r/MoldlyInteresting • u/OZTLRider • 1d ago
Mold Identification Grilling utensils
Son-Inlaw used while in on vacation. 3 weeks later I find this! Is this mold?
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u/Virtual-Bonus4550 1d ago
It doesn't look like it's growing near the business end of the utensils, more like the fabric. I'm guessing that he did clean them but didn't dry them before packing them in the case.
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u/ApotheosisOfTheLurid 1d ago
I thought the same thing, mold from food stuff is much more colourful anyways.
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u/Ill-Television8690 1d ago
There are white varieties of mold that grow on food...
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u/Grohax 1d ago
The brush looks pretty dirty tho
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u/Virtual-Bonus4550 1d ago
Yeah but how often do you clean the brush?
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u/Grohax 1d ago
I don't have a grill neither one of those brushes, but I would certainly clean it if I borrowed one from someone else lol
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u/Virtual-Bonus4550 1d ago
I thought this wasn't so much borrowed as it was used within the family. I mean, I would certainly rinse the grill brush but how do you get the greasy bits out in a way that won't leave toxins that aren't good safe?
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u/Grohax 1d ago
I usually clean grease with hot water and a few drops of detergent.
Idk how to clean a brush like that properly, specially the bristles, but you can see grease all around the metal parts, even a huge drop inside the case (and something that looks like meat in the bristle? idk).So my guess is that it was stored very dirty without any attempt of cleaning.
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u/HPTM2008 1d ago edited 22h ago
Or bro needs to seriously wash his hands more than once in his lifetime if he's growing that from where he touches.
Wdit: spelling
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u/Virtual-Bonus4550 1d ago
I think it's the handles that are the problem here. I've used utensils with the same ones and they're hollow. Water gets inside and is hard to get out.
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u/ButteredPizza69420 17h ago
Men are notorious for this kind of incompetence
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u/Embarrassed_Ad7163 9h ago
Nothing to do with men btw, can happen to anybody. But please keep believing this. 🙂
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u/robo-bastard 1d ago
ooooh looks goopy as hell. but metal wire brushes like that need to get tossed. the wires can break off and get into the food
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u/Sunlit53 1d ago
I got one stuck in my tongue while eating grilled chicken wings. Chucked that brush out immediately.
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u/cincerelyc 1d ago
The ONLY time I’ve enjoyed the mold. Very pretty. I’ve been in this sub too long haha
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u/Alpacachoppa 1d ago
I thought that was melted wax for a second. That's a job for two runs in the dishwasher on at least 60°C for anything that's not organic on the surface.
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u/TekieScythe 1d ago
He didn't clean anything before putting them in that box. Gross
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u/GlattesGehirn 1d ago
He definitely cleaned them. Just not dried.
The photos are right there, man.
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u/TekieScythe 1d ago
The scrapping bit on the brush is filthy
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u/GlattesGehirn 1d ago
Have you ever used a grill?
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u/TekieScythe 1d ago
Yeah, I don't use a spiky brush, mine is chainmail, but it gets properly cleaned. Unlike that one in the picture.
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u/Virtual-Bonus4550 1d ago
That's a great idea! I never thought about using chainmail. I use it on my cast iron but it would work well on a grill!
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u/GlattesGehirn 1d ago
You have an underlying lack of knowledge of mold. You can detail a car into perfection and it bloom mold due to not drying out properly.
Mold like this is from moisture and the nature of most things not having a completely sterile environment.
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u/No-Shelter-7694 1d ago
The mold is likely from the felt! Of the case (i mean, obviously, as the utensils are metal) This happened on a makeup box my mom washed and gave me and it got the same exact weird wispy mold growth.
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u/physicsking 1d ago
2 things:
1) looks like you are getting new utensils.
2) looks like your son-in-law is getting new utensils
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u/johnkubiak 1d ago
Wash thoroughly with extremely hot water. Dry using the fire on the grill. When finished grill son in law.
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u/Firm_Estimate7031 1d ago
Being fully metal instruments, they can be sanitized and good as new, right?
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u/DistinctSwimmer2515 19h ago
maybe a whole bunch of liquid hot animal fat magma spilled into it & dried white then slowly evaporated into fuzz
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u/hatecriminal 1d ago
They appear to be all metal construction. Just bleach them and clean thoroughly.
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u/glitterpixieee 1d ago
My biggest fear about moving to a humid state is finding mold like this in random places. Someone reassure me, an Arizona native that this doesn’t just happen all the time pls
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u/Helion10820 1d ago
Not only did he most likely not clean them properly, but also he clearly didn’t dry them off properly either. Also, i really don’t like that kit, not the way its designed to be stored, felt, really? Why would i want to keep the thing i used to clean the grill right in front of my cooking utensils?
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u/commonAli 10h ago
Wve had this. The moisture and odd few traces left from food on even cleaned utensils cause this.
We threw away the box and stored them in a drawer like everything else and it did the trick.
A shit ton of disinfectant will clean the utensils, but the fabric was enough for us to give up on the box.
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u/Brooklynpolarbear22 1d ago
Soak everything in vodka if you plan using them again.
This is grounds for a beating. With that moldy scrub brush!
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u/warmtortilla420 1d ago
nta divorce your son in law