Sams Club Member Mark Grill Cleaner


 
Bruce

Bruce

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I was looking to order some Sams Club grill cleaner and notice the packaging and bottling has changed. The price and quantity is the same. Does anyone know if it is still the same product with different packaging?

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Member's Mark Commercial Oven, Grill and Fryer Cleaner, 32 oz., 3 pk. - Sam's Club

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I cannot definitely say, but I bought some last year and that is what the packaging looks like

*edit* and you had me scared that they may have changed it because of how much I love that stuff.
 
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Essentially it is the same product, although at a lower range of concentration. According to the SD sheets, the new product is 3.0 - 7.0 % sodium hydroxide and the older product is 5 - 10% sodium hydroxide (lye, caustic soda). Shrinkflation, apparently, watered down more but same price.

In looking for the SDS for the older product, I came across a lower price ($17.76) for the 3-pk sold through Walmart. It's confusing, though, because the front label is the older product and the back label is the new product, but you may find a better price with a little searching.

EDIT: Oops...I thought the price was $10 each at Sam's, but it's $10 for the 3-pk.
 
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I have never tried this stuff is it better then Easy Off Grill Cleaner or Simple Green Grill Cleaner. Those I have used. How does it compare?
 
I like Easy Off, but I use the MM Grill cleaner differently. I use it (MM) to spray on and then scrub but mostly I use it as a soak. I pour 3 bottles or so into a shallow pan that I can lay grates and other parts in to soak for a day or two at a time. After that, hitting the grates with a pressure washer cleans them up nicely except sometimes some stubborn stuff. The easy off is more of a spray on, let sit for a half hour or so and then scrub which is good for stuff that can't be soaked.
 
I like soaking the hardware in it. The lid pins, r clips, and the SS manifold bolts. I have yet to soak grates in it but can only imagine how well it would work. I like easy off for the initial cleaning of cookboxes (post scrape), since it seems to stick better and soak into and break down the built up stuff a little more.

And its pricing is FAR superior.
 
Thanks everyone.

Cody, I always wondered if there was another way to get the lid pin clips and r clips restored. I usually threw away the r clips and bought new, and if I did not wire wheel the lid pin clips, I would just buy new too.

Bruce, does your method of using it on grates work for all types or only stainless-steel grill grates?
 
NOOOO. YOu could soak CI grates in there for a month. Now, I would be extremely cautious with aluminum parts however. Regular use isn't a problem, but soaking them could very well be.

I believe MM grill cleaner contains Sodium Hydroxide which is basically Lye. I did soak an end cap in a 5 gallon bucket with lye water a couple years ago and it ate that thing up bad.
 
Samuel said:
Thanks everyone.

Cody, I always wondered if there was another way to get the lid pin clips and r clips restored. I usually threw away the r clips and bought new, and if I did not wire wheel the lid pin clips, I would just buy new too.

Bruce, does your method of using it on grates work for all types or only stainless-steel grill grates?
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This is what they looked like after a simple straining. There’s no less than 5 of those little R pins in various locations on the floor in my shop after being put into orbit from my bench grinder.
 

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Ed P said:
Essentially it is the same product, although at a lower range of concentration. According to the SD sheets, the new product is 3.0 - 7.0 % sodium hydroxide and the older product is 5 - 10% sodium hydroxide (lye, caustic soda). Shrinkflation, apparently, watered down more but same price.
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As I suspected. Ed P, thanks for doing the home work on this.
Your average guy that cleans his grill once a year will not likely
notice a difference. Those of us that clean two or three a year,
will see a difference that requires a little more elbow grease.
 
Well if it's a lesser concentration the old stuff must've been absolutely scary to use. Because this stuff is pretty scary to me
 
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