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Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

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Re: Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

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Post by j_syk »

ams6110 wrote: post #51

Why do you clean a grill? Let the carbon build up. It's seasoning and food doesn't stick to it. Just preheat the grill to burn off any remains from the prior use. If there's really heavy buildup, use a straight edge scraper like a paint scraper or heavy spatula. Cleaning a grill down to shiny bare metal is a sure way to have all your food stick to it every time.

Cheese dripping from cheeseburgers or heavily sauced ribs can leave a mess, which can smoke/flameup and give newly cooked food a bad taste. Normally I just brush enough to get the big stuff off the grate.

Re: Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

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Post by giarc »

nvusuvu wrote: post #49

Once, I got a bristle in a waffle cone from an ice cream parlor. Fortunately, I noticed it in my mouth before I swallowed. The parlor used a steel brush to scrub the griddles clean. Their policy is to bake a waffle cone after cleaning and immediately throw it away to catch stray bristles. One employee didn't follow the policy.

That's a terrible policy and doesn't get at the root cause of the problem.

Re: Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

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Post by sandos »

woliveirajr wrote: post #58

The easiest way to clean it is: 1. Let the grill get hot, simple by waiting some minutes with the charcoal on fire 2. Rub with something to clean old grit, with paper, half of an onion, piece of fat from some meat and any sponge slightly wet being good.

The problem is some propane grills are fairly low power and will require a long time to "burn off" the grease and other stuff. I routinely do it with mine, but it takes at least 10 minutes full blast...

Re: Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

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Post by monkeynotes »

How is it that the manufacturers haven't had a class action put their way? I mean, they are knowingly making a product that fails in regular usage in a way that is almost impossible to prevent or detect completely.

I'd suggest these types of scrapers be legislated against since they are incapable of being used safely in reasonable intended usage.

Re: Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

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Post by ams6110 »

PaulStatezny wrote: post #79

I got freaked out when I learned about this a while back. It seems wire brushes for grill cleaning come in various levels of quality, and it’s the lower-quality ones that tend to have this issue. The problem is that you can’t truly know the quality of your brush until you use it. (And either find bristles in your good or not.)

If you like a wire brush for the grill, go to a hardware store, and buy a wire brush with really coarse bristles. They are probably in the paint section, or with the welding supplies, not the BBQ grill section. The bristles are about an inch long and quite stiff.

Re: Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

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Post by snissn »

giarc wrote: post #82
nvusuvu wrote: post #49

Once, I got a bristle in a waffle cone from an ice cream parlor. Fortunately, I noticed it in my mouth before I swallowed. The parlor used a steel brush to scrub the griddles clean. Their policy is to bake a waffle cone after cleaning and immediately throw it away to catch stray bristles. One employee didn't follow the policy.

That's a terrible policy and doesn't get at the root cause of the problem.

Yes they should bake and throw away two waffles to be extra sure that they get all of the bristles

Re: Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

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Post by jlebrech »

raverbashing wrote: post #85
jlebrech wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

clearly the alternative is a startup for self cleaning grills.

iCLaner (sic), bluetooth grill and scraper that lets you know when to clean, only 19.99 per month

i'm not sure how it would need bluetooth, just a decent mechanical setup would work.

Re: Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

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Post by ihsw2 »

ams6110 wrote: post #51

Why do you clean a grill? Let the carbon build up. It's seasoning and food doesn't stick to it. Just preheat the grill to burn off any remains from the prior use. If there's really heavy buildup, use a straight edge scraper like a paint scraper or heavy spatula. Cleaning a grill down to shiny bare metal is a sure way to have all your food stick to it every time.

Because I don't want my meat to be covered in the ashes, the burnt food particles add bad flavors, ash-covered food looks unappealing, burning off hanging chunks of fat causes excess smoke, and ash-covered food is more difficult to visually measure doneness.

Pre-oiling your metal grates should be done to prevent sticking and burning off excess food particles should be done to prevent build-up.

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