What could go wrong with a plastic head injected bristles on a hot grill?
Jeep_Boat_BBQ
Best to cook with oil to avoid sticking and then I just let the charcoal burn all the gunk off of the grates and then use a wooden scraper to knock off the charred bits when the grill cools. Problem solved!
BarbatosIsKing
Much easier to buy wooden brush or scrub daddy brush to clean ya grates. But to each their own.
SacBrick
I’ve never had luck with any of those. Stopped buying them outright.
NecessaryRisk2622
Nothing will ruin your dinner more than finding a few of these wires in your steak. Or pulling them out of your palate. Don’t think I swallowed any, but it was an unpleasant experience for sure.
Hondaloverk2494
I just use a orange or any vegetable really better than this junk.
Escomoz
Seriously people are overreacting to this kind of stuff. I’ve always used brushes with metal bristles. I have never had a problem and I’ve never gotten a bristle in my food. You would have to be a blind idiot to not see bristles on your grill grate. It’s like a bandwagon everyone is hopping on just like any other bandwagon.
Never had a problem, my grill is very clean, and my brushes don’t wear out very fast at all. People are weird as hell.
PersimmonGloomy9606
Use a pumice stone! Stay away from those.
xScareCrrowx
Get a bbq daddy. Wasted money on so many brushes. Just stop doing it and get a bbq daddy. Holy shit it’s like magic. Has pads on the end that you dip in water and it steam cleans your grill and it’s fucking amazing. I can clean my grates completely in 1-2 passes. Less than 60 seconds and grates are basically spotless. Stop wasting your money and time on anything else.
wopwopwopwopwop5
I don’t get it.
merciless4
What about brushes that are all metal. Thick wire twisted to hold the smaller wires. I think they’re much better than the plastic head, they fall apart just like the picture.
NebulaGhosty
My mom uses a onion and a sponge to clean the grill grates
Chad_Jeepie_Tea
Thought this was a keeps ad
Equal_Specialist_729
Crapppppp!!!!!!
BrewItYourself
Wad of heavy aluminum foil. Grab with tongs, rub on heated grill grates to remove most of the gunk. Toss out the dirty foil. Go about your cooking.
5point9trillion
Just be careful as with anything. You’re just using something to clean dry burned ash from a metal grate and it should basically just wipe off if you’ve done it right. After all that, I wipe it with a towel in oil. In 20 years I haven’t had a problem with the cheapest brush, but I also replace them like every few years and I have like 3 or so. A good average brush isn’t that expensive so get a good one and use it right consistently and don’t rush all the parts of the prep. Try to not crowd food or use lots of skin and fat. All that creates additional gunk that if not “burned” off correctly will have to be scraped. The less contact with a brush the better, and my main grate cleaner are the metal blade edges and the little groves for round gratings. They completely remove ash. There’s always some small risk so do as much as you can to cut that down.
Equal_Specialist_729
I hear about this but my ask is how are you cleaning and not seeing this before you cook. I never clean and assume thats it and load the food on the grill…. This is why i go to bbq and unless i know you and you careful like me i dont eat.
KermittehFrog
Get a BBQ Daddy. Scrub Daddy stuff is quality and lasts longer in my experience.
Equal_Specialist_729
Food prep??? Have you ever gone to bbq ask to use the bthrm and find roaches in the bthrm? Are you now srry you ate the food? The roach tasted it 1st before you got there that why he in the bthrm now. So just pull up a chair and wait in line he will be done soon. Have fun 😳
DaRealness1
Those types of brushes should be banned.
rockstuffs
Metal brushes scare me. I’ve found bristles in my food,but luckily never ate it
Bitter-Basket
Don’t buy bristle brushes unless you trust a Chinese factory enough to keep you out of surgery.
deloslabinc
Get the scrub daddy bbq daddy
SUCKMYPAULZ69
Use aluminum foil or one of those hard wire woven brushes.
diabr0
I use a silicone sponge surrounded by basically chainmail stainless steel. It’s cheap, works perfectly, and can be thrown in the dishwasher afterward for the easiest of cleaning https://amzn.to/46bp2Df
There’s no “handle” on it, so if you’re using it on hot grates then you’d need some high temperature gloves/mitts, which is what I do
Escomoz
So many weirdos in these comments scared of metal bristles lol. Just open your eyes and look at your grate before you put food on it, fools.
