Ever opened your grill, and was afraid you were going to need a tetanus shot after using it?

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Ryan

Ryan

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That's how I felt tonight after firing up mine for the first time in a couple of months (the grill was pretty rusty) :eek: Hopefully my steaks will come out right, I think I cleaned it well enough with the wire brush :p
 
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Eli

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meh, just fire it up and wirebrush the crap out of it. Should be as good as new.

BTW - tetanus generally comes from fecal matter contaminated soil.. so, unless you have some weird fetish involving sh!tting on your grill, you're good. ;)
 
jadinolf

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Originally posted by: Ryan
That's how I felt tonight after firing up mine for the first time in a couple of months (the grill was pretty rusty) :eek: Hopefully my steaks will come out right, I think I cleaned it well enough with the wire brush :p
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Mine just gets loaded with spiders and other bugs. For some reason they all hate fire.:evil:
 
iamwiz82

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Originally posted by: Eli
meh, just fire it up and wirebrush the crap out of it. Should be as good as new.

BTW - tetanus generally comes from fecal matter contaminated soil.. so, unless you have some weird fetish involving sh!tting on your grill, you're good. ;)
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Shoot, now you tell me :(
 
Ryan

Ryan

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Originally posted by: Eli
meh, just fire it up and wirebrush the crap out of it. Should be as good as new.

BTW - tetanus generally comes from fecal matter contaminated soil.. so, unless you have some weird fetish involving sh!tting on your grill, you're good. ;)
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I thought you could get it from rusty things too - like stepping on a rusty nail?
 
Brainonska511

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My grill looks fine, but that's b/c we wash the plates every (or every other) time we use it.
 
iamwiz82

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It's not the rust that's bad, it's the associated dirt and bacteria that comes with it.
 
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Lonyo

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Originally posted by: Ryan
Originally posted by: Eli
meh, just fire it up and wirebrush the crap out of it. Should be as good as new.

BTW - tetanus generally comes from fecal matter contaminated soil.. so, unless you have some weird fetish involving sh!tting on your grill, you're good. ;)
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I thought you could get it from rusty things too - like stepping on a rusty nail?
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Yeah, but that's not necessarily the same, since a) you're exposing the thing to heat (dunno how much heat it can take), and b) with food it's going into your stomach, not your bloodstream, so there may be less risk.

But check Wikipedia, it will know, it sees all.
Tetanus is often associated with rust, especially rusty nails, but this is somewhat misleading. Rust itself does not cause tetanus or contain more C. tetani bacteria. Objects that accumulate rust are often found in the outdoors or places that generally contain more bacteria. Since C. tetani is an anaerobic bacterium, it will thrive in an environment that lacks oxygen. Therefore, stepping on an old forgotten nail in a stable could easily result in tetanus, partly because C. tetani is found in animal feces (which is rather abundant in a stable) and the puncture wound would effectively create an ideal breeding ground for the bacteria (because of the lack of oxygen). Such an old nail would likely be rusty, but a lack of rust would provide no protection. On the other hand, someone scratching themselves against a rusty fire escape ladder in an urban setting would have a much lesser chance of getting tetanus since fire escape ladders do not often come into intimate contact with soil, dirt or organic waste and the wound itself (a scratch) does not create an oxygen-poor environment.
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^^ All
 
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Eli

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Originally posted by: Ryan
Originally posted by: Eli
meh, just fire it up and wirebrush the crap out of it. Should be as good as new.

BTW - tetanus generally comes from fecal matter contaminated soil.. so, unless you have some weird fetish involving sh!tting on your grill, you're good. ;)
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I thought you could get it from rusty things too - like stepping on a rusty nail?
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Yeah, but not unless the nail was in contact with the soil AFAIK.

 
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Howard

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The next grill I buy will have quasicrystalline alloy-coated (probably Al65Cu23Fe12) steel cooking grates.

I might never buy a grill. :(

;)
 
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Originally posted by: Howard
The next grill I buy will have quasicrystalline alloy-coated (probably Al65Cu23Fe12) steel cooking grates.

I might never buy a grill. :(

;)
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wow, that's a big word!


I work for the company that supplies all the fasteners to Charbroil, so I should get a good discount this year to pick up a new grill. The one I have now is a 9-10 year old hand me down that has seen better days. :(
 
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Originally posted by: Howard
The next grill I buy will have quasicrystalline alloy-coated (probably Al65Cu23Fe12) steel cooking grates.

I might never buy a grill. :(

;)
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10.6 µM heated diamond tunnels provide an intrinsically safe method to singe your beefhearts and stuff to perfection. ;)
 
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Tetanus if found on grill poses no threat to human infection, although death from tetanus infectuion left untrated is horrible, much more so for young peopple. But as posted above, fire kills it, and unless you skewer yourself with the rusty grill first, NO PROBLEM.

Buit to answer, no. I scrub and oil my stainless grill religiously. A mans man keeps his garage as clean as his grill. So you can eat of either, when in doghouse from forgetting noy-so happy VD day.
 
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Howard

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Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Originally posted by: Howard
The next grill I buy will have quasicrystalline alloy-coated (probably Al65Cu23Fe12) steel cooking grates.

I might never buy a grill. :(

;)
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10.6 µM heated diamond tunnels provide an intrinsically safe method to singe your beefhearts and stuff to perfection. ;)
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What are diamond tunnels?
 
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Originally posted by: Krazefinn
Tetanus if found on grill poses no threat to human infection, although death from tetanus infectuion left untrated is horrible, much more so for young peopple. But as posted above, fire kills it, and unless you skewer yourself with the rusty grill first, NO PROBLEM.

Buit to answer, no. I scrub and oil my stainless grill religiously. A mans man keeps his garage as clean as his grill. So you can eat of either, when in doghouse from forgetting noy-so happy VD day.
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At least your Aniversary aint on V Day, my parents is, i dont think my dads ever frgot tho
 
yhelothar

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i rarely ever wash my grill.
Just light up the fire + metal brush.
Then close the lid and let it get really hot inside so anything alive in there gets incinerated.
Good as new.
Do you know that's how almost all modern ovens have a self-cleaning feature that basically heats up the oven to an extremely hot temperature to incinerate anything inside to dust?
 
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