Quote Originally Posted by kitedemon View Post
A porous product is super likely to harbour bacteria. Cleaning such a thing and actually killing the bacteria periodically would mean baking it and there is a huge chance it would have issues with the heat required.
Nope. Just need to boil it if its a concern, synthetic sponges hold up just fine. I wouldn't try it with a natural sponge though.

Heck pasteurization is heating to 170*F for 10 minutes, it works just fine for milk and you know that's loaded with bacteria.