Oxo Good Grips Basting Brush

• Angled head allows user to easily reach around large bird or roast
• Handle shape keeps bristles off counter
• Natural boar bristles for thorough basting
• Soft handle offers comfortable grip
• Safe to use in dishwasher

Amazon.com Review:
Puny basting brushes expose skin to heat, so this 12-inch brush will be a revelation to anyone who's come away from the grill or oven with a blistered hand. It has the familiar Oxo Good Grips rubber handle that won't slip when it's wet or oily, and a hole in the handle facilitates hanging on a hook or peg. The basting brush has long-lasting natural boar bristles. Best of all, the angled head not only makes it easier to lay down an even coat of sauce or pan juices but also allows you to place the brush on a counter without the head leaving a smear behind. This basting brush is dishwasher safe. --Fred Brack

Shrinks and sheds when things get hot:
This is the worst basting brush I have ever encountered. At first countless bristles fell out in my food and every time I washed it. (Although it's dishwasher safe, it failed to come clean in there, even after a big squirt of dawn and much hand washing it isn't spotless, but I think I pulled most of the loose bristles out in the process.) It also doesn't stand up to any heat, I use it to lightly grease my griddle for pancakes and things (at about 375 degrees) becuase I don't like the residue left by Pam, and it shrinks and flakes bristle bits every time. I also don't like the Good Grips in general (these were a gift) the handles are too bulky and take up too much space in my utensil crock and limited apartment kitchen drawers.

Best Thanksgiving ever, thanks to OXO:
When the clan rolled in to Chez Snerdley for Thanksgiving 2003, I had no worries about serving them a prize Turkey. Why? Because I had coated that thing with my secret recipe baste. But that's not the whole story, because that baste would have never gone on as smoothly or evenly without this gem of a basting brush. Because of this Good Grips item, I was free to focus on my other priorities: green bean casserole and Jell-o salad (the latter of which gave 2 relatives food poisoning, unfortunately). Thanks to OXO for making such a quality product! Everyone's already asking me for my baste recipe - I'll just tell them to talk to the brush!

terrible unless you like boar hair on your basted food:
the bristles come out non-stop. oxo took back my first, sent a replacement, which proceeded to do the same thing. shoddy build on this item, stay away. That said, OXO has great customer service and other products I've used are better.

ALL the bristles fell out!:
A few months after buying and using this brush, *all* the bristles fell out in one big clump. Yikes!

Buy a silicone brush!!:
The bristles definately fall out. I'm tired of having to pick them off of my BBQ'd chicken. I'm in the process of looking for a silicone brush that won't have this problem.