Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

Post by pyre » Fri, Sep 02, 2016, 1:43 AM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #26

pchristensen wrote: post #13

From AmazingRibs.com ( http://amazingribs.com/BBQ_buyers_guide/grill_grate_cleaning... ) "Be careful with bristle brushes, especially cheap brass bristle brushes. Bristles fall out. Every year there are scores of sad news stories about people eating meals with bristles hiding on them. The bristle gets stuck in their throats or digestive systems, and repairs can get pretty ugly. Every so often someone dies." I bought…

That's just basically his recommendation for a bristle brush though. Clearly lots of people use these so it may indeed just make sense to buy a good one and wipe down the grill after using or whatever. The problem is that I don't think there are any great alternatives to using thin pieces of metal to scrub hot grill in some way shape or form.

Post by titanomachy » Fri, Sep 02, 2016, 1:43 AM UTC

91bananas wrote: post #98

Retra wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm in the US and I've yet to BBQ with anyone who does. This is the first I've ever heard of it.

Same and I real bbq quite frequently and know many people that do and have never heard word of this

Post by tptacek » Fri, Sep 02, 2016, 1:45 AM UTC

genkimind wrote: post #39

This is a real problem. My wife had been having extreme stomach pain for months, multiple trips to the emergency room, gastroenterologist, nothing could be found. She described that she felt that there was a hole in her stomach, the doctors called it stress. On her final ER visit (two months after the pain began), something showed up in the CT scan (the 3rd one). Embedded in her belly fat was a wire. Everything click…

Post by toomanybeersies » Fri, Sep 02, 2016, 1:48 AM UTC

tvongaza wrote: post #71

Slight related topic: Anyone else BBQ a lot, reach to open a beer bottle, but are missing an opener? Why don't they make every BBQ utensil have a decent bottle opener at the end. Better yet, every utensil in your house? Please take this idea and run with, just tell me where to buy a set.

Post by silveira » Fri, Sep 02, 2016, 1:50 AM UTC

tvongaza wrote: post #71

Slight related topic: Anyone else BBQ a lot, reach to open a beer bottle, but are missing an opener? Why don't they make every BBQ utensil have a decent bottle opener at the end. Better yet, every utensil in your house? Please take this idea and run with, just tell me where to buy a set.