Grills cleaned in Hazel Park, before the season.

Before the season, the grill scrubbed down to the metal, on a Hazel Park street the truck's already on. The first cookout tastes like food. The price is on the page.

Built-in and oversized units get a confirmed price first.

One-time
$— a grill

A single visit, no plan. Charged after the work.

On a plan
$— a grill

Plan holders. Billed after the visit.

Added to a plan: $— a grill, done during a seasonal visit and spread across the monthly bill.

Own a rental?Between-tenant jobs, same prices as any house.

Hazel Park changes from block to block, with 1920s bungalows near downtown and postwar Cape Cods farther out, and many of them are mid-renovation. A grill cleaned ahead of the four-day Memorial Weekend Festival, which ends with the Memorial Day Parade, is ready before the first crowd comes over.

Hazel Park calls itself the Friendly City, and much of that friendliness happens around a backyard grill once May arrives. Spring is the usual slot, with early fall there for anyone who keeps grilling after the leaves turn.

Gloved hands lifting the cooking grates out of a gas grill for cleaning. A giant open-mouthed hippo on the course at Mauro's mini golf in Hazel Park, Michigan.

The schedule.

Once a year. Spring, before the first cookout, is the usual slot. Early fall works too for anyone who grills straight through a Michigan winter.

What the visit looks like.

The grates come out onto a drop cloth and the firebox is scraped down to the metal. The burners are cleared so the flame runs even, then it all goes back together and gets lit to check it.

On a plan, this job is done during one of the four visits. The plans, priced for Hazel Park: Home upkeep in Hazel Park.

About grill cleaning, the full page: Grill cleaning.

Rather do it yourself? The guide: Deep cleaning the grill: everything under the grates.

Also in Hazel Park.

A free hour of help. No plan, no card.

One hour of help with whatever's been waiting. Free, no card.