Cleaning Cadac griddle plate (1 Viewer)

[Ray-Vic]

Evening all,

We're still learning and, after a few trips now, absolutely loving our new venture.

We've just got back from a great weekend at Homing Park in Whitstable, and used our Cadac a couple of times when there. I was just wondering what you guys do with respects to heating, using oil (or not) and cleaning of the griddle plate. Naturally I don't want to take off the non stick surface so assume a wire brush is out of the question, but wondered what you do with yours ie do you clean immediately when still warm or wait for it to get cold, and what do you use to clean it?

The bottom pan and lid is no issue, they cleaned really easily, but cleaning the griddle seems like hard work as the burgers we cooked stuck to it, meaning there were chunks which were fairly hard to get off.

Many thanks in anticipation for any tips.

 

[Kannon Fodda]

The griddle plates are not, contrary to Cadac's own claims, the simplest things to clean. I suspect one of the reasons for them being a love or hate thing amongst Funsters. It's made worse that after the first few uses some of the properties of the ceramic coatings seem to degrade through use. I use mine a lot and accept cleaning is a pain. I just use the green sponge type scourers, hot water, washing up liquid and elbow grease.

Spraying the griddle with a cooking oil before plonking the meat on helps, and even when turning the meat over. I use the lightweight sunflower 1 calorie cooking type sprays. I've seen references that post cooking another spray and warming can help soften stuff, but if you leave too long it will again start to burn on. That keeping warm is also not what you want to do when you want to enjoy your nice cooked food.

 

[RedFrame]

When finished cooking, put some water in it and simmer, turn off and use a plastic kitchen brush to "scrub" clean.

Store in an old towel to prevent damage to non stick surface.

Done us well for years.

Cheers
Red

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[Two on Tour]

We use Teflon non-stick sheet on our Cadac grill plates and they are a doddle to clean, usually just by wiping over with a piece of kitchen towel.
I bought it on a roll from Amazon and cut it with scissors to the shape of the grill plates.

Amazon product ASIN B09L4BCGTR

 

[Ray-Vic]

That looks great stuff, just ordered some. Thanks very much for that

 

[Nirvanauk]

We use a layer of fairy liquid cover in boiling water then leave overnight. Works a treat.

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[pappajohn]

It's going stick every time anyway so get a copper bristle wire brush on it

 

[Googlebot]

We use Teflon non-stick sheet on our Cadac grill plates and they are a doddle to clean, usually just by wiping over with a piece of kitchen towel.
I bought it on a roll from Amazon and cut it with scissors to the shape of the grill plates.

Amazon product ASIN B09L4BCGTR

Listened to a podcast the other day about things like teflon and scotchguard.

Apparently they are looking at alternatives as they are environmentally horrendous chemicals. Very resilient and waterproof, don’t degrade and basically, like plastics are here forever but quite toxic to other things.

Obviously not Cadac though, the stuff they use only lasts once.

 

[Helen Bushnell]

At the Newbury show they had plastic folding large bowls to soak them in, which seemed a good idea.

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[Deadloss]

After you’ve finished cooking, put the lid on, put the heat on full and wait until it stops smoking. Turn off and let it cool. All remaining foodstuffs will have become carbon dust and can be brushed off with a stiff brush. Have done this on all my BBQs.

 

[MisterB]

Cadac actually sell a very stiff small brush to clean the hotplate etc, its quite good but bloody expensive.
we have started to use the teflon sheet 'stuff' and have found its a doddle to keep the cadac clean now.
you dont actually want it perfectly clean, its like a wok that needs 'seasoning', just use it and wipe clean when hot.

 

[Kups]

I've been using Cadac's own foam spray and their small round bristle brush. Nasty stuff the spray but it does what it says on the tin. Can take a couple of sprays and best to wait for a clear space in the campsite washup before you press the button! Also worth wearing gloves unless you want to lose the top layer of skin and don't breathe it in either. Might try the teflon material but presumably you don't get the BBQ smoke flavour.

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[SteveandSueJ]

We use Teflon non-stick sheet on our Cadac grill plates and they are a doddle to clean, usually just by wiping over with a piece of kitchen towel.
I bought it on a roll from Amazon and cut it with scissors to the shape of the grill plates.

Amazon product ASIN B09L4BCGTR

Cadac actually make their own and they are good. .

 

[bigtwin]

It is exactly this issue (difficult to clean) that we sold our Cadac; life is too short to deal with that hassle.

We bought a Cobb instead, much easier to clean.

Ian

 

[Burgo]

After you’ve finished cooking, put the lid on, put the heat on full and wait until it stops smoking. Turn off and let it cool. All remaining foodstuffs will have become carbon dust and can be brushed off with a stiff brush. Have done this on all my BBQs.

+1. You do need to get it "f" hot. On the plus side the smoke will deter mossies. When cool I just brush off any lumps of carbon then just put ours in a placcie bag, then just it again next time "as is".

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[seasideBill]

My wife who is a big Cadac fan reckons a good soak with water & washing up liquid is the best way of cleaning it. Seems Cadac now make a bespoke tray for that purpose, but obviously cheaper ways of achieving the same outcome are available.

Cadac Soak Tray

 

[dunnah01]

Just chuck it upside down on the grass and wipe it clean in the morning. don't tell the wardens though.

 

[Jackd]

We took ours to the local nuclear weapons establishment to see if they could shift the foodstuffs…

….. No joy

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[Burgo]

We took ours to the local nuclear weapons establishment to see if they could shift the foodstuffs…

….. No joy

Probably not best to name the company, but back in '74 ish the company I did my apprenticeship at had a hot trichloroetylene degreasing tank. Staring into it was like looking into the mists of time, and was a good place to skive off as it was always warm by it. You could stick absolutely anything into it apart from it's intended contents - horrible roasting tins, knackered motorcycle chains, anything, and just a few minutes they would be piping hot and totally, absolutely, grease and oil free.

Legend had it amongst the workers that the local fire brigade, mindful of an adjoining cyanide salt bath we had used for hardening certain metals, as well as a welding bay where, as well as different alloys we also welded magnesium door frames, were of the opinión that If anything went wrong it would probably take out half the town and they'd be bu663red if they would go anywhere near us!