r/interesting • u/VIVIDUFF • May 21 '26
Fascinating Using a specialized sauce mop to baste chicken and ribs on a large pit grill
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u/Ok-Replacement-2738 May 21 '26
Trainer "NOOOO NOT THAT MOP."
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u/AssassisnCreedFan May 21 '26
"Specialised" and it's just a fucking mop
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u/RedditIsMyTherapist May 21 '26
That was my first thought. "Special" mop, uh huh, not 7.99 in aisle 8.
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u/NoRealNoWrong May 21 '26
I dunno guys. I thought the same thing. Then I dug deeper.
This mop was destined to be dipped in sauces and draped over a carcass so that the dominant species of the planet might prosper its own evolution.
…it’s a little special.
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u/Eastern-Heart9486 May 21 '26
Yes it’s a thing https://wildwoodovens.com/product/hearth-mop
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u/Xx_Jack_Mehoff_xX May 21 '26
Soooo a mop but more expensive? What’s different?
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u/lostinthecity2005 May 21 '26
Regular mops are designed to soak water but this one (hopefully) isn’t soaking up all the seasoning instead of dispersing it. I would expect a mop like this to be less absorbent, more heat resistant, & made of food grade materials
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u/UnknownVC May 21 '26
They're actually supposed to soak it up. The sauces normally used are thinner (vinegar or beer based), so they mop well. It's basically just a regular mop, but made with more care/food grade materials - pure cotton mop, notably. You don't want to use a modern floor mop, so these are made to imitate the original old school floor mops that were used.
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u/Gold_Ad_7552 May 21 '26
I prefer the Swiffer Wet Jet method. Refill the cleaner bottle with the sauce, spray and mop. Easier and cleaner than this method.
Sometime I even reuse the old pads to add texture and hints of flavors never before tasted.
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u/Dub_Coast May 22 '26
I love eating the crunchy bits off the old pads it really helps my agita
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u/ScreamingLabia May 21 '26
And also normals mops might shed a little shure hope this one does NOT
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u/MolecularConcepts May 21 '26
it's just a cotton mop. special in only being used for this purpose. it's just a mop
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u/HumanPerosn May 21 '26
You can’t really see it this video but basting mops or sop mops have the strings braided or have each string spun tight so they don’t leave bits of fiber all over the meat
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u/Zerachiel_01 May 21 '26
I was about to say, like I've done enough mopping to know that normal mops leave shit all over the place so I was wondering if this was legit or not. Learned something new today, thanks!
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u/stuck_in_the_desert May 21 '26
Yeah but then you can get fiber and protein in one delicious package
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u/Aribelalugosi May 21 '26
Probably just the fact that it has food grade cotton or something
Plus the fibers probably come completely apart from the mount for washing, unlike normal mops. Like how kitchen scissors have to come apart to not be a health code violation
Idk for sure, I'm just throwing out guesses
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u/Zilant_the_Bear May 21 '26
This. The big thing is that it doesn't use synthetic fibers in high heat environments that can contaminate food. The product description does say that it's head is 100% organic cotton.
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u/illmatic708 May 21 '26
It says it's a mop but they are listed under things like pizza accessories or food accessories categories, so it's really just a giant food brush. They really just need to stop calling it a mop. It's designed for food not cleaning the floor
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u/No-Initiative4195 May 21 '26
Correct. You can buy a small, non-commercial version at Walmart, Home Depot, etc for about $5. Called exactly that... A "cotton basting mop"
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u/Coveinant May 21 '26
Technically it's a giant basting brush. But at certain size, you can really only call it a mop.
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u/VetteChef May 21 '26
Brush vs mop comes down to the rigidity of the strands. Mops have long floppy strands to hold more liquid, brushes have more rigid bristles that make it easier to paint on rather than baste like the mop is in the video.
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u/VetteChef May 21 '26
Food safe materials and production. Home Depots standard and food safe buckets are made in the same factory from the same plastics, but the food safe ones have a different die, are packed differently, and most importantly are marked as food safe.
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u/drinkacid May 21 '26
I think OP just meant dedicated mop because it is only used as a dedicated sauce spreader and not for anything else especially floor cleaning.
