r/blackstone

My wife's son uses my Blackstone often when cooking Sunday lunch,. but he never cleans it. After he left it a mess with all the sugar from a tri-tip marinade, I asked him the following week if he would clean. He said he would. So I went inside and got my water spray bottle and brought it out. By the time I got back he said he was done. The grill still had all the sugars, etc from the previous week. He just scraped all the big pieces off. When I said here is the water, he said he didn't need it When I pointed out all the sugars etc that had caked on the grill, he said it did not matter. He said he would just clean it off the next time he grilled. I told that was fine and I would do it myself. He then blew up at me. I am wrong to expect someone who uses my grill to properly clean it?

I want to get a pizza oven attachment for my husband for Father’s Day but don’t know where to start. I want to get him one he will really like. He has the bigger black stone that has a stand. I’m not sure what’s a good option. Does anyone have any experience or advice for me? Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone! I’ve had my blackstone for close to a year and love it! However, last month we had a wicked storm roll through and blew this bad boy over. Since then I’m having trouble igniting a flame. The gas lines definitely still work, I can smell it immediately every time I open the propane line and turn on the burners. The problem is when I push the ignitor button it doesn’t light the burners right away. Sometimes I have to keep trying and trying for minutes while turning gas on and off so I don’t blow my eyebrows off. Now I just take the griddle completely off to expose the burners and light them by hand with a lighter. So that being said i believe the igniting system is no longer creating a spark. I can hear the “clicking” when I push the ignitor button every time so it’s not completely broken. Does anyone have any insight on a problem like this? Is it hard to replace these things? Is there a quick fix other than removing the griddle to every time? Any help or suggestions would be amazing!

TLDR; grill fell over, ignitior button works but won’t actually ignite the flowing gas through the burners. Help. :)

Not sure how to add a picture here btw, sorry!

I always get this extremely hard to remove crud on the side of my Blackstone shelves. Even some on the handles, but the side shelves are the biggest culprit. What is the best cleaner you guys have to recommend to break through this stuff. I’ve used some grill cleaner, but think I need to resort a carburetor cleaner. Lol. Just joking.

My father's blackstone has been covered in NE ohio since he got sick about 6 years ago. He has a Blackstone grill maybe 48 inches with a grill side and a griddle side. A weber gas grill that I might be able to save. And a smoker that I can't tell the model of yet.
I'm aware that the Weber and the smoker are dirty from at least six years ago.

But the Blackstone seems affected but not damaged after all this time.
The griddle that drops in is orange and even had a bit of colorful grease slick on the water that had pooled. Beneath, the burners looked new as I drew the water off the griddle. I don't know much about Blackstone grills, but the part of me that knows cast iron cookware thinks it can be saved. The question is always effort vs. cost.
Old grit from the same 16th birthday party is caked to the grates on the left side but it seems that the burners are still freshish and shockingly clean.
What do I need to do to get this grill going?