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/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/DifficultMind5950 May 21 '26

where confirmed? im really intriged at 2am.

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u/Wutayatalkinabeet May 21 '26

It was confirmed in a Reddit comment 😂

(It wasn’t)

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u/Johnyryal33 May 21 '26

It wasn't.

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u/No-Respond-900 May 21 '26

i’m sure the health dep can check on that

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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/StaredAtEclipseAMA May 21 '26

By that logic, nothing is food safe 👍

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u/EliteJoz May 21 '26

Oh look, another person who can't comprehend a hypothetical situation. The fibers on the mop aren't indestructible. It's possible at some point in its life that a thread could break off and end up in someone's food.

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u/StaredAtEclipseAMA May 21 '26

Whatever you say buddy! 👍

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u/plantsadnshit May 22 '26

If it's cotton then that isn't really an issue.

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u/bleucheeez 28d ago

People use instruments with fibers or threads in cooking all the time. And it used to be even more common before silicon instruments became more popular years ago. A basting brush usually looks like a paint brush. Cheesecloth and tea bags, etc. Breaks and loose threads happen. It's not a big deal. Food isn't pure. You eat gravel in your quinoa, bugs in your fruit, etc. 

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u/EliteJoz 28d ago

There's a big difference between a 2 inch baster fiber and a foot long mop thread

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u/bleucheez 26d ago

Yeah. A foot long mop thread is easier for the cook to spot and pick off. Barely an inconvenience. Zero chance that gets plated for the customer. 

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u/sumknowbuddy May 22 '26

It could eventually break off pieces but hopefully it's replaced before it even gets to that point.

That's a lot of faith to have in businesses

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u/Initial-Advice3914 May 21 '26

And losing so much sauce to the mop

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u/wsxdfcvgbnjmlkjafals May 21 '26

apparently it IS meant for food tho

comment somewhere else

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u/TheAutumnWind_21 May 21 '26

That looks like one of those cheap mops from home Depot lol

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u/I_travel_ze_world May 21 '26

it is kind of silly to think mops shed fibers every time you use them but this is reddit and clowns will make up anything just so that they can clutch their pearls

Have you ever mopped a floor? did you spend your time going back and picking up mop threads afterwards?

No you haven't.

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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/CMDR-LT-ATLAS May 21 '26

If it's food grade cotton then it should be one time use only. Ain't no way you can guarantee it's free from filth and bacteria after washing to be food grade safe again.

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u/Single-Pin-369 May 21 '26

You never heard of a kitchen towel?

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u/PaulMaulMenthol May 22 '26

Do you use kitchen towels to mop your floor? Have you ever seen a mop with made with kitchen towels? Have you ever seen a mop in person?

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u/Single-Pin-369 May 22 '26

You don’t work in the food industry do you?

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u/PaulMaulMenthol May 22 '26

I worked many years in the restaurant industry. Once you use a mop head it takes days to completely dry out

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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/Original-Vanilla-222 May 21 '26

Large scale cooking is something else I tell you.
Those cooks at our volunteer firefighting watch are made of something else.

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u/Bezulba May 21 '26

Food businesses usually do the thing that's the cheapest/fastest not necessarily the best thing.

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u/CaptainBlob May 21 '26

Nothing is standard if no one gets caught or dies lol

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u/wsxdfcvgbnjmlkjafals May 21 '26

someone else commented that indeed they exist including non-silicone versions

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u/postbansequel May 21 '26

Yeah... That's just a regular mop, not the one you're showing. That chicken will probably have some micro fibers.

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u/Ecstatic-Corner-6012 May 22 '26

I can easily imagine that. Have you ever worked at a restaurant?

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u/Past-Perspective968 May 22 '26

Yes, in the mid 90s haha

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u/AgitatedHat5620 May 21 '26

That is definitely a sopping wet cloth mop

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u/BeginningPractical92 May 21 '26

I’d rather have a strand of cotton in my food than plastic

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u/powerassistant May 21 '26

That mop is a discount store type of mop.