Toxic Skewers

We bought a set of BBQ utensils late last summer on clearance at Canadian Tire. It came with a flipper, tongs, and four skewers. Since it was late in the summer, we didn't have an opportunity to use the skewers, and they were retired into a drawer until we pulled them out again on the weekend. Anticipating a fantastic meal of corn-on-the-cob, potatoes, and shish-kabob for a few guests, we prepared the food and skewered the meat. However, halfway through cooking the meat, we discovered a fatal flaw in our BBQ skewers: as it turns out, the "stainless steel" handles are actually plastic covered in a thin layer of metal. As most of us probably know, plastic melts when heated - and heat is a natural part of the cooking process, especially when grilling on a BBQ. The result? Well, our food was still edible thankfully, but the skewers started bubbling toxic black plastic ooze, and they are now somewhat distorted. Who designs such a product? What other non-sensical kitchen impliments have they come up with? Plastic frying pans? Glass forks and knives? Perhaps a rubber kettle? So much for those skewers . . .