Most outdoor grillers spend a lot of time making sure their grill is clean, not only because it helps the grill last, but food just tastes better on a clean grill. However, most of the time, the cooking surface is ignored until it is time to cook.

They fired up the grill, grab the steel brush and scrape off the remnants of the last thing they cooked. Throw a steak, a burger or some chicken on the freshly cleaned surface and, when it’s time to flip it, find some of it has stuck to the steel grid.