Cleaning Probes?

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

What’s the best way to clean crusty stuff off meat probes without damaging the probe?

(edit...I have no idea why the forum keeps rotating my photos).

 

[ozzz]

I use some dish soap and dish scrub pad works fine for me so far.

 

[Winterrider]

I wipe clean with wet rag and then alcohol wipes.

 

[gmc2003]

I use a soapy sponge to clean the probe then rinse it off and dry it with a paper towel.

Chris

 

[jcam222]

I use a soapy green pad and am very careful to not get the joint where the wire joins it wet. I’d like to get a thing of food grade bleach wipes for this purpose if they make them.

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

careful to not get the joint where the wire joins it wet

Amen!
I accidently did that with the chamber probe on the IRF-4S.
Even a bake out at 200F in the oven for a couple of hours didn't bring that probe back to life.
The new replacement from Inkbird has a double crimp on the wired end.

 

[Bearcarver]

I just use Hot Water & the rough side of Mrs Bear's Dishwashing sponge.
I pull the cable through the Sponge a few times, and rub the whole probe with the sponge, until it's nice & smooth & shiny again, but I stay completely away from the joint where the cable meets the probe.

Bear

 

[chopsaw]

I like the scrub Daddy sponge . Looks like a smiley face . The cut outs work good on probes .

 

[normanaj]

I just use Hot Water & the rough side of Mrs Bear's Dishwashing sponge.
I pull the cable through the Sponge a few times, and rub the whole probe with the sponge, until it's nice & smooth & shiny again, but I stay completely away from the joint where the cable meets the probe.

This.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Yup I'm with the soap and sponge idea but clean as soon as you can not the next day.

Warren

 

[uncle eddie]

I use a clorox wipe - and then "rinse it" with a damp paper towel.

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

I just use Hot Water & the rough side of Mrs Bear's Dishwashing sponge.
I pull the cable through the Sponge a few times, and rub the whole probe with the sponge, until it's nice & smooth & shiny again, but I stay completely away from the joint where the cable meets the probe.

Bear

Bear,

If I used my Mrs' good dish sponge for cleaning probes, she would skin me alive.
She absolutely hates the creosote skidmarks left on the sponge.
She requests that I use the sponge for cat food dishes.
So far, the cats haven't complained.

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

Thanks for all the replies and advice.

 

[chef jimmyj]

I LICK and Chew them clean, like a bone!


Naaa...Scotch Brite green pad, soap and water...JJ

 

[tanglefoot]

I wipe clean with wet rag and then alcohol wipes.m

I'm with Winter. Wipe 'em with a dish rag, then alcohol prep pads.

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

I LICK and Chew them clean, like a bone!


Naaa...Scotch Brite green pad, soap and water...JJ

 

[tanglefoot]

I LICK and Chew them clean, like a bone!


Naaa...Scotch Brite green pad, soap and water...JJ

Must save a bundle on toothpicks!!!!!!

 

[HalfSmoked]

Thanks everyone for the the likes they are greatly appreciated.

Warren

 

[Bearcarver]

Bear,

If I used my Mrs' good dish sponge for cleaning probes, she would skin me alive.
She absolutely hates the creosote skidmarks left on the sponge.
She requests that I use the sponge for cat food dishes.
So far, the cats haven't complained.

LOL---Yeah, I know about all the little black streaks, but if you squeeze the sponge under real hot water about 100 times they go away. If it's not a very new sponge I leave the marks, as a hint for Mrs Bear to replace it with a new one.

Bear

 

[noboundaries]

If I get a meat probe that has stuff cooked on that I can't get off easily, I'll take one of my tall16-20 oz coffee mugs, put a few drops of dish soap in it, fill it almost to the brim with boiling water, then hang the meