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37% OF AMERICANS WHO ADMIT TO BARBECUING DRUNK ALSO MOST LIKELY TO GET HURT
- By The Financial District
- May 28, 2021
- 2 min read
As the number of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 increases and the weather warms, 71% of Americans plan to attend or host a barbecue according to a new survey from LendingTree research site ValuePenguin.com.
The survey also found that Americans aren't doing enough to avoid grilling-related hazards and injuries, but the more than 10,000 grilling-related injuries reported every year underscores the importance of grill safety.
One of the findings of the survey is that 71% of Americans plan to attend or host a summer barbecue. And 80% of Americans either own a grill or use a community grill. With this sort of prevalence, likewise that most Americans are already vaccinated and raring to get out, it's natural that grilling injuries commonly occur.
Also, of the 13% of Americans who own or have access to a grill have reportedly experienced a grilling-related accident, Gen Zers (ages 18 to 24) are the most likely to have had a grilling-related accident, at 19%.
Men are 55% more likely than women to have experienced a grilling-related accident.
Additionally, 37% of grillers say they have fired up the barbecue while drunk, and those who have are four times as likely to have been in a grilling-related accident. Millennial (age 25 to 40) and Gen X (age 41 to 55) Americans are most likely to grill while drunk.
22% of Americans likewise believe they've contracted food poisoning at a barbecue. Nearly one in three millennials and 29% of Gen Zers recall getting sick from a barbecue — the most affected age groups.
In the survey, it was found as well that two in three grillers don't use a meat thermometer to verify that their meat is safe to eat or serve. 6 in 10 grillers do not cut the meat open to verify if it's cooked sufficiently.
Finally, PR Newswire reported the survey having discovered that barbecuers also aren't keeping their Grills clean — especially those who share it with others. 47% of Americans admit they don't clean the grill after every use, which is recommended. That jumps to 59% among those who use a shared community grill, compared with 44% who have their own.
