Just use a putty knife to scrape off the grates. It takes a little time. If you want it to go faster, grind a groove in the knife to fit a grill bar.
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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.
Walking, bicycling, or public transit aren't alternatives for loading a desk and two chairs on the back seats and a couple backpacks & bags with clothes plus 50kg of hardware in the trunk... which I did just yesterday.
Cars don't exist just to transport our bodies.
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#223It's interesting many countries such as the US, UK and NZ have banned rare earth magnets due to fear of people swallowing them. The data they used to back the banning included all products ingested, and vice wrote up an article here: http://www.vice.com/read/the-consumer-product-safety-commiss... If a product is causing similar health risks, isn't it fair to apply the same ban to it too?
Ahem. The "many countries" is just US, NZ and Australia (not UK). The rest of the world still trusts their citizens not to eat stuff that's not good for them.
Confirmed not banned in the UK, here's some for sale right now on Amazon's UK site: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bargain-Neodymium-Strong-Magnets-Mo...
I have ordered rare earth magnets several times and it's always interesting to inspect the packaging when they show up. Clearly there are a lot of metal parts in Royal Mail's sorting machines as they frequently arrive in an absolutely tattered padded envelope, usually with tape patches over big holes ripped in the side.
If you can find some N52 grade magnets it's worth ordering them just for the novelty value. Hand someone a roll and ask them to peel one off the end. Or, stick one on the refrigerator with a note "pull this magnet off" and see who falls for it. They are so strong it's like seeing an alien technology in a sci-fi flick.
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#224We usually barbecue in the evening and when finished put the grill in the grass, leave it there for a couple of nights. Because of the dew everything on there gets soaking wet and becomes easy to remove. With, for instance, grass or weeds. No brushes, no waste.
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#225 Meat is murder, in more ways than one.
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#226I wasn't happy with the warnings on the brush, but I used it. Then when it was time to change the head, the cheap screws stripped, and I switched to abrasive cleaner. They work pretty well.
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#227A 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.
Definitely a good plan (unless you're not planning to use it for months) is to clean the grill the next time you use it. That way you'll have good consistent heat and any bits that come free will burn up in the coals.
Onion is a good tip; will try that thanks!
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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.
you "treat" the metal much like you would a cast iron skillet. After using, clean the grill, rub a thin coat of oil (I use canola different oils provide different seal quantity) then heat to smoking point. Wipe down and repeat a few times. This will coat the metal. Most importantly DON'T use detergents it'll ruin the seal
Not sure if you mean this, but the detergent thing is called a myth here: http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/the-truth-about-cast-iron...
Happy washing-upping!
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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?
You can buy them in every single hardware store. Even if you banned bbq specific ones, they would still be readily available.
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> Kinder Surprise (sucks, but somewhat understandable) I still don't understand this, the explanation I have read is that it's due to the inner plastic being totally hidden, but the potential to swallow a Kinder Surprise whole is very low, unless your kids are _really_ large.
I was going to sardonically quip that kids in the US are really large [1]. That only works if only the US bans the candy. I looked up Kinder Surprise on Wikipedia [2] and found out that Chile also bans it. So the quip doesn't work. Completely unsubstantiated, but I cynically interpret the ban as bribery purchased by Frito-Lay and General Mills to protect their Cracker Jack product [3] and breakfast cereal products. T…
Well, Chile's ban is different than US's ban. The US bans it because it's a potential public health risk[1], because someone may choke on the toy inside, while Chile bans it because they apparently banned all kinds of advertisements and products aimed at kids that have gifts that come with the product (I don't know the rationale; there is an article linked on Wikipedia but it's in Spanish and didn't translate well. My guess is that they want to reduce childhood nutrition issues by not letting manufacturers give presents with candy.).
As an aside, if you have never had a Kinder Surprise before, there is an image on the Wikipedia page, and the egg is decent sized -- I could probably fit it in my mouth whole, but it wouldn't be comfortable. The toy inside is also inside of a capsule that I would find really hard to believe could even be swallowed because it's at least as big as a US quarter but about 1 inch tall if my memory serves me correctly, but I guess 3 kids deaths in the UK prove me wrong.
1: "The embedded non-nutritive objects in these confectionery products may pose a public health risk as the consumer may unknowingly choke on the object.", see http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_107.html.