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Beware of grilling brush hazards!!!!!

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,779
    The issue arises from cheaper "tufted" grill brushes like this...
    8 Best Grill Brushes and Cleaning Tools of 2022

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,541
    some one hung a nylon bristle brush on the weber, been using that lately. dont know the dangers of those but have not melted it yet
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    I really like my Weber grill brush. Ugh... 



    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • RyanStl
    RyanStl Posts: 1,050
    edited June 2022
    paqman said:
    The_Buffalo said:
    Just so you know ....
    BGE has not carried any metal bristle brush grill cleaners for years due to this concern.  Our current grill brushes are made from Palmyra, a natural and eco-friendly fiber -
    The V-notch grid cleaner is the way to go IMHO.  No parts to replace, works on all grids, doubles up as a grid lifter, and charcoal/ash stirrer!

    https://biggreenegg.com/product/big-green-egg-grid-cleaner/
    I have a couple non wire scrapers, but the one paqman listed is the one I use most.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,449
    RyanStl said:
    paqman said:
    The_Buffalo said:
    Just so you know ....
    BGE has not carried any metal bristle brush grill cleaners for years due to this concern.  Our current grill brushes are made from Palmyra, a natural and eco-friendly fiber -
    The V-notch grid cleaner is the way to go IMHO.  No parts to replace, works on all grids, doubles up as a grid lifter, and charcoal/ash stirrer!

    https://biggreenegg.com/product/big-green-egg-grid-cleaner/
    I have a couple non wire scrapers, but the one paqman listed is the one I use most.
    I didn’t realize that Billy Bar sold out to BGE, but THAT product IS the ORIGINAL Billy Bar! Don’t believe me? I’ll gladly post a picture of my second and yet to be used Billy Bar that I received as a gift which still has the Billy Bar name on the handle.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    RRP said:
    RyanStl said:
    paqman said:
    The_Buffalo said:
    Just so you know ....
    BGE has not carried any metal bristle brush grill cleaners for years due to this concern.  Our current grill brushes are made from Palmyra, a natural and eco-friendly fiber -
    The V-notch grid cleaner is the way to go IMHO.  No parts to replace, works on all grids, doubles up as a grid lifter, and charcoal/ash stirrer!

    https://biggreenegg.com/product/big-green-egg-grid-cleaner/
    I have a couple non wire scrapers, but the one paqman listed is the one I use most.
    I didn’t realize that Billy Bar sold out to BGE, but THAT product IS the ORIGINAL Billy Bar! Don’t believe me? I’ll gladly post a picture of my second and yet to be used Billy Bar that I received as a gift which still has the Billy Bar name on the handle.
    I call BS
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  • RyanStl
    RyanStl Posts: 1,050
    RRP said:
    RyanStl said:
    paqman said:
    The_Buffalo said:
    Just so you know ....
    BGE has not carried any metal bristle brush grill cleaners for years due to this concern.  Our current grill brushes are made from Palmyra, a natural and eco-friendly fiber -
    The V-notch grid cleaner is the way to go IMHO.  No parts to replace, works on all grids, doubles up as a grid lifter, and charcoal/ash stirrer!

    https://biggreenegg.com/product/big-green-egg-grid-cleaner/
    I have a couple non wire scrapers, but the one paqman listed is the one I use most.
    I didn’t realize that Billy Bar sold out to BGE, but THAT product IS the ORIGINAL Billy Bar! Don’t believe me? I’ll gladly post a picture of my second and yet to be used Billy Bar that I received as a gift which still has the Billy Bar name on the handle.
    Is selling out bad? That's what all these companies are trying to do, sell their product.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,449
    edited June 2022
    RyanStl said:

    Is selling out bad? That's what all these companies are trying to do, sell their product.
    I suppose not, but...looks like the designer, seller etc of the Billy Bar was just an old f*rt like me so maybe he counted his remaining trips around the sun on his fingers and decided to cash in his chips!

    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,646
    RyanStl said:
    RRP said:
    RyanStl said:
    paqman said:
    The_Buffalo said:
    Just so you know ....
    BGE has not carried any metal bristle brush grill cleaners for years due to this concern.  Our current grill brushes are made from Palmyra, a natural and eco-friendly fiber -
    The V-notch grid cleaner is the way to go IMHO.  No parts to replace, works on all grids, doubles up as a grid lifter, and charcoal/ash stirrer!

    https://biggreenegg.com/product/big-green-egg-grid-cleaner/
    I have a couple non wire scrapers, but the one paqman listed is the one I use most.
    I didn’t realize that Billy Bar sold out to BGE, but THAT product IS the ORIGINAL Billy Bar! Don’t believe me? I’ll gladly post a picture of my second and yet to be used Billy Bar that I received as a gift which still has the Billy Bar name on the handle.
    Is selling out bad? That's what all these companies are trying to do, sell their product.
    It depends.  I admit to shedding a few tears when Wicked Weed Brewing sold out to Anheuser-Busch.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • danhoo
    danhoo Posts: 720
    dandelion puller ?

    current: | Large BGE |  Genesis 1000 | Genesis E330 | 22 inch Kettle | Weber Summit Kamado
    sold:| PitBoss pro 820 |  WSM 22 | 
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  • danhoo
    danhoo Posts: 720
    v-notch cleaner ?

    current: | Large BGE |  Genesis 1000 | Genesis E330 | 22 inch Kettle | Weber Summit Kamado
    sold:| PitBoss pro 820 |  WSM 22 | 
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  • Ybabpmuts
    Ybabpmuts Posts: 989
    @RRP

    ”Excuse me as I’m not very horse smart, but doesn’t horse hair stink when hot? Especially that horse hair near the butthole of said horse hair tail"

    I've been around horses a lot, and their buttholes are a wonder indeed. The butt crack on a horse is so deep that it's sphincter has had to adapt and turns itself inside out to sort of push the poop out beyond the butt crack. Also, I think it's relatively hairless so making a brush out of it wouldn't work very well. If I was a horse though, I'd let someone try because I know it would tickle a little and who doesn't like their bum tickled, either with a brush or for a brush.


    Now my father is a real horses ass, I've seen him naked and he could make a brush or two for sure. It would definitely smell though, cause he stunk so much as a father some of that must have come from his nasty a$$ hair.
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,622
    danhoo said:
    v-notch cleaner ?

    Just Dremel the dandelion puller into a U-notch, omit grinding if you grid is teepee'd
    canuckland
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,354
    Bump to stay on front page
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,652
    @Fred19Flintstone - you have definitely found the positive right there.  Congrats.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    When I scrub the grill, I have one of those triangle shapes ones that is a single piece of coiled wire. Most of the time I just blast it with the weed burner after I light the egg and put the grill down.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,449
    Fred19Flintstone said:
    Kinda late to the party, I use my Dad’s 12” mason’s trowel.  The thought was it would clean multiple steel rods of the grid simultaneously.  Nope.  I find myself using the tip to clean individual sides of rods in the dirty parts of the grid.  Not a time saver.  The modified dandelion puller intrigues me.  What do I know?  The extra time goofing around with the grid allows for an extra beer.  

    Love the time tested gasket...
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • dmourati
    dmourati Posts: 1,298
    OMG! this topic terrified me so much! I went right to the Billy Bar which I've just learned appears to have been bought out by Big Green Egg and dubbed the rather unfortunate name V-Notch Grid Cleaner.
    Plymouth, MN
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,893
    The Billy Bar was one of my first purchases after getting a BGE years ago and it has served me well.
    Stillwater, MN
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