I have an apparently too old wire grill brush, cleaned the grates of my MB560 gravity late the other night and couldn’t see well. This morning, saw multiple wire bristles on the grates and metal lip of the smoker.
I tossed the brush, and pulled the grates off. Removed all visible bristles I could see by hand and with paper towels, a handful on the grates and a bunch off the grates on the front lip of the frame.
Heated things up good. Tossed my pork shoulder in, and it’s going.
However this had me spooked a bit reading on wire bristles danger. I *think* I got all the visible ones - grates looked clear when I put the meat on. But did I clean this well enough? I’m assuming more bristles fell down lower into the chamber if I saw that many on the grates and frame. Could the convection of the smoker blow any stragglers up onto the food?
Should I have perhaps used a magnet to pull up potential bristle pieces, or liquid to rinse the grates rather than just a visible removal and dry towel wipe down?
How concerned should I be?
I tossed the brush, and pulled the grates off. Removed all visible bristles I could see by hand and with paper towels, a handful on the grates and a bunch off the grates on the front lip of the frame.
Heated things up good. Tossed my pork shoulder in, and it’s going.
However this had me spooked a bit reading on wire bristles danger. I *think* I got all the visible ones - grates looked clear when I put the meat on. But did I clean this well enough? I’m assuming more bristles fell down lower into the chamber if I saw that many on the grates and frame. Could the convection of the smoker blow any stragglers up onto the food?
Should I have perhaps used a magnet to pull up potential bristle pieces, or liquid to rinse the grates rather than just a visible removal and dry towel wipe down?
How concerned should I be?
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