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(Someone let me know if this kind of post is not allowed, please)

I recently got one of these scrubbers for cleaning grills and want to share how great it is.

  • Made by Destin from the Smarter Every Day YT channel and his business partner.
  • Almost entirely manufactured in the US (something we sorely need more of today)
  • The head can be taken apart and replaced if you ever need to (but really, that's going to be a long time I think...)
  • Replaces those crappy home store grill cleaners that fall apart and don't last 1 year
  • It's $60 USD or so but I think worth it

If this is new for you and interesting, you can learn more via this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTGwcHQfLY

I don't work for this company, I own one of these scrubbers and so far, it's been a great tool which I believe will last a long time.

Store link if you're interested:

https://www.jjgeorgestore.com/the-smarter-scrubber/

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[-] fourish@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Interesting but manufactured in the US has significant negative appeal for me right now due to the whole government situation. Maybe when maga is flushed away.

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

Their page is very ‘murica. I would have been ok with that 10 years ago but now my first association is maga shit. It’s sad we have come to this.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

That chain mail on the head is absolutely going to wear out and need replacement.

How the hell can you claim the metal bristle ones wear out after only a year but this untested $60 one will last longer?

I’m going to wear out the head in 2 years and they’ll want $30+shipping to replace it.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago

You honestly think you're going to wear out chainmail in under a year? You must never sleep. Only grill.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 weeks ago

Any abrasive material is a part that will wear out.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

And the universe would eventually succumb to entropy, so what? We're talking about stainless. Which is likely harder than your grill. Which would get used what, like a dozen or so times a year?

I bet that chain would outlast me. For sure my grill. Definitely a wire brush. And last a year, easy.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz -3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Stop making up bullshit to justify this disposable grill brush we’re being pitched.

Stainless is softer than cast iron.

[-] Zomg@piefed.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

He highlights in his video that the bristles of those wire brushes cause emergency surgery when mistakenly ingested as brushing the grill with them has show that they break off. This is part of the "replace every year" and is something those cheaper brushes even sticker onto their handles.

He didn't claim they wear out in a year, the brushes themselves do. Please try watching both parts of the video. Even if you disagree, it's interesting and highlights a problem with losing knowledge in the tooling industry.

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2026
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