Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
After seeing Dave in KC's really helpful comparison between Dawn Dish Power Dissolver and Sam's Oven, Grill & Fryer Cleaner, I decided that I would load up the next time I had a good reason to go to Sam's (about a 36 mile round trip). Thanks, again, Dave for taking the time to do a Consumer Reports worthy job of comparing these two products. If you didn't see Dave's post, his results showed essentially a tie in performance.
I paid almost $36 on Amazon for two bottles of the Dawn. I may have used points and at the time just really wanted to see if I could get the results others did.
For virtually the identical amount of money I came home today with TWELVE bottles of the Sams product:
I think Sams is big enough that the "Bruce Effect" won't happen as quick compared to Jeff Bezos's high-tech, big brother is watching you shop Amazon world where our club members (including me, sorry) have actually impacted the prices charged for some grill products! Nevertheless, I stocked up for convenience and for fear I would go back the next time and find it no longer available.
I found the Dawn product to be effective, especially after using the way Jeff recommended. I don't think it is a miracle cure for every situation, but I did well on stainless and I think it would excel on parts covered with gunky moist grease. The really long burned on stuff will still take a grinder/wire cup brush or some other more aggressive measures. I went through a bottle and a half (at $18 a bottle) of this stuff pretty quickly. Less than $3 a bottle sounds a lot better!
I will report back on my experiences with the Sam's product when I can get busy restoring again. Unfortunately, my mother in law - who lives with us along with my father in law - has maybe a few days to live. We are dealing with that, so grill projects are on hold for a while. I appreciate your prayers for my father in law who is taking this pretty hard.
I paid almost $36 on Amazon for two bottles of the Dawn. I may have used points and at the time just really wanted to see if I could get the results others did.
For virtually the identical amount of money I came home today with TWELVE bottles of the Sams product:
I think Sams is big enough that the "Bruce Effect" won't happen as quick compared to Jeff Bezos's high-tech, big brother is watching you shop Amazon world where our club members (including me, sorry) have actually impacted the prices charged for some grill products! Nevertheless, I stocked up for convenience and for fear I would go back the next time and find it no longer available.
I found the Dawn product to be effective, especially after using the way Jeff recommended. I don't think it is a miracle cure for every situation, but I did well on stainless and I think it would excel on parts covered with gunky moist grease. The really long burned on stuff will still take a grinder/wire cup brush or some other more aggressive measures. I went through a bottle and a half (at $18 a bottle) of this stuff pretty quickly. Less than $3 a bottle sounds a lot better!
I will report back on my experiences with the Sam's product when I can get busy restoring again. Unfortunately, my mother in law - who lives with us along with my father in law - has maybe a few days to live. We are dealing with that, so grill projects are on hold for a while. I appreciate your prayers for my father in law who is taking this pretty hard.
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