Spring Cleaning Hacks You'll Wish You'd Found Out Years Ago

Clean Your Grill With an Onion

You can clean your grill gates after a long winter of neglect by rubbing half an onion over the metal. The sugar and water in the onion will act as a "deglazer" and make it good as new again. Then, you can chop the layer of the onion you used for cleaning and throw on the rest of it with your next barbecue.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.