BBQ BRUSH

[Alberta Patriot]

Just a little heads up...I watched a video on the weather network channel Re: the danger of bristles from BBQ Brushes causing serious throat, stomach and intestinal problems:

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/barbecuing-this-weekend-keep-an-eye-on-your-brush/71726/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7MhtVieW_E

I also came across a video on using a ball of aluminum foil instead.
It makes sense that old brushes would shed bristles...similar to flexing a piece of metal 'till it breaks.
BTW...those green scouring pads contain metal fibers as well.

[Jess from VA]

I found that a can of spray Pam works wonders on a barbecue grill.  Both to clean (let it sit awhile before scrubbing) and then right before you cook (much less meat sticking).  

Also, grill bars that are ceramic coated are way easier to keep clean than carbon steel.

I would have mice moving into my big barbee in winter.  First fire up in spring (propane), and it was ...... all hands abandon ship, it's every mouse for himself.    This is not as good as hickory chips for flavoring your food either.

Speaking of which, I cooked a mouse live in a bike carburetor/air cleaner one spring fire up (Vtwin).  It was amazing how bad the smell was from such a small critter.  I didn't do it on purpose, I had no idea he had moved in there.  Had to clean out a bunch of bird seed too.  It was my wife's bike and she wanted to know what I did to make it smell so bad.  She was a huge animal lover, so I pled ignorance.  Just ride it awhile, and it'll go away.  

[Willow]

... I cooked a mouse live in a bike carburetor/air cleaner one spring fire up (Vtwin).  ...  I didn't do it on purpose, ...

  That's what I used to say when an experiment turned out less than spectacularly.   

[cookiedough]

I never use a bristle brush to clean my gas grille grates.

All I do about 30 minutes after eating and letting the grill cool so not super hot just still warm is take 2-3 paper towels and rub back and forth the top grill surface, remove grill surface, and clean the underside of it as well to remove 90% of the grease/grit. 

Then,  I also clean the inside of my grill with paper towels as well EACH and almost EVERY time since it does extend the life of the grill as well as prevents a lot of flare ups from grease sitting inside the grill.  ONLY takes 5 minutes to do so worth the extra time to do it.

IN 5+ years of owning the grill I have never taken the grates inside to wash them do not see the need since I warm up my gas grill to 300 degrees before putting meat on the grates is good enough. 

[DK]

I keep a can of Pam with the grill & spray before & after using grill & wipe with paper towel before cooking. It makes grill so much easier to clean & prevents sticking.