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I went to buy a BBQ brush last year and all they had were metal bristle brushes. I was surprised given all the bad publicity about this. Needless to say, I didn't buy a brush that day. Any recommendations for a good non-metal brush?

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I bought one of these a year ago and it seems to do a pretty good job: https://grillbadger.com/

The bristles are a lot bigger than steel bristles, so if one did come off it would presumably be easier to notice in your food and likely less damaging than the stainless steel needles that come off of metal bristle brushes.

This one looks interesting as well: https://www.konabbqstore.com/products/safe-clean-grill-brush...

I also really like this idea: http://www.instructables.com/id/Quick-Bamboo-Skewer-BBQ-Brus...

But you would probably have to wear an oven mitt if you wanted to clean a really hot grill

Just a chunk of wood works quite well. If you want to get fancy you can use a file to round out some grooves but that will happen naturally.

https://www.amazon.com/Scraper-Natural-Barbecue-Non-bristles...

You reminded me that last year I used a brick and a piece of wood - combination did take off some crud. Also tried some of that chemical spray - which didn't seem to do a thin.

I use a steel brush intended for cleaning off welding residue. It has much thicker, longer steel wires that would be difficult to miss if they came out of the brush head (which hasn't ever happened yet).

Weber and other companies make stone and nylon scrubbers, Home Depot sells them. You can find wood / bamboo ones online too.

I've tried the stone scrubbers, they work at least as well as a metal bristled brush, but they leave stone crumbs stuck all over the grill and require additional work to clean them off. Not a huge deal, but could be a dealbreaker for some.

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