Monday, July 21, 2008

Silly kitchen gadget No. 13

I spotted this one at Linens 'n' Things on Friday. It's a battery-operated grill brush. For $20. Plus the cost of the batteries: eight AAs, not included.

Excuse me, is it that difficult to move a grill brush back and forth? Barring major mobility issues, are you so friggin' lazy that you think this is a good gadget to have in your barbecue arsenal?

Not to mention willing to put more batteries in the landfills.

5 comments:

  1. Is that a brush for the things you are grilling, or for the grill itself?

    I find gadgets like that fascinating.

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  2. They must not know about my brother's technique - bang the heated grill _hard_ with a metal spatula and the accumulated stuff falls off!

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  3. I actually know someone that has one of these. :shaking head:

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  4. You know, I like the rolling-brush part of it, my brush always develops a flat spot. But the batteries need to go.

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  5. ayse, it's for cleaning the grill. The picture is misleading.

    Zoomie, heating the grill loosens everything quite nicely. Haven't tried banging on it, though!

    Julie, do they use it?

    Vicki, I agree, the shape is good ... I suppose you could achieve the same thing by attaching a copper brush to a drill.

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