1. Get The Grill Hot - to start the grooving process, ensure your grill is hot. The hotter the better. High heat allows the grooves to form quickly. 2. Work Back and Forth - Using slow firm pressure, pass the Great Scrape front to back on the hot grates. Small groovers will begin to form. 3. Repeat - align the previously formed grooves to the grates ensuring that only ONE good set of grooves are formed. Once grooves have formed high heat is not necessary.

Great Scrape only uses premium grade hardwoods like Oak and Beech. Although some wood grill scrapers use lesser quality wood like bamboo or pine that does not scraper as well or last as long. Some even use glued together pieces of lumber, but that is not something recommended for a tool being used on a hot grill.

Each Great Scrape is already treated with a food safe mineral oil (butcher block oil). If the color begins to fade over time, reapply mineral oil as appropriate.

Unlike the conventional wire brushes, the Great Scrape can be cleaned by simply wiping the charred debris off the tip with a paper towel, cloth or napkin.

To clean the sides of the BBQ grill grates, simply turn the Great Scrape at an angle to reach in between the grates. To clean the bottom of the grates, flip the grates over and use the Great Scrape as normal. If the grates are spaced very closely together, remove the grates and wash or soak in water.

Generally, as long as your grill grates are straight, the Great Scrape should work on your grill. Because the size and shape of all grill grates vary by manufacturer, the Great Scrape may groove faster and/or deeper on some grills than it will on others.

Yes, because the Great Scrape is made of solid wood, there are no metal bristles or metal scrapers to chip, crack or scratch delicate cooking surfaces such as porcelain, ceramic, or others.

The grooves will start to form during the first use. Although they start small, as you continue to use the Great Scrape the grooves will get deeper and deeper, eventually covering the cooking surface of each individual grate.

Because of the design, the grooving process will slow down as the grooves reach the thicker part of the wood. Longevity is also determined by how well it is taken care of. We recommend storing it out of the elements e.g. under your grill cover. With proper care you should expect years of use from your Great Scrape.

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Of course we are going to be a little bias, but we have been in business for a long time and have hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers. We cannot speak to the imitators and knock off's with jagged and curved edges trying to work around our patents (you know who you are) but the Great Scrape works extremely well to scrape of grill debris by customizing to virtually any grill.