Latest Grill Brush to Hit the Market

[vandy]

I want to meet the guy that can swallow the metal brush bristle, then on second thought maybe I don't! lol

[surfdog]

How does a person swallow a bristle? O_o Not saying it can't happen...but I'm thinking that if one is cleaning the grill...and a bristle can get stuck you it...it's not clean yet. JS

[CeramicChef]

@bandy nd surfdog - it happens all the time. Ask any ER doc, ask any radiologist. They see it all the time. One single bristle can perforate your stomach or intestine and you're in real trouble. Laugh if you like, I just hope it never happens to you and yours.

[Munch]

I work here. http://health.usnews.com/best-hospit...spital-6442245 We have one of the busiest ECs (ER is a t.v. Show😉) in the US. I'll ask around and see if I can get you some stats on our totals of bristle perfs from ingestion.

[surfdog]

Aside from not laughing in my comment...I also acknowledged I suppose it COULD happen. But I fail to see how a bristle could get stuck on a "clean" grill. Again, if there's enough gunk on it that bristles can become embedded...then it's simply not clean.

[Don Jr]

It's been all over the news the past two years. There was a special report about it two weeks ago on CNN. I saw it on my local news past summer how incidents are on the rise.

[DWCowles]

Well I'm not laughing but I have clean my grills and smokers for years with a wire brush and haven't swallow one yet. But on the other hand one don't plan on getting killed in a car wreck on their way to work either but it happens.

[Skip]

I'm not trying to scare anyone but our neighbor's son is ENT Doctor. He said that he had a patient get a wire in his throat just last summer. True story. He removed it. I am using bristle brushes very little and wipe down my grates with a wet paper towel a few times afterwards. At Wal Mart I found some pads made by 3M that work well. My vote is all wire bristles are scary.

[Munch]

Stuck during the swallow makes more sense. I've seen X-ray images of ingested safety razors before the gastric juices dissolved them. A bristle would have less chance in that environment.

[David Parrish]

You are an exception that proves the rule.

Plus... and note I love the slow n sear and have an original one and use it to Sear my steaks all the time...

You are talking about a non-electrical mechanical product that essentially just needed to be shaped and pressed after your R and D vs a complex electrical product involving computers, etc. Plus your original product was manufactured in the US... I'm doubting the meater is all being done here. I'm just saying... it is rare that the KS people meet their deadlines. You are an exception to that, and is commendable. Just saying, if you go in expecting them to meet it, you'll be heartbroken most of the time.

Besides, at least they provide updates. A lot of them don't at all. You have no idea WTF is going on. Honestly, the biggest issue that often occurs is when a KS is more popular than expected, like the meater. The extra product can cause delays, the extra money might make it tempting to add new features, pushing back the release, etc.

I will grant you that the Slow 'N Sear appears simple compared to something like the Meater, however, there was a lot of thought and experimentation that went into the design and finding a manufacturer that could build it at a pricepoint where we could afford to sell it wasn't easy. All products have their own trials and tribulations getting to market. You can see by the feedback from customers that the Slow 'N Sear is more than the sum of its parts would lend you to believe.

[Munch]

Let me start off saying that if you are concerned about swallowing a shed metal bristle, then by all means, refrain from using wire style brushes. Today I had an opportunity to conduct an unscientific survey with one of our EC doctors, a radiology CT tech, and an Endoscopy RN. Their combined experience is somewhere in the 90 year range. I asked if any had experienced a swallowed wire brush bristle. None of them have seen or even heard of a case of this happening. They all stated that while it is certainly possible, it seems highly unlikely. The concensus was that the bristle would likely be detected during the chewing phase. I realize that not everyone chews their food well etc. That being said, it never hurts to be cautious. I hope this helps.

[JohnF]

Well, as for Kickstarter I'm in for two, Meater and the brush, It's just like the stock market, don't invest what you can't afford to loose.

[BriggsBBQ]

I think if you use common sense you can use bristles. Text and drive you will more likely get on a wreck. Hence why I ordered one. Hope the replacement heads are not too expensive.

[billg71]

At least if you back the Kickstarter you get the first one free and 50% off after that.

[vandy]

Yes the good old texting and driving, I see this on a daily basis in my area and I also see a lot of wrecks. I would like to see the stats on which ones were caused by someone texting while driving. I you want to die keep texting while driving, I am not ready to go quite yet.

[Don Jr]

This has nothing to do with common sense. The brass wire bristles take on the same color as the grill grates eventually and they're so small they get stuck to the grates. I've never heard of anyone on this website following a grill brushing with a wad a newspaper.

[Huskee]

I think a good eyeball inspection of your grates goes a million miles. A quick wadded up paper towel wipe helps too.

[billg71]

I agree. Scrub the grill, wipe it down, look it over and cook. I find the wire brushes I've used get clogged with gunk or bent over long before they shed.

[Don Jr]

I agree but yet it's happening and in the news last year and this year as well as a reminder. I think most people wire brush and leave it at that. It's nice to mention for awareness.

[Strat50]

As far as the stray wire bits are concerned, I have never had it happen to me. This is home and work combined. Having said that, I and my co-workers are pretty careful when we clean our grates. Most commercial grates have no areas that can catch a bristle, but many home grills do. Mine, being a cast iron grate(Akorn Kommado), has no nooks and crannies. I just brush, then finish with a rolled shop towel or burlap saturated with some oil. When the grates get a build up that bugs me, I just burn 'em off, then towel on a thin film of oil.

[billg71]

Well, I jumped in for one.

[JohnF]

Not sure if this is what the OP seen or not, but this is going around on Facebook: ​http://www.ijreview.com/2016/04/5779...content=health

[Jon Solberg]

I'm with bill

Ibtl

[vandy]

I certainly did not mean to make light of anything that is dangerous but when a grill brush starts to loose bristiles I usually throw it out. I have several stainless brushes at the moment along with one that is not metal. I usually use a water hose and sometimes a pressure washer with 3000 PSI to rinse everything off after I brush the grates down. I guess anything can happen if you are not carefull. Be safe and check those grates very good after cleaning if you use a metal brush I guess would be the moral of this story.