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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 ptaipale »

iLoch wrote: post #111
tptacek wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fuck this I'm done with brushes.

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

That is not a very reasonable outburst. Stress does give similar symptoms to some people. The doctors had clearly tried according to best procedure, but it is a matter of luck whether something like a small bristle is visible in a cat scan. Regular x-ray, not possible.

And if the doctors make you go through dozens of cat scans, you'll probably make a noise about them making unnecessary expensive examinations.

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Post by harryjo »

riffic wrote: post #156
justinlardinois wrote: post #65

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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?

Planning that favors alternative modes such as walking, bicycling, and public transit.

Does Amazon sell those? I can't find and planning that favors alternative modes in my local shopping district.

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Post by kasparsklavins »

yitchelle wrote: post #164
jrowley wrote: post #29

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Off topic but any other tricks you learned from Argentinian circus people? Or circus people in general?

Our kids in a standard German school has one whole week devoted to learning circus tricks and acts. At the end of the week, they put on a show for the parents and the local community. Money raised from the ticket sales goes back to the school. The kids loved it, and so did the parents. They did things like walking on glass, eating fire, trapeze and other crazy acts.

Blowing fire as well?

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

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Post by dguaraglia »

tmaly wrote: post #129
dguaraglia wrote: post #55

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The Argentinian trick is basically: 1. let the grill get hot 2. rub with something to clean old grit 3. rub again with a chunk of fat (from the meat) for flavor The "something" in step #2 has varied over the years. Back in the day, my grandpa used to use old newspapers... which of course we know today it's not such a great idea, heh. Onions, half a potato, a corn stalk, even a chunk of brick will do the trick. You ju…

what do you do about rust? The chrome coating on my grill comes off and the iron underneath rusts. The wire bristle was the only thing working.

Yup, what everyone else said: rust is fine. At least it's preferable to chunks of chrome coating :)

Argentine grills are not coated. If you want to keep them from rusting, you just grease them a bit with the remains of the meat (you usually don't even need to do that) and clean them up next time around. If you are really concerned about the rust, you can always coat the grill with vegetable oil (just take a paper napkin, soak it in vegetable oil and lightly rub the grill with it.)

BTW, the biggest unrelated tip: when you are seasoning meat, use kosher salt instead of fine salt. It works much better!

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Post by liquidcool »

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.

Here you go, someone got this for me as a gift many years ago:

https://www.pamperedchef.com/shop/Outdoor/BBQ+Tools/BBQ+Turn...

I used it quite a bit, but just as a spatula. Very sturdy.

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Post by dsmolovich »

nsxwolf wrote: post #130
tptacek wrote: post #105

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Fuck this I'm done with brushes.

I've never ingested one, but I've spotted and removed bristles on my grills several times. I stopped using them awhile ago. It's only a matter of time before someone swallows one.

The more grill is heat, the higher chance wires come off the melting plastic. I've also noticed this before. Since then I was preheating the grill a bit, shut down the fire, clean up with the brush, heat and cook.

I'll probably go with the Argentinian circus people way of cleaning the grill starting from now.

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

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Post by rosege »

justinlardinois wrote: post #62
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?

a free one gets delivered 3 times a week - pretty annoying actually!

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

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Post by stephenr »

thatcat wrote: post #94
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.

You can use the flat edge of anything with a little leverage to pry a bottle cap off using your fingers as a fulcrum beneath the cap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm0ZkABVqjQ

if you have sturdy (ie like volkswagen/audi/bmw) keys, you can use a key in a similar fashion
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