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Public service announcement. Get rid of your grill brushes.

Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:23 am
Posted by SemperFiDawg
Member since Sep 2014
2281 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:23 am
Florida doctor issues viral BBQ grill brush warning on TikTok after child's visit to her emergency room

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Get rid of your grill brushes folks. I work in an OR and about once a year we wind up operating on someone who has ingested a piece of brush wire that found its way from the grill, into the food and into the wall of their small intestine. It's amazing how small a piece of wire can cause such a huge problem.
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
7203 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:25 am to
I had a small piece of wire that got caught in the back of my throat. It was stuck for about a week before I was able to get it loose. Sucked.
Posted by whiskey over ice
Member since Sep 2020
3243 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:25 am to
I recently made the switch to grill combs
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
6929 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:26 am to
I let my wire brush for the pool go too long, once. brushed the pool before a party and everyone had metal needles stuck in their feet.
Posted by PureBlood
The Motherland
Member since Oct 2021
3850 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:26 am to
I stopped using a brush a long time ago. Either have a cleaning brick or one of those brushless cleaners.
Posted by zippyputt
Member since Jul 2005
5721 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:31 am to
I switched to wadded up aluminum foil and tongs a few years back.
Posted by HarrisonTown
Member since Nov 2019
516 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:32 am to
I get a quality welders wire brush.
Change yearly.
There's a big difference; I'm not saying I can't lose bristles, but I've been using them for years and it's night and day with a bs cheap grill brush.
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
24537 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:34 am to
This has been known for years.
Posted by TDFreak
Dodge Charger Aficionado
Member since Dec 2009
7343 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:37 am to
quote:

This has been known for years.
Bears repeating

I like the change yearly tip.

Also I brush the grates with a paper towel soaked with cooking oil. I like to think I pick up any wires sticking to the grill.
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
11803 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:40 am to
Used these for years …

Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
12335 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:40 am to
I’d be bristled if that happened to my kid, glad the doctor didn’t just brush this off.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29428 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:41 am to
2002 bruh
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120104 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:47 am to


I use one like that
Posted by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
12910 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:51 am to
That’s the same one I use. Works well and leaves no wire bristles
Posted by Colonel Angus
Member since Aug 2007
1616 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:54 am to
Nothing enhances the flavor of grilled food better than well charred remains of previously grilled food. I never scrape. That grill at Cory's in Tigerland back in the mid 90s was never cleaned and that was the best chicken sandwich I've ever eaten to this day.
This post was edited on 3/7/23 at 7:03 am
Posted by bad93ex
Member since Sep 2018
26877 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:54 am to
Just threw my wire brush out, it had seen better days.
Posted by Tshiz
Idaho
Member since Jul 2013
7529 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:54 am to
It’s still wire, just maybe less likely to break and fray.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150496 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:55 am to
I like that one posted a couple posts above. May look into getting one of those.

But:
quote:

I work in an OR and about once a year we wind up operating on someone who has ingested a piece of brush wire

Of all of the thousands and thousands of people grilling (who knows how many times per year) around the OP's hospital, this happening only once a year isn't really newsworthy.
Posted by LSU0358
Member since Jan 2005
7915 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:57 am to
quote:

Get rid of your grill brushes folks.


small ball of tin foil does the work just fine.

I had a peice of wire dig into my gums before...felt lovely.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
52886 posts
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:58 am to
People who clean grills are cucks


Mine is well seasoned
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