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Hope you didn’t end up eating those bristles
[Stop buying those kinds of brushes.](https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/dangers-of-wire-grill-brushes/)
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yikes….. as others noted so dangerous…..
Looks like both guys are trying to kill her 😳
What could go wrong with a plastic head injected bristles on a hot grill?
Best to cook with oil to avoid sticking and then I just let the charcoal burn all the gunk off of the grates and then use a wooden scraper to knock off the charred bits when the grill cools. Problem solved!
Much easier to buy wooden brush or scrub daddy brush to clean ya grates. But to each their own.
I’ve never had luck with any of those. Stopped buying them outright.
Nothing will ruin your dinner more than finding a few of these wires in your steak. Or pulling them out of your palate. Don’t think I swallowed any, but it was an unpleasant experience for sure.
I just use a orange or any vegetable really better than this junk.
Seriously people are overreacting to this kind of stuff. I’ve always used brushes with metal bristles. I have never had a problem and I’ve never gotten a bristle in my food. You would have to be a blind idiot to not see bristles on your grill grate. It’s like a bandwagon everyone is hopping on just like any other bandwagon.
Never had a problem, my grill is very clean, and my brushes don’t wear out very fast at all. People are weird as hell.
Use a pumice stone! Stay away from those.
Get a bbq daddy. Wasted money on so many brushes. Just stop doing it and get a bbq daddy. Holy shit it’s like magic. Has pads on the end that you dip in water and it steam cleans your grill and it’s fucking amazing. I can clean my grates completely in 1-2 passes. Less than 60 seconds and grates are basically spotless. Stop wasting your money and time on anything else.
I don’t get it.
What about brushes that are all metal. Thick wire twisted to hold the smaller wires. I think they’re much better than the plastic head, they fall apart just like the picture.
My mom uses a onion and a sponge to clean the grill grates
Thought this was a keeps ad
Crapppppp!!!!!!
Wad of heavy aluminum foil. Grab with tongs, rub on heated grill grates to remove most of the gunk. Toss out the dirty foil. Go about your cooking.
Just be careful as with anything. You’re just using something to clean dry burned ash from a metal grate and it should basically just wipe off if you’ve done it right. After all that, I wipe it with a towel in oil. In 20 years I haven’t had a problem with the cheapest brush, but I also replace them like every few years and I have like 3 or so. A good average brush isn’t that expensive so get a good one and use it right consistently and don’t rush all the parts of the prep. Try to not crowd food or use lots of skin and fat. All that creates additional gunk that if not “burned” off correctly will have to be scraped. The less contact with a brush the better, and my main grate cleaner are the metal blade edges and the little groves for round gratings. They completely remove ash. There’s always some small risk so do as much as you can to cut that down.
I hear about this but my ask is how are you cleaning and not seeing this before you cook. I never clean and assume thats it and load the food on the grill…. This is why i go to bbq and unless i know you and you careful like me i dont eat.
Get a BBQ Daddy. Scrub Daddy stuff is quality and lasts longer in my experience.
Food prep??? Have you ever gone to bbq ask to use the bthrm and find roaches in the bthrm? Are you now srry you ate the food? The roach tasted it 1st before you got there that why he in the bthrm now. So just pull up a chair and wait in line he will be done soon. Have fun 😳
Those types of brushes should be banned.
Metal brushes scare me. I’ve found bristles in my food,but luckily never ate it
Don’t buy bristle brushes unless you trust a Chinese factory enough to keep you out of surgery.
Get the scrub daddy bbq daddy
Use aluminum foil or one of those hard wire woven brushes.
I use a silicone sponge surrounded by basically chainmail stainless steel. It’s cheap, works perfectly, and can be thrown in the dishwasher afterward for the easiest of cleaning https://amzn.to/46bp2Df
There’s no “handle” on it, so if you’re using it on hot grates then you’d need some high temperature gloves/mitts, which is what I do
So many weirdos in these comments scared of metal bristles lol. Just open your eyes and look at your grate before you put food on it, fools.