Mark Shaw wrote:
> I recall seeing a new gas grill in a store once that had an
> interesting accessory. It was essentially a scraper for the
> cast iron grates; one just wide enough to get down into the
> spaces in them. It looked like the idea was to run it back
> and forth in the space, cleaning out all the crusties in one
> or two passes. The thing was shaped such that it would get
> the top of the grates clean at the same time as well.
>
> Oh, it was also made out of cast iron, I suppose so that it
> would be heavy enough to work and soft enough not to damage
> the grates.
>
> Anyone ever seen anything like this? I doubt they'd be
> commonly available, because of differences in grate dimen-
> sions -- any ideas on something that could be fabricated to
> do the same thing?

Here's one made out of Stainless steel that will fit *my* SS grates.
http://www.kamado.com/images/accessorypage/gs2.jpg

You are looking at the business end of it, in the background, it has a ceramic
handle.
It's very useful. I think that Monroe has found over 2027 uses for it.
8-)

BOB