If you didn’t know, you need to clean your grill grates. It helps remove rust buildup, prevents germs and bacteria, and keeps food tasting great (no pun intended). But if you’re using a wire grill brush, it’s time to stop.
A TikTok video from an emergency room physician has gone viral, cautioning against using wire grill brushes, and while it’s an anecdotal video, there are real facts that back it up.
The video from content creator @beachgem10—who is a pediatric emergency medical doctor—tells the story of a young patient with ear pain following a barbecue. The pain continued for several days and over the course of several doctor and emergency room visits until eventually, the child came to the emergency room where @beachgem was working.
Ultimately, after running multiple tests, a small metal wire was lodged in his paratonsillar tissues and had begun to abscess. Ultimately, with surgery, they were able to remove the wire, provide antibiotics, and the child recovered. That wire, though? It was from a wire grill brush, and the small wire had become logged into the food without anyone’s…
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