South Orange County · Irvine shop
The grill company South County actually needs
Restoration, repair, and pro cleaning for Viking, Wolf, Lynx, DCS, Fire Magic, and Twin Eagles — on your premises from Newport Coast to San Clemente. Salt air is the job, not a surprise add-on.
Open Mon–Sun, 9am–9pm · Quote before we start · Same-day when the schedule allows
Factory-trained on luxury built-ins
Parts on the shelf in Irvine
Work stays on your patio
100% satisfaction guarantee
Why South OC is different
Salt air eats luxury grills
Newport Coast, Laguna, Dana Point, and San Clemente cook year-round next to marine moisture. That combination fails igniters, rusts burners, and bakes grease into the firebox faster than inland units. Franchise wipe-downs don’t reverse that. Restoration does.
- Corrosion on stainless burners and venturis
- Clicking igniters that never spark after a marine layer
- Uneven heat from clogged ports and tired heat plates
- Grease systems that overflow into the island
- Pool chlorine and salt air attacking the same firebox
- Built-ins you cannot haul to a shop
Services
What we do to the grill
Not a wipe-down
Restoration
Years of carbon out of the firebox, worn parts replaced, heat evened, stainless detailed. The difference between a dead built-in and a working one.
Diagnose, then quote
Repair
Won’t light, low flame, gas smell, dead rear burner. We find the failed part on your patio and tell you the number before we install it.
Annual maintenance
Cleaning
Full teardown: grates, plates, burners, firebox, grease path, stainless. Food-safe products. Coastal homes usually need this 2–3× a year.
Installs & parts
Outdoor kitchens
New grill in an existing cutout, fire-pit and heater service, parts for the line you already own. We restore the grill — not the masonry.
Every visit
What’s included — not upsold later
Competitors list a menu. We do the inspection as part of the job. You get a clear recommendation: clean, repair, restore, or replace. No work starts until you say go.
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Inspect
Burners, igniters, heat plates, valves, regulator, hoses, grease path. Leak check when gas is involved.
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Teardown
Grates, flavorizers, burners, and trays come out so the firebox actually gets cleaned — not sprayed and hoped.
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Quote
Parts and labor on the patio, before we turn a wrench. If restoration beats a new built-in, we say that. If it doesn’t, we say that too.
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Finish
Light it, check flame pattern and zone heat, polish visible stainless, walk you through what we did.
Proof
Same grill. Different life.
Same Viking, same island in Coto de Caza. Drag the handle — grease and carbon out of the firebox, components serviced, stainless detailed on site.
Process
Four steps on your patio
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01
Inspect
Burners, ignition, heat, grease load, corrosion, and whether the box itself is still sound.
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Deep clean
Hardened grease and carbon come out of the firebox so air, flame, and grease management work again.
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03
Restore
Worn parts rebuilt or replaced. Flame evened. Ignition made reliable. Gas lines corrected if needed.
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Detail
Visible stainless finished so the grill looks like it belongs in the kitchen you built around it.
Repair vs replace
Most South OC islands don’t need a new grill
If the hood and firebox are solid, restoration is usually the better spend on a Viking, Lynx, DCS, or Fire Magic built-in. We won’t sell you a cleaning of a dead unit, and we won’t push a $10k replacement when burners and ignition will do it.
Restore it when
- The island stone/stucco is still good
- The brand still has parts (most luxury lines do)
- One appliance failed, not the whole kitchen
- You want it cooking this week, not in six
Replace it when
- The firebox or hood is structurally gone
- The cutout is wrong for a repairable model
- We say so — then we can source and install
Work
Recent restorations
Customers
From the patio
Solid and fantastic job. Our built in grill has lost its shine. It was already a mess. However, the gentlemen from BBQ restorations have made it look like it is brand new. It works even better than before.
Wes came by same day… 10–12 year old Fire Magic and a 30 year old Charm-glo. He told me he would get it all working — rerunning gas lines, new starters, even welding new plate into the rotted bottom. He honored the quote.
They spent 4 hours to clean my TWO grills. 100% completely satisfied. I will definitely use them again.
Brands we service
If you bought it at Barbecues Galore, we have rebuilt that model
Factory-trained on the lines South Orange County actually owns. Parts in Irvine.
South Orange County
We already have pages for your city
Not a national call center. Irvine-based, on your street from the 73 to the 5. Coastal neighborhoods first.
Newport Coast restoration
Newport Beach cleaning
Laguna Beach Viking repair
Laguna Niguel restoration
Dana Point repair
San Clemente cleaning
Mission Viejo restoration
Irvine cleaning
Coto de Caza cleaning
Ladera Ranch repair
Gas smell — Newport Beach
HOA & community grills
Keep it that way
Coastal maintenance, not a once-and-done
Oceanfront and poolside islands should be on a 2–3× year schedule. HOAs and vacation rentals can put the shared grill on a contract so residents aren’t lighting a grease fire on Saturday.
FAQ
Before you call
How much does BBQ cleaning or restoration cost in South OC?
We quote on site after we see the grill — size, grease load, and whether parts are shot change the number. You get the price before we start. No posted “from $375” that turns into a surprise on a jumbo Lynx island. Call (949) 301-6483 and we’ll tell you how we price a visit.
How often should a coastal grill be cleaned?
Inland Irvine: usually once a year if you cook often. Newport Coast, Laguna, Dana Point, San Clemente: plan on two or three times a year. Salt air plus weekend entertaining is harder on burners and igniters than a wipe-down can keep up with.
What’s included in a restoration vs a cleaning?
Cleaning is maintenance — teardown, degrease, firebox, grease path, stainless, safety check. Restoration is for neglected or failing units: that cleaning plus worn burners, ignition, heat plates, and the performance work so it cooks like it should. We recommend one or the other after the inspection, not both as a package you didn’t ask for.
Do you work on built-in outdoor kitchens?
That’s most of the work. The unit stays in the island. We bring parts from the Irvine shop when we have them so you’re not waiting on a distributor for a common Viking or Lynx burner.
Is restoration better than replacement?
When the hood and firebox are sound, yes — especially on a premium built-in. If the structure is gone, we say so and can talk replacement instead of shining up a dead grill.
Do you come to me the same day?
Often, yes. Seven days, evenings, holidays. Text or call (949) 301-6483. We’re based in Irvine, so South County is a normal drive, not a “maybe next week” zone.
Book it
Free on-site estimate
Tell us the brand, the city, and what’s failing. We confirm a window. No online-only booking maze — talk to the shop.
(949) 301-6483111 Pacifica, Irvine, CA 92618
