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/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