Tips: Coffee To Clean BBQ

Now that Melissa has me washing my face with coffee grounds, its not a big leap to clean my grill with them as well. I use a propane gas grill, for the convenience, and contrary to popular belief, propane grilling has a much lower carbon footprint (CO2 emissions) than grilling with charcoal.
Charcoal grilling, on average, produces three times more greenhouse gases than propane grilling, according to a study published in Elseviers Environmental Impact Assessment Review.
Eric Johnson conducted his research using data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and public data from fuel producers as well as experimental measurements from grilling sessions.
In the report, Johnson wrote that as a fuel, [propane] is dramatically more efficient than charcoal in its production and considerably more efficient in cooking.
Johnsons report states that if you look systemically and consider production, transportation and burning together, a BBQ cookout over charcoal averages nearly 15 pounds of carbon emissions, about as much as you emit driving your car to a store 22 miles away. But using propane to grill your food cuts that to around five pounds per BBQ, or driving to a store 8 miles away.
The study further found that each charcoal cookout has about twice the carbon footprint of a propane cookout. And this figure goes up every time the grill is used. In addition, the starter fluid used to get a charcoal grill lit and going puts greenhouse gases equivalent to a third of what an entire propane grilling session does.
The study also found that the process of making charcoal briquettes puts our more emissions than burning it does. Charcoal is made by heating wood in a kiln,(theres an 1800s charcoal kiln in ruins near my house) and these kilns produce a lot of greenhouse gas. Propane doesnt need this production, but the study did account for the carbon cost of building and transporting the grills and tanks.
It also takes a lot of time to get a charcoal grill ready. A propane grill heats up quickly (about 5 minutes for mine) , reducing waste. And charcoal continues to create greenhouse gases as it slowly burns out after the cookout., while my propane turns off with a switch.
But using coffee grounds to clean up still gives me the nice flavoring in my next grilling session that Melissa talks about, over charcoal or propane.

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[CasuallyObservant]

She says, "it naturally exFOILiates". Instead of "exfoliates".