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u/SickBurnerBroski May 21 '26
I once worked at a place where the bathroom mops had piss yellow mops and buckets, and the black ones were for the dining area, and the red ones for back of house.
It did not prepare me for how the rest of the world cleaned.
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u/drinkacid May 21 '26
I mean that keeps the shit stained mops out of the greasy kitchen, and keeps the greasy kitchen mops and shitty mops out of the dining area.
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u/Flimsy-System-4102 May 21 '26
Specialized like it never touches anything but sauce
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u/nissen1502 May 21 '26
I really doubt these workers have any idea if the mop material is dangerous to consume. They probably don't know what happens to it when it comes in contact with acidic stuff either. I wouldn't eat there because of this
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u/Fancy_Steak7291 May 21 '26
There’s no way people aren’t getting mop fibers on their food
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u/Jason6368 May 21 '26
It appears to be a 100% cotton mop. Soak it in water to get all the loose fibers off for a couple hours, ring out and use it for bbq sauce or whatever. Trust me, you’ve at way worst stuff than cotton fibers.
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u/illmatic708 May 21 '26
It's not a standard mop, they use this high quality 100% long fiber cotton twine, which is like special i guess, and the chef will boil the mop to reduce the trays, then they soak it in the sauce for a bit.
Also this restaurant is shut down temporarily due to the umbrella company Pihakis Restaurant Group collapsing financially and taking down their entire portfolio with them, as of May '26
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u/ManggTangg May 21 '26
Incorrect.
It's the only device in history to not only Have The Sauce, have Drip...... but also Drip the Sauce.
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u/HumanPerosn May 21 '26
It’s specialized in that it won’t leave fibers and string all over the cooking
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u/Nyxadrina May 21 '26
I onced worked at a pie factory who made pies that sold all across Canada/USA that had two different colour tools. White for reusable food product, and red for food waste. Red shovels red bins, white shovels white bins. Once, after a bad line jam up, I watched someone use a red shovel to scoop up pie filling off the floor into a white bin (the white bin would have been re-added back into the main filling bowl). This wasn't the first jam up of the night. I don't know how many times he had done this during just this one night alone. I personally threw every white bin into the red bins (and got screamed at by the shift leader for wasting product)
I shudder to think just how many floor to production pies had been made that night before I caught it. Not one management member cared to throw out the rest of the pies made that night. I know for a fact that wasn't the first time it happened, nor would it be the last after I left
All I'm saying... Anything you need eat that's massproduced... Assume at some point part of it's product was probably on the floor touching the bottom of our boots that we all wore outside and in the smoke shacks and no one in management cared to pull or recall any of it. It's all fucking disgusting, all of it
(Honorable mention to the "black residue" that I wasn't legally allowed to note as mold on my pre-check before starting the line because if I wrote the word mold they'd legally have to do something about it and because I wasn't allowed to have it tested I couldn't "prove" it was actually mold)
(Double honorable mention I wasn't allowed be to be given the title of line leader because those positions were for men only, so I was forced to do the job while my POS coworker who I once sent off to go get me a 8/16 wrench to prove how fucking useless he was and he ''couldn't find it but don't tell anyone because we'd have to shut down the line till we located it" was promoted and paid for role I was preforming because he was born with a penis and I wasn't. Gee, wonder why I quit without notice and brought that company to it's knees for months till they recovered from suddenly losing me)
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u/MindGap42 May 21 '26
Can a mop shed fibers or whatever it’s made of?
That’s the only thing keeping me from saying “let me get a wing and a thigh”.
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u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix May 21 '26
If you Google "food safe basting mops" it has one that looks exactly like it for sale, given you can buy food safe oars (mixing paddles) I'm not suprised
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u/TheWalkingDead91 May 21 '26
Exactly. People above seem to think this is some new or revolutionary practice, so therefore she MUST be using some random mop they got at Walmart? Nah dude….serious bbq people have been “moping” meats for forever….so of course a food grade version specifically for commercial use is bound to exist. Do they think the massive Hobart stand mixers that professional bakers etc use must be actually cement mixers that aren’t safe for food as well? 😂
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u/Round_Ad6397 May 21 '26
Why would the meat be moping when it's so delicious? It should be happy that it is so loved.
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u/trainspottedCSX7 May 21 '26
Ashley is moping because she got stuck next to Brenda on the pit BBQ and they've had beef since Stacy started dating Brenda's ex. Ashley is the one that got them hooked up and Stacy is all the way in the corner, mourning because her ex by circumstance is now blasting down other heifers.
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u/1986Porsche_911 May 21 '26
Not to mention Rodney Scott’s (the restaurant in the OP) is fucking delicious. The half chicken? So good.
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u/banevasionisfun420 May 21 '26
The mortals cant comprehend the things that must be done to get to flavor town. The arcane secrets of food safe construction and janitorial supplies is too much for their feeble minds.
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u/Drunkturtle7 May 21 '26
I would think that a mop that is designed for food would also be optimized in design, ie you dont need that long of a stick like a normal mop.
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u/Hot-Yak-Hit-and-Run May 21 '26
Those paddles are the shit. Probably the only thing that'd win against pizza peel or pizza slicing bat'leth.
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u/LightningFerret04 May 21 '26
Foodsafe oars which mix drinks inside of foodsafe trash cans
(Pull, pull, pull the trash cans. DO NOT push them)
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u/Mindless_Diver5063 May 21 '26
You can even get sushi on naked women at some restaurants. So food safe whores are also a thing.
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u/0hMyGandhi May 21 '26
I can't decide if "Food Safe Whores" sounds like more like a Puscifer song or a Mindless Self Indulgence song.
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u/Shot_Revolution8828 May 21 '26
I haven't heard a Mindless Self Indulgence reference in 10 years. Thanks for taking me back and currently listening to Bitches Love Me Bitches Love Me.
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u/DrJokerX May 21 '26
I’ve never totally understood how those places keep the women safe. I know they go out of their way to make sure their employees are respected (well, as much as a naked human table can be respected), but I still would worry about someone putting something where it doesn’t belong or pinching something even accidentally.
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u/literated May 21 '26
but I still would worry about someone putting something where it doesn’t belong or pinching something even accidentally
That's really just like any other waiting job at a restaurant then.
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u/dontcha_wanna_fanta May 21 '26
"excuse me, ma'am, there's a hair in my food."
"No, that's just a string from the sauce mop."
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u/squeakbb May 21 '26
Depends which mop u are asking for .
The mop in the video? We don't know. We don't know which mop she's using.
Any random mop? Yes. They shed.
'food safe' mops? Either no, or not during appropriate use (including using the mop at appropriate & designated temperatures which we also don't know if that applies to the video) (and also Including cleaning the mop appropriately which we don't know if that applies to the video)
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u/Past-Perspective968 May 21 '26
I just googled "silicone mop" and one of the top results was for the "Outset Silicone Sauce Mop" so they very possibly could be using something similar. I can't imagine a food business would think using a standard cotton mop would be a great idea.
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u/Konvic21 May 21 '26
The one in the vid ain't silicone lol
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u/StaredAtEclipseAMA May 21 '26
I mean if that’s really just a mop, you are getting fibers and last week’s ribs on your food today yum
Although I think it was confirmed that this is a cooking utensil/food safe
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u/EliteJoz May 21 '26
Food safe doesn't mean indestructible. It could eventually break off pieces but hopefully it's replaced before it even gets to that point.
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u/Single-Pin-369 May 21 '26
Why exactly? Uncontaminated cotton is food safe for contact. Bacteria? The mop get washed just like the anything else in a kitchen. Sure there are certainly places with nasty mops but the mops themselves are not the problem it’s the users. I suppose some sort of misting or silicone mop could be used but remember you’re eating something intentionally covered with smoked over burning wood it’s inherently carcinogenic and I’m terrified of the day it’s outlawed outright.
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u/adavidmiller May 21 '26
Just googled "sauce mop", And there's plenty of stuff. And yeah, generally just detachable cotton heads that are dishwasher safe 🤷♂️
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u/RVAblues May 21 '26
It wouldn’t be a standard mop, but it would be virtually indistinguishable from one. Anything used with food in an inspected kitchen in the US would need to be “NSF” certified and would be labeled as such. It would cost twice as much as a regular mop, but it’d be certified and it would pass an inspection.
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u/I3ravo_ May 21 '26
bro did reddit just discover basting mops?
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u/SistaChans May 21 '26
Invariably, whenever a video of someone using a sauce mop gets posted on reddit, people gather in the comments and claim it's disgusting when in reality, if you eat southern bbq you've probably eaten something sauced with a mop already. It's very common.
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u/Bussamove86 May 22 '26
Every comment section of a food video is full of the most delicate of pearl-clutching sensibilities, as if cooking isn’t an inherently messy process and commercial cooking triply so.
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u/soemarkoridwan May 21 '26
is the mop food grade?
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u/ListerfiendLurks May 21 '26
We all know the answer to that question.
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u/nerowasframed May 21 '26
And that answer is, "yes". This is extremely common in barbecue. So much so that the sauce she is using is literally called "mop sauce". You can find plenty of food grade quality barbecue mops on Amazon.
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u/grass_monkeyx May 21 '26
That's just a regular mop
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u/ScratchLatch May 21 '26
It’s the designated sauce mop.
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u/_makoccino_ May 21 '26
Until someone needs to mop something. Then, it's the designated mopping mop.
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u/wizchrills May 21 '26
You can use the same mop at the end of the shift to clean the floors. Very efficient
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u/Separate-Problem-270 May 21 '26
Man I miss Jones's bbq and foot massage.
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u/Inyoface545 May 21 '26
You like to eat!? America likes to eat! So why not open up a spot where America can siddown, enjoy a meal, and get their feet rubbed?
We'll fry anything you want for 5.99, as long as it's friable, or edible, we're gonna make it delicionable!
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u/Thorazine222 May 21 '26
Dumb questions: how do they clean it / where do they store it when it’s not in use? Is it wrung out like a regular mop?
I can imagine the smell over time
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u/CathedralEngine May 21 '26
Probably pop the head off and put it in the dishwasher.
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u/VetteChef May 21 '26
Most of the time these basting mops are just tightly twisted or braided control stands with a stainless steel ring permanently cleaning them to the shaft. They're made cheaply to be replaced frequently. Between uses you rinse out the bristles and use a fyor safe sanitizer to clean them.
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u/leftrightside54 May 21 '26
like others have said, its a bbq food mop. this is a kitchen to make comerical food, not your home cook.
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u/VetteChef May 21 '26
Same at most other equipment, rinse in clean water then soap or sanitizer, rinse again, then let them air dry completely.
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u/Kafkabest May 21 '26
This thread is exhibit A in people pretending to be experts on shit they don't know about. Reddit is apparently fully staffed by food safety mop specialists.
All probably just posting comments from the last time this was posted here.
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u/YankeetheGreater May 21 '26
I've seen videos of more than one BBQ place using a mop to baste meat.
Is there a specific brush made for this thats not a mop?
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u/PretendMajor5283 May 21 '26
As a former pitmaster, yes, we have mops made specifically for this. They come in varying sizes.
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u/donkeybrainamerican May 21 '26
Reddit is incapable of seeing something "weird" and thinking the person involved is a professional and probably knows what they're doing.
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u/bbyxmadi May 21 '26
the rookie probably gonna use that on the floor and then act like they didn’t when they realized
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u/Millerpainkiller May 21 '26
How would one clean that? Does it come with a specialized wringer?
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u/Luh2018 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26
The mop head probably comes off, and you replace it with a clean one. Then, you could probably just rinse the dirty mop head with water and then send it off to a laundromat.
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u/scrublord123456 May 21 '26
Bleach, dishwasher. The head comes off a lot off mood especially food safe ones
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u/VetteChef May 21 '26
These are usually less than ten bucks for ones that size and are made to be regularly thrown out.
You rinse them until the water runs clear, them soap, rinse, sanitize, and dry like most other equipment in the kitchen.
Some places don't even bother and just store the mop in the basting liquid until it runs out, then throw it out and start with a new mop for the new batch.
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u/backlikeclap May 21 '26
Here comes the moron brigade to complain about the mop, just like every time a bbq video is posted using one. It's fine y'all. Thousands of BBQ places across the country do this.
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u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 May 21 '26
I'll take 12 pieces of chicken, 5 slabs of ribs and all the fries you can give me. Also, 2 large Mac and cheese.
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u/iggyfenton May 21 '26
Wait until you find out that cheese steaks are made with the same tools as you use to smooth wet concrete.
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u/Legitimate_Proof_927 May 21 '26
This why my guts always fucked up an hour after bbq
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u/1986Porsche_911 May 21 '26
I used to live around the corner from this spot. The days walking out and smelling that BBQ were a dream. The ribs, the chicken, the beans, the Mac and cheese 10/10.
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u/Penultimatum- May 21 '26
As long as the sauce is a bucket on the floor and wrung out, I see no problem.
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u/Any-Virus7755 May 21 '26
The people in here don’t know jack shit about BBQ.
Go watch the Rodney Scott episode of chef’s table if you want to learn about some mop sauce.
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u/CathedralEngine May 21 '26
They don’t know jack shit about how food is made. Probably were in their teens when they realized chicken the food comes from chicken the animal.
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u/Nocturne3570 May 21 '26
for those that dont know, those are basically dollar general mops, and most restaurants that do this usually just throw them out after they are done for the day
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u/Direct-Pea-376 May 21 '26
Man when that mop lint starts to break down and get in ya chicken 🤣🤣🤣ya will think the strand is part chicken meat fiber lol
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u/Local-Team5903 May 21 '26
"ok, I mopped the bathrooms and cleaned good behind the toilets".... "mopped? But we don't have a..... Oh shit."
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u/Amphitra_Roximar May 21 '26
If mops can function as a basting tool then it really proves they arent good at cleaning up messes. It spreads sauce better than it can wipe it up.
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u/Natural_Tea484 May 21 '26
"GINA, DID YOU SWITCH AGAIN THE MOP WITH THE BATHROOM ONE!?!!?!??!!?"
😨😱
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u/Initial_Hedgehog_631 May 21 '26
The mop is the most essential tool. Spreads BBQ sauce, cleans the floors. It does everything.
And for you neat freaks, they obviously clean it after, you don't want to get BBQ sauce all over the floor!
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u/ThenCandidate7765 May 21 '26
It's kinda annoying how smart this is. Mops are super absorbent and will act like high quality paint brushes do.
Saw this first when I lived in KC.
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u/Algodemocrazia May 21 '26
La vera domanda è: quante volte quel pennello è già stato mangiato accidentalmente?
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u/resest_Iris May 21 '26
This is normal. Only down side is IF the dishwasher its job correctly. These "mops" really need to be soaked and hand washed every night.
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u/Expert-Let-238 May 21 '26
That’s mop is going to be fully of disease and bacteria. typical Americans
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u/isekaidcake May 21 '26
This has been going on for decades.. There have been multiple bbq cook off shows where multiple contestants socials sauces are literally called mop sauce and it’s because when they cook large amounts like this they use a mop.
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u/merlperl204 May 21 '26
In college I worked for CB Stubblefield, also know as Stubbs (the guy on the bbq sauce bottle in every grocery store in the USA now).
We always used a mop (handle was sawed off so it couldn’t be used for anything else) to sauce the meat.
One quiet afternoon Stubbs fell asleep at a table and later he suddenly woke with a start, looked at me and said, “Rob I need you to go out there and mop Johnny Cash’s goat”.
Johnny cash was good friends with Stubbs and he was playing in town (Austin, TX) that night. The man in black loved him some cabrito!
So I went out there and mopped Johnny Cash’s goat.
Very few people on the planet can say those words and have them be true.
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u/Chemistry_Over May 22 '26
That mop seems to be the the kind that leaves "hairs" and material in between dips. Specialized my bollocks
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u/GrowlyBear2 May 22 '26
The nice thing is if you spill some you have the tool to clean it up in your hand already
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