PSA: DO NOT USE WIRE BRISTLE GRILL BRUSHES, EVER!

[themechanic]

The wires can become loose and lodge in food and transfer to the soft tissues of your throat and digestive tract.

 

[#41]

When the grill is properly cleaned BEFORE cooking, it's not a problem. Billions of grills have been cleaned this way.

Joe-Bob scraping away right next to the burger cooking, ....well you just can't fix stupid.

 

[khryslerkid]

I heard this many years ago from an article talking about a woman who had complications from a wire that punctured her intestine.

I have a wooden scraper that conforms to the grate. It also has a nylon type bristle brush on the back, not to use on the grate when hot.

 

[threewood]

I have never, ever seen a wire from a brush stick anywhere on my grills. I cleaned them before cooking.

 

[gary h]

My Wire grille brush has a metal Scraper on the other side. I use wire brush side first while coals are getting hot and scrape with the other side.Never loose bristles. Here is a Recent Chicken.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I've seen this thing advertised lately. Don't know how good it is, but it costs about 80 bucks.

 

[Moms68]

We had a cookout many years ago and I'll never forget my neighbor's wife holding a short piece of wire in her fingers, which she felt in her mouth as she was eating a burger. I threw that grill brush away and have not used one since. Like others have said, use a wooden scraper or have a piece of foil over the grates to cook off any grease before you grill. Great PSA!!

 

[Fran Blacker]

I've posted before about wire brushes being a problem. If your careful no problem, but what if your at somebodies cookout and they aren't careful? I use a stainless pad.

 

[Don Frelier]

One more excuse to not bother cleaning the grill.
Thanks.

 

[dadsbee]

Propaganda started by the guy that wanted to sell useless bamboo bristle brushes and wood paddles.

 

[gary h]

Piece of **** Made in CHINA !

I've seen this thing advertised lately. Don't know how good it is, but it costs about 80 bucks.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Piece of **** Made in CHINA !

I posted the video before watching it. At the end of it, he said that all it does is smear the grease around and wouldn't recommend it.

 

[Fran Blacker]

They sell a robot with brass brushes. A mini roomba.

 

[wahya]

One more excuse to not bother cleaning the grill.
Thanks.

My friend and camping buddy got his grill handed down to him by his father and I don’t think it has ever been cleaned. We camp with 8 to 10 others and every morning a lot of meat gets cooked along with mostly eggs. I didn’t use to worry about it , but I sure wouldn’t mind him getting some of the blackened stuff off before he cracked my eggs on it.

 

[Don Frelier]

My friend and camping buddy got his grill handed down to him by his father and I don’t think it has ever been cleaned. We camp with 8 to 10 others and every morning a lot of meat gets cooked along with mostly eggs. I didn’t use to worry about it , but I sure wouldn’t mind him getting some of the blackened stuff off before he cracked my eggs on it.

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That's a griddle

 

[eldubb440]

One more excuse to not bother cleaning the grill.
Thanks.

agree...... why waste all that flavor?

 

[Runner 68]

One more excuse to not bother cleaning the grill.
Thanks.

No ****. I rarely clean mine. All that extra carbon and schmootz on there adds to the flavor.

 

[Cojohnso1]

There are better options today. Minimizing slivering and metal shavings is always a good practice. With the understanding there are always situations where options are not at a premium. But to reduce? Absolutely a good idea.