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.
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
#42This 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…
By the time it reached her belly fat, was the pain any less?
Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
#43It's amusing that CBC headline writers felt the need to use the adjective "Canadian" here.
The recommendation came from the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology, so yes, it is a recommendation from Canadian surgeons.
Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
#44Quick search brings up what looks like a viable alternative: http://www.thegreatscrape.com/
Thanks for this... just ordered one. Cheers!
Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
#45I suppose it's safer to use a BBQ brush with really heavy gauge, thick steel bristles that are less likely to fall out, and that you would definitely notice when biting into a burger?
Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
#46Quick search brings up what looks like a viable alternative: http://www.thegreatscrape.com/
Good product, but the copy is terrible.
> It is made of solid hard wood and is designed for years of grilling pleasure.
Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
#47I use a grill cleaning stone (sometimes called a grill pumice or brick cleaner) that works better than the brushes and seems to be more durable/less waste than using aluminium foil.
I use that to get rid of the stuck food and a butterknife to knock off some dangly bits. But a protective layer of carbon is a pretty nice cooking surface, so I don't go overboard cleaning it.
Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
#48I suppose it's safer to use a BBQ brush with really heavy gauge, thick steel bristles that are less likely to fall out, and that you would definitely notice when biting into a burger?
Knotted wire wheel at ~5,000rpm or about 5900ft/min surface speed should do the trick.
Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
#49Yikes. I just threw mine out after reading this. Mine was so old, bristles actually fell out when I shook it.
Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
#50I just threw mine away. Great tip from the article: use crumpled up aluminum foil to clean the grates, instead.
Second. I was fortunate to have the bristle get jammed into my gums avoiding a ER trip. A few minutes of swearing and tweezering later I was fine :)
Stone scrapers are another viable alternative.