I also have a thread on here about the new brutes. No matter how long I rinse and soak or rinse and soak it always smelled like cat piss when i mixed saltwater overnight lol. It wasn't until I used 4 gallons of white distilled vinegar and 2 gallons of water and let it sit overnight then a good scrubbing and rinsing until the smell stopped. I called brute and they informed me that they are coated with a non stick spray film during production. I learned this the hard way.