward is enough to make you question whose idea it was to hold a barbecue in the first place. 

It’s a style of cooking that creates lots of dripping fat, meat juices, and carbonized food better known collectively as gunk – which is difficult to remove. The answer is to get a good grill brush. These use strong steel bristle brushes (although there are alternatives) to help you scrub away the grease and debris created by even a modest barbecue. Often they will have a scraper too to gouge off the really stubborn stuff and restore your beloved barbecue to its shiny best.

Best overall

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Grill Brush and Scraper - Extra Strong BBQ Cleaner

Tough brush and sharp scraper

This extra-strong tool has a safe wire bristle brush and sharp stainless steel scraper to help remove even the most stubborn grill gunk. With a strong 18” handle and stiff plentiful bristles, the brush will reach more of your grill with the scraper there for backup. Works on all grate types but won’t mark porcelain, stainless steel, or cast iron.

Best for large grills

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Weber 6494 12-Inch 3-Sided Grill Brush

Well designed brush that’s easy to use

This grill brush has been designed by barbecue legends Weber to clean large surfaces as efficiently as possible. The three-sided brush has a wide head for good coverage while the shorter sides are ideal for cleaning edges and dislodging debris between grates. The thick bristles are made from stainless steel and an ergonomic handle gives you good leverage when cleaning.

Best for access

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Cuisinart Grill Cleaning Brush CCB-5014

Get into all the corners of your grill with this brush and scraper 

This stainless steel brush and scraper has a 15.5” handle so you can access all the dirty areas of your grill. The brush bristles are made from stainless steel and there’s a scraper at the end of the brush for the toughest debris. The handle is comfortable to hold and the whole brush can be rinsed under water, ready for your next barbecue.

Best bristle free brush

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Kona Safe/Clean Grill Brush - Bristle Free BBQ Grill Brush

Bristle free cleaning that will last for years

This unique grill brush has no bristles so there are no sharp edges or dislodged bristles to worry about. This means the tool will last longer, staying rigid and in one piece where other grill brushes are wearing down and falling apart. The handle length is the right length to protect your hand from heat and give you the optimum cleaning angle.

Bottom line

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If you’re barbecuing and don’t want to dread the clean-up, you need a good grill brush. These dedicated tools are what’s needed to remove the accumulated gunk and grease from your grill and restore it back to being hygienic enough for your next cookout. We recommend the Grill Brush and Scraper. Its super strong bristles are tough enough to stand up to the greasiest grate and there’s the scraper to provide important backup. It makes cleaning your grill something to be done quickly and easily rather than avoided. 

For a different bristle-free approach, we like the Kona Safe/Clean Grill Brush. It’s a good alternative to all those scratching steel bristles that works just as well to get your grill gleaming again. 

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