Beverly HillsGrill Cleaning & BBQ Repair

Five miles from the ocean makes a difference. Beverly Hills gets less marine layer than Santa Monica and runs noticeably warmer in summer, so salt corrosion is a minor issue here. What we see instead is baked-on grease. Hot afternoons and frequent entertaining cook a grill's grease film into a hard, dark lacquer on the hood interior and heat plates. Left long enough, it flakes onto food and blocks the grease path, and flare-ups follow.

The other culprit is water. Los Angeles tap water is hard, and sprinklers that hit an outdoor kitchen leave chalky white spots on stainless that harden over time. People often think those spots are corrosion. Usually they're mineral deposits, and they come off with the right technique and no harsh acids. See our stainless steel care guide for the do's and don'ts.

In the flats south of Sunset, outdoor kitchens tend to be compact built-ins along a back wall or next to the pool. North of Sunset and up into Trousdale Estates and the hillside streets, the kitchens get bigger and the access gets trickier: gated drives, terraced lots, equipment carried down stairs. Condo and apartment buildings along Wilshire and south toward Pico often have shared pool-deck grills that we service for building management.

Whatever the setting, the visit is the same: everything comes apart, gets cleaned and inspected, goes back together, and gets test-fired before we leave. If a part's worn, we show it to you first. If you want to know what happens step by step, read what happens during a professional cleaning.