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The caption to one of the photos is priceless: > Kevin Gallant, of Summerside, P.E.I., had part of his small intestine removed after he swallowed a bristle from a barbecue brush. He still uses a bristle brush, but inspects the barbecue thoroughly after using it. He still uses a bristle brush.
Well the surgeon never offered to come over clean his grill all day with a damp rag and some soapy water.
The caption to one of the photos is priceless: > Kevin Gallant, of Summerside, P.E.I., had part of his small intestine removed after he swallowed a bristle from a barbecue brush. He still uses a bristle brush, but inspects the barbecue thoroughly after using it. He still uses a bristle brush.
bristle brush cleaning time + inspection time < alternative cleaning time
When this news first came out, I tried practically all the alternatives. My personal experiences: Wadded up aluminum foil: really does not work well. It gets loose grime off, but anything at all burnt on will take very vigorous scrubbing and possibly result in shredded foil everywhere. Also feels like a huge waste of foil. Wooden scraper: works ok, since it's not flexible doesn't get between the slats well, need to p…
If you want to pump up the jams, try a scotch-brite wheel on an angle grinder. Done in seconds, don't wear clothes you like.
I rarely clean the grill, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference whether there's any buildup on the bars or not.
I've read about this some months ago, what a nightmare scenario!
The caption to one of the photos is priceless: > Kevin Gallant, of Summerside, P.E.I., had part of his small intestine removed after he swallowed a bristle from a barbecue brush. He still uses a bristle brush, but inspects the barbecue thoroughly after using it. He still uses a bristle brush.
Can you really blame him? The brushes are so apparently so good at cleaning that it's worth his time to inspect the results after than switch to an alternative. It's not like his approach is unsafe. bristle brush cleaning time + inspection time < alternative cleaning time
Also, I felt like the goal is to avoid having a portion of your intestine removed, not really so much to save time.
Does it make a difference how the wire brush is made? I know of two types, let me call one flat and the other wound. Flat is where wire bristles are inset into a flat head on a handle. Wound is were the bristles are held by wires twisting around (which often have a triangle head for BBQ brushes and are made the same as typical bottle brush). Are they equally bad?
if you're talking about these: https://www.buygrilldaddy.com/assets/images/TriBrush_other2%... I think that's just as bad. Small enough to be easy to miss, only attached at one end. There's also this kind of wound one, where the wire is a heavier gauge, and is attached at two ends: https://smile.amazon.com/Clean-Grill-Brush-Bristle-Barbecue/... those are, afaik safer, though I don't think anyone has studied the issue…
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Can you really blame him? The brushes are so apparently so good at cleaning that it's worth his time to inspect the results after than switch to an alternative. It's not like his approach is unsafe. bristle brush cleaning time + inspection time < alternative cleaning time
That approach sounds wrong to me: bristles breaking off is pretty rare already, and inspecting the barbecue for bristles is only as good as your ability to pay attention while doing it, while not finding anything most of the time. People often overestimate their ability to pay attention, because the cost of missing something is usually low and the consequences manageable. People's intuition regarding very rare events…
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If you want to pump up the jams, try a scotch-brite wheel on an angle grinder. Done in seconds, don't wear clothes you like.
I'd been looking for other uses for my angle grinder, and this is way better than the other ideas I had.