Is Burnt Gluten Still Harmful?

[chick2ba]

A friend and I grilled veggie and meat kabobs yesterday. She used a generic (Meijer) brand BBQ sauce and Kraft salad dressing; both appeared to be gluten-free from the ingredients listed. I, of course, used a marinade that was for sure gluten-free. We used my grill (no charcoal) but divided the cooking area.

I now want to grill up another round of my gluten-free kabobs. Should I be concerned about traces of gluten left over from her 'questionable' sauce and dressing? Anything still on that grill is burnt to an absolute CRISP. I figure any remaining gluten proteins would have completely changed to carbon. It seems that the burning temperature of wood falls between 540 F and 1100 F (282-593 C). I'm not sure if that's also the adiabat. flame temp.

Any thoughts from resident chemists? What's the burning/decomposition temperature of gluten?

[mamatide]

A friend and I grilled veggie and meat kabobs yesterday. She used a generic (Meijer) brand BBQ sauce and Kraft salad dressing; both appeared to be gluten-free from the ingredients listed. I, of course, used a marinade that was for sure gluten-free. We used my grill (no charcoal) but divided the cooking area.

I now want to grill up another round of my gluten-free kabobs. Should I be concerned about traces of gluten left over from her 'questionable' sauce and dressing? Anything still on that grill is burnt to an absolute CRISP. I figure any remaining gluten proteins would have completely changed to carbon. It seems that the burning temperature of wood falls between 540 F and 1100 F (282-593 C). I'm not sure if that's also the adiabat. flame temp.

Any thoughts from resident chemists? What's the burning/decomposition temperature of gluten?

You can't burn off gluten. It's still there... Same deal for deep fryers - it stays even in boiling oil.

I'd take the grill off and give it a soapy soak and a scrub. Or you can buy disposable foil that has holes perforated in it on the grill to keep your food away from the gluten that's already on the grill.

Sorry.

[CarlaB]

I've heard conflicting information from what was previously posted.

If you really burn it to a crisp, you're okay. With a charcoal grill this is pretty easy ... don't know about propane because I've never had one.

It's different than frying oil ... it's hotter.