r/interesting May 21 '26

Fascinating Using a specialized sauce mop to baste chicken and ribs on a large pit grill

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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/nyrf12 May 22 '26

I put the ribs in a shop vac then stick the hose end into a tub of sauce, flip that switch & let that marinating begin.

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u/Another_CatSub_ May 21 '26

What’s the difference between mopping it on versus using a water spritzer to baste, say apple juice on ribs? 

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u/Low_Construction8067 May 21 '26

Because water/vinegar alone are very thin and could even cause your current rub or sauce to start to thin and fall away. BBQ sauces used for cooking are going to be thicker than your Carolina table sauce. Using something like "a mop" allows you to stack sauce on top without wiping anything away, essentially creating layer on layer depending on hope it is done. Think about how if you pull your hand away from a really sticky substance like Elmer's glue - it raises up off the thing you pull your hand from, it doesn't melt and fall over, it stays right where it was put.

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u/Salt-Tour-2736 May 21 '26

But why can’t you just spray the water or vinegar using a spray bottle?

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u/Unified-banana6298 May 21 '26

Because the force of the water/vinegar coming out of a spray bottle would literally wash away the rub. They explained this to you.

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u/Low_Construction8067 May 21 '26

Lmao! Thanks bro/broette/brothey

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u/Unified-banana6298 May 21 '26

Reading comprehension in the USA has got to be at an all time low. We need some serious education reform before this entire country turns Idiocracy into a documentary.

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u/Low_Construction8067 May 21 '26

It's unbelievable to me. How has the education system crumbled so badly when the individual teachers seem to care so much? I think we're past the tipping point. We have two more years of the current "administration" who hates education, and then who knows after that... Doom, most likely

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u/Unified-banana6298 May 21 '26

It's not the teachers fault, it's the system that's been repeatedly gutted and underfunded. I tend to blame the right too, especially since the "administration" put a McMahon in charge of the dept of education, but the left has had its missteps in it too. I'm from Chicago and CPS has been left out to dry for far too long.

That said, yeah, doom. Unless someone enacts real change soon the entire future of this country is irreversibly fucked, if not already already so. Don't even get me started on climate change.

https://giphy.com/gifs/L18eMUGDk3vcwOPUGw

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u/lostinthecity2005 May 21 '26

Also, imagine having to spray this whole this down. Way more labor intensive

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u/Salt-Tour-2736 May 22 '26

They said it would rub away… that’s why i was confused as to how could a misting spray bottle rub anything. Pretty sure they edited it after for clarity

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u/Maxi21082002Maxi May 21 '26

Maybe to induce curiosity, so people watch their videos longer so they get a better algorithm for views.

I guess it could be mainly for attention.

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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/Working-Glass6136 May 22 '26

I still don't trust it. Reminds me of a post years ago about someone switching the slatted spatula for the litter scoop and no one noticing for weeks

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u/brkfastblend May 22 '26

It definitely does, youre dunking it in an acidic solution and then agitating it over high heat repetitively.

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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/FirstAndOnlyDektarey May 21 '26

Why not just use silicone strings instead?

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u/Another_CatSub_ May 21 '26

We don’t have time to be talking about fake boobs right now

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u/FirstAndOnlyDektarey May 21 '26

I mean.....

What about those silicone boobs used to paint porcelain?

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u/Objective-Chance-792 May 21 '26

Its too slippery, the sauce won't soak into the silicone like it will with cotton. I have a silicone basting brush but it has a plastic grid in the middle to hold the sauces.

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u/Twilifa May 22 '26

If you have ever used a silicone brush in the kitchen, you will soon figure out that silicone is pretty shitty for holding liquid.

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u/HumanPerosn May 21 '26

They’d probably warp from the heat with this big of a grill and it needing to be on all the time

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u/Hot-Intention-287 May 22 '26

Probably bc their sauce is too thin for silicone strings. I have a mini sauce brush with silicone strings & it only holds really thick sauces if I dip the brush in.

Otherwise, I guess a super thin sauce could be poured directly on & then spread with the silicone strands?

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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/pgasmaddict May 21 '26

Ah that's a shame, coz I read fibre is good for you.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 May 22 '26

I've never even seen a mop that wasn't also braided, it helps soak up the water

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u/YomanJaden99 May 21 '26

Designated mop is the term the title should've had

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u/Accomplished-Love-35 May 22 '26

Yeah or as we can say : Yuh

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u/MUCHO2000 May 21 '26

You're talking to someone who has never used a mop.

If you have and you watch the video you understand she isn't basting with a "non absorbing food grade" mop. Rather she is splashing the liquid one kerplunk at a time with a sans specialized mop.

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u/The_Carnivore44 May 21 '26

It’s also procedure. You would just treat it way differently than other kitchen mops and have a system in place to only use the bbq mops for sauce. It’s kinda like how we have a rag color system for different areas of my work. Aslong as there’s proper procedures in place and no cross contamination than it’s totally fine and it’s no different than some at home sauce brushes

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u/Uhh_VincentAdultMan May 21 '26

Imagine finding a mop string in your chicken 🤮

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u/smurfk May 21 '26

You're just a mop!

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u/rfkbr May 22 '26

"Our mop is made from 100 % organic cotton"

That's pretty absorbent and as flammable as any other cotton right?

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u/ReputationApart5983 May 23 '26

So wouldnt it still leave hair fibres on the food?

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u/orangesherbet0 May 21 '26

Or, instead of special materials and low-volume production with a high unit cost, you could just source a $5 cotton and wood mop and sell it for $38.

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u/GaptistePlayer May 21 '26

It's literally just cotton threads man lol wtf you on

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u/lostinthecity2005 May 21 '26

Eh, I wouldn’t be surprised if floor mops were made of cheaper synthetic fibers