

The stone cleans well and removes gunk from the grill, but it leaves behind a white residue on both the grill surface and your hand. It can be used on both warm and cold grill surfaces, but since your hand will be very close to the cooking grate, we would not advise using this on your grill until it is cooled down. The one we tested didn’t come with a handle, which means that you need to hold it in your hand while cleaning the grill. The EarthStone Grill Cleaning Block is exactly that and nothing more - it’s a stone block that you use to clean the surface of your grill. To ensure you aren’t making a mess on any surfaces once you’re finished with this brush, and to avoid gunky buildup, this grill brush requires a thorough cleaning after each use. The brush features lab-tested, extra-long red nylon bristles, which work well when cleaning, but we found they hold onto the gunk from your grill when you’re finished. We found the Char Broil nylon bristle brush worked well when it came to cleaning the grill, but because of the material of the bristles, it can only be used on a cooled grill surface.

We took all of these factors into consideration when selecting the Kona BBQ Grill Brush as the best nonwire grill brush on the market right now.

Each brush has a unique way that it cleans the grill, so some of the brushes require extra steps like dipping them in water or wiping down the grill after using a stone that leaves behind residue. We cleaned the grills with each brush several times to see how effectively they cleaned on the different types of cooking grates. We used several different types of grills for this test - a three-burner Weber Spirit Gas Grill, which features a flat, cast-iron grate, and traditional charcoal kettle grills featuring both stainless steel grates and porcelain-coated wire grates.

For our final test, we slathered racks of ribs with barbecue sauce and let them do their thing on our grills. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN accountĪ post shared by CNN Underscored spent weeks grilling dozens of burgers and chicken leg quarters to test our pool of grill brushes - but after all that, we decided the grills just weren’t messy enough.
