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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 iLoch »

tptacek wrote: post #105
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…

Fuck this I'm done with brushes.

I'm done with doctors. Stress? Give me a break.

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

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Post by nommm-nommm »

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.

I've seen a grill once with a bottle opener attached to it. really good idea that I'd never think of.

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

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Post by ghaff »

pyre wrote: post #101
ghaff wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

People have suggested a few in other threads.

I'm not sure any fall into the a few swipes on a hot grill that brushes (or some other variant like steel wool) fall into in terms of ease. Still, after reading this, I'll definitely consider alternatives however small the risk.

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Post by ageofwant »

mattashii wrote: post #86
nikatwork wrote: post #79

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> old newspapers... which of course we know today it's not such a great idea, heh Why is it a bad idea? The newspaper thing is common in Oz, and a quick Google turned up nothing.

The ink in newspapers is often 'not good' to 'bad' for your health, which makes rubbing it onto your cookwares a slightly dubious choice.

That used to be true, these days most newspaper inks are soy based, so its probably safe.

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

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Post by dghughes »

mathattack wrote: post #12
04rob wrote: post #9

"Kevin Gallant, of Summerside, P.E.I., had part of his small intestine removed after he swallowed a bristle from a barbecue brush. "I was very ill, probably as close to death as you want to be," he said from his home in Summerside, P.E.I. "The barbecue brush bristle had started to move, so it was trying to come through the wall of my small intestine. So I was told I was very fortunate that they found it, because it w…

Crazy, but also explains why they are so hard to get rid of.

Sounds like a Jerry Springer episode.

Baby you're bad for me but I need you!

"Coming up next BBQ Brush nearly killed him but he still wants her back. And forth."

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Post by douche »

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.

Do you not have any sort of fixed object in the general vicinity with a straight, perpendicular edge? Picnic table edges, grill lips, random boards and pieces of wood, the eye socket or tooth of an Enlish soccer hooligan?

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Post by nommm-nommm »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #7
zackbloom wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My grill cleaning method has always been to put a layer of tinfoil on the grill, shiny side down. Ten minutes or so of direct heat and the grill is clean, just like a self-cleaning oven. If there's any ash left, a quick pass with a wet paper towel takes care of it.

I stupidly used relatively thin/cheap tinfoil when I tried this and it flaked all over my grill after having it heat up. Just a word of caution...

Yeah, Aluminium foil is definitely not something you can go generic with.

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Post by yeowMeng »

ageofwant wrote: post #114
mattashii wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The ink in newspapers is often 'not good' to 'bad' for your health, which makes rubbing it onto your cookwares a slightly dubious choice.

That used to be true, these days most newspaper inks are soy based, so its probably safe.

But metaphorically, do you want the ink of news running through your blood... Maybe!
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