Bull Grill Cleaning & Repair

Bull grills are built around stainless construction and cast stainless burners, at a price below the luxury brands. The model names are easy to remember: the Angus, Outlaw, Lonestar Select and the larger Brahma. They come as drop-in heads, on carts, and installed in Bull's prefab islands, which often include a side burner, refrigerator and storage doors.

Because Bull islands were sold widely and installed quickly, we see a lot of them that went in as a weekend project and haven't been touched since. A good cleaning and a look at the gas connections goes a long way on those.

• Igniters. Many Bull grills use simple per-burner ignition. When one burner stops lighting, it's usually the electrode, wire or the igniter itself. See igniter replacement.
• Grease and flare-ups. Flame tamers and drip trays that haven't been cleaned in years.
• Spiders in burners. Lazy, yellow or uneven flame on a grill that sat. Our page on spider and insect blockages explains the fix.
• Island gas connections. Flex lines and fittings inside prefab islands that were never leak tested properly, or have loosened. See our gas leak soap test guide.
• Rust on lower-grade parts. Hardware and some internal parts on older grills.

Grates, flame tamers and burners come out. We clear burner ports and venturi tubes, scrape and degrease the firebox with a biodegradable cleaner, and clean the drip tray. On islands, we also look inside the access doors for grease drips, rodent nests and the condition of the gas connections. Ignition and flame are tested on every burner. Rinse water is collected, and the work area is covered with drop cloths. If your island includes a side burner or refrigerator, our outdoor kitchen service covers those too.

Bull parts are generally easy to find for most models, and the grills use straightforward components, which keeps repair simple. The rating label is usually on the grill head, often visible under the control panel or with the drip tray removed. If a Bull grill head is past saving but the island is sound, a new head that fits the same cutout is often the simplest fix. See replacing a grill in the same cutout.

Bull's cast stainless burners are thick and long-lived, so on most Bull grills we spend more time on ignition, flame tamers and the grease system than on burners.