Contoured grill brush

Abstract

The present invention provides a grill brush for cleaning cooking grates of different types of cooking equipment, such as gas or charcoal-operated grillers and smokers. The grill brush includes a series of contoured metal bristles that easily contact top and side surfaces of the grill cooking grate to promote cleaning. The grill brush optionally includes a detachable cleaning section. Cleaning sections may be interchanged with different handles, and may optionally include other grilling tools or cleaners in a kit.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 539,124 entitled “Contoured Grill Brush,” filed Jan. 26, 2004, the entire disclosure of which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates generally to cleaning utensils and, more particularly, to cleaning brushes for grills and grated cookware. [0003] Outdoor cooking is a favorite way of preparing meals. Family and friends often gather together for a backyard cookout, and may grill, smoke or barbeque the food. These grilling techniques are used with a variety of cooking equipment, and may be used indoors as well. [0004] In the past, charcoal grills were often used, as they are portable and inexpensive. More recently, many consumers have turned to gas or propane grills, which are reliable, easy to operate, and easier to clean than charcoal grills because there is no charcoal residue to dispo...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

"The invention is a grill brush that has a cleaning section with a brush attached to a handle. The brush has a plurality of bristles that are contoured to contact grate members on a cooking grate. The bristles are made of brass or metal and have rounded protrusions that can be inserted between grate members. The brush can be used alone or in combination with other grill cleaning components such as a basting brush, elongated fork, spatula, knife, corn cob holders, tongs, thermometer, or skewers. The grill brush is designed to efficiently clean grills and improve grilling performance."

Problems solved by technology

However, as avid grillers are well aware, such grill brushes do not adequately clean the grill grate members 4 because the bristles are all substantially the same length and they cannot get into the recesses of the cooking grate 2.

This can damage or deform the bristles, and can detract from the overall grilling experience.

While deformed bristles may allow the griller to access some hard to reach areas, the deformed bristles often cause the grill brush to wear out quickly.

Replacing the entire grill brush very often can become costly.

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