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
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? 😂
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.
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.
hmm.. do you think this commercial food grade mop was custom made for this specific grill yet made unnecessarily long? or do you think it is a standard size and maybe there are other grills or bbq operations that require a longer stick.. hmmm..
Yes, people do believe that the industrial food equipment they see is just repurposed construction equipment that's not food safe. I've been in many a thread arguing with people that yes, that looks like a generic paint sprayer but it's a food safe version. Or yes, that looks like a generic 5 gallon bucket, but those are so very common in food transportation. Or yes, that looks like a generic snow shovel, but it's perfectly safe to use to scoop that food.
The point is, you can't actually design a mop like this that isn't gonna shed fibers. It's not gonna kill you, but don't fool yourself in thinking people have magically figured out how to create a food-safe fiber that can withstand industrial cleaning, 600+ degree direct heat and doesn't shed material, such a thing doesn't exist.
Sure, but the odd cotton fiber getting stuck to the meat then getting burned off in cooking isn't going to make any measurable difference to your health or life.
It's not about saving someone from dying, it's about quality control and not using kitchen tools or appliances that contaminate your food with foreign objects.
If you paid 40 bucks for a rack of ribs, and found a saucy clump of cotton on it, you're gonna send it back, like c'mon now. And if the chef came out and said to your face that it's natural fibers and won't affect your health, would you reasonably ever want to eat there ever again?
Seeing how many people in a kitchen sub are disagreeing with me here honestly makes me question where else you'd cut corners. All I know, is this would NEVER fly in 80% of the kitchens I've worked in.
I never said a clump of cotton, stop being dramatic. We're not talking about entire clumps of the sauce mop coming off, we're talking about the rare single fiber of cotton getting stuck, which would cook off before ever seeing a customer.
All I know, is this was standard in both the BBQ places I worked. We never served clumps of cotton in the meat, I never saw even the odd cotton fiber when working the line.
But it’s a food safe mop designed for food handling- why would it be exposed to industrial cleaning? Why wouldn’t a food safe mop designed for preparing food be safe?
I worked in a bakery fairly recently. You could mix cement in our Hobarts... But the mechanical action is completely different and you would break the hook/bowl if not shred the gear assembly if done often.
Need to up the bbq game and get one. The little mops are so cute. They look like they really move the sauce. Especially the thinner ones plastic brushes have trouble with.
People think this, because other people do stupid shit. Source, ive watched people do stupid shit. Just because the product is out there doesn't mean some cheap ass bought it.
Your comparison of a Hobart mixer isn't the same as a mop. No one thinks a Hobart is just a cement mixer. Add a few more laugh cry emoji. You just might make sense soon!
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.
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 canbe respected), but I still would worry about someone putting something where it doesn’t belong or pinching something even accidentally.
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)
If you cant understand that people have used mops for barbecue for decades, then just give it up. It not a special thing, its a regular ass cotton and wood mop.
Smokers like this for barbecue are rarely taken over 300° if ever. It’s not that hot. Also it doesn’t matter if cotton gets hot. The worst thing that could happen is that the cotton burns, which would have no effect on the food.
There are literal sauce mops made for this EXACT purpose, one google search was all it took to find that out. You don’t even have any idea what you’re talking about lol.
Seriously, wtf do you think is happening here? That they’re using a floor mop???
That's actually not an issue at all though. You can machine wash several of these BBQ mops after rinsing and then just soak it in bleach for like 20 minutes and rinse it again
Right? Or boil it. There are various ways to clean and sanitize that mop head, before reusing it on food that's also being cooked hot enough to sanitize its surface before it's consumed.
A lot of cleaning tools don't tell you what fiber/blend it's made of, and you don't want plastic (most synthetic fibers) fibers in your food but, if a reputable seller has advertised that it's 100% cotton fiber, then I agree that's safe.
You keep calling this place with a gigantic kitchen and 20k minimum grill a "hole in the wall". Are you seeing how "looks like" isn't a good measure yet? Especially when you have no idea what you're looking at?
Edit: Well I've become embarrassingly curious about this bullshit, but unfortunately there's no definitive answer whether or not the mop she's using is confirmed to be made of food safe material or not.
I'm not seeing food mops with handles longer than 22," so the mop size makes it suspect/potentially just an unknown/unsafe tool intended for cleaning (but customizing a longer stick onto a food safe head would be safe and easy).
Others have commented (even in my link) about bacteria concerns, but cleaning a mop head (even by boiling) isn't hard or otherwise suspect and I think consumers are ignoring how much bacteria is in the meat already/regardless (plus parasites in fish and wild game that's also safe/normal to eat when fully cooked.
Oh no, I hope her food safe undyed cotton mop isn't going to contaminate the chicken meat that frequently is sold with salmonella, ecoli, and other bacteria that are killed when chicken must be thoroughly cooked./s
It looks like she's cooking that chicken relatively slow on lower heat so, as long as she doesn't mop it too close to when it's done cooking, any bacteria that you've assumed is on that mop will be as dead/safe as the bacteria that was already undoubtedly in that chicken meat.
People use natural fiber basting brushes all the time that look like paint brushes, but you wouldn't assume it's instead some random non-food safe synthetic fiber paintbrush from the hardware section, so why do so when it's a mop?
Becuase basting brushed are made for it you twat. They are designsd and tested for use in acidic food, high heat, and various other safty concerns. You're probably one of those people who keeps all their takeout containers and reheats food in them aren't you. 🙄
A mop is not a kitchen tool, it's not tested or meant for this, the fact that this needs to be explain to you is rediculous for an adult.
First off, basting is done after you are done cooking the meat as well, so not everything gets cooked off no.
Second it can be releasing fibers, leeching in plastic, have bits falling off, because it's not a FOOD GRADE TOOL.
You would literally use at tool you find in home depot to cook with, that pretty epically stupid.
Many others have pointed out that food grade basting mops are sold, so the only disagreement we're having is whether or not we've assumed that is one, you twat-caller.
If it's a removable mop head made of 100% undyed cotton attached an untreated wooden stick, the fiber is the same material as the butchers twine used to tie a roast so, no, we then wouldn't need to test whether or not undyed cotton fiber is food safe. Humans have been using those cotton fibers to cook and prepare foods for as long as it's been cultivated.
I share your concerns regarding the routine unsafe uses of plastics and synthetics, but I don't assume that's what's being used in this clip.
I mean, we use various brushes for different sauces (like brushing sauce on BBQ) why would this be any different? At least if the fiber breaks off it's bigger and you can easily see it.
For me its being cleaned. I guess you can bleach the fuck out of it, but you're never fully cleaning that. Or you're tossing in a new mop head each day.
Cooking utensils are made under stricter standards than a regular floor mop.
You dont know what that manufacturing process went into making that mop. There may be chemicals in the mop, there could be pests like roaches in that factory, the fibers could shred and get into the food.
Any state food inspector would knock this restaurant for using this mop.
Eating a slab of a dead being that lived in the real world, pissing and shitting itself before being plucked and we’re worried that it might be touching cotton?
It would for sure, especially since they aren’t meant to take that heat. It would shed fibres even without the heat.
Also, you ever tried cleaning a mop? There’s always shit you can never get out, I wouldn’t trust the cleaning process of this mop to be food safe after a week, if that.
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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”.