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Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by yhager »

bfuller wrote: post #22

A trick I learned from Argentinian circus people, who make amazing BBQ, is let the grill heat up and then cut an onion in half to rub on the grate. It imparts a nice flavor and cleans the grill very well.

Same method was used (and probably still is) in Israel when I was growing up. I guess I'm going back to onions now :)

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Post by justinlardinois »

groby_b wrote: post #41

Heat grill for an hour. Pour a beer over it. (Shake & spray, because that's more fun). Rub with newspaper or onion. Season with olive oil. You're good to go.

I doubt the inks used by newspapers are food safe. Besides, who still gets the newspaper?

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Post by justinlardinois »

foobarian wrote: post #40

I knew it! I was always terrified of those bristles and just don't clean the grill. The coals do a fine job of cleaning it as it is, usually I just quickly scrape it with BBQ tongs.

I don't think cleaning a barbecue grill is about sanitation so much as removing the built up, burnt crap. Heat will take care of the former; the latter could insulate the grill (so your food doesn't cook as evenly) or give an unpleasant flavor.

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Post by ceejayoz »

izendejas wrote: post #60
bfuller wrote: post #22

A trick I learned from Argentinian circus people, who make amazing BBQ, is let the grill heat up and then cut an onion in half to rub on the grate. It imparts a nice flavor and cleans the grill very well.

i like to use a lime/lemon. figure the acidity may help kill off some bacteria with the acidity and the vapor once the grill is hot.

What kind of grilling are you doing where the grill grate doesn't get to at least 165 degrees F?

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by justinlardinois »

colejohnson66 wrote: post #33
Pxtl wrote: post #16

How is it legal to sell these things then? Why are they still on shelves? It's dangerous at its intended purpose, making it worse-than-useless.

They're less dangerous than cars and yet people still drive

I'm not sure I see the comparison. There are plenty of similarly priced alternatives to barbecue scrapers that work just as well while not being as dangerous. What are the alternatives to cars?

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Post by uptown »

tedmiston wrote: post #6

Do commercial restaurant grills use the same?

Apparently. Found a huge piece of wire in a dish served at Outback Steak House many years ago. Fortunately I caught it before swallowing, and the restaurant was great about it, but I can only imagine the problems it might have caused if swallowed.

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Post by riboflava »

gruez wrote: post #23
anonymousDan wrote: post #19

Couldn't they have some sort of instrument with a metal detector attached to find things like that?

the metal detectors would have to be incredibly sensitive to pick up a single bristle

What about accidental removal by MRI?

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Post by ceejayoz »

walrus01 wrote: post #45

I suppose it's safer to use a BBQ brush with really heavy gauge, thick steel bristles that are less likely to fall out, and that you would definitely notice when biting into a burger?

I use a welding brush. A tenth of the cost of a BBQ brush, much better made, and the bristles are big enough I'd notice.

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Post by OrdaGarb »

Related: If you tenderize with a Jaccard-like tool, examine the teeth very closely before you cook your meat. I have had the blades break in half longitudinally where it still looked like a full blade, but had actually "delaminated" toward the end and left a 15mm chunk of pointed metal in my steak. It ended up in my gums.

I still use the broken blade set, but simply make sure it has all the parts before moving on. Nothing tenderizes quite like it in my experience. Had I swallowed that piece however it would have been a bad situation.

Pic: https://imgur.com/a/ZdWBg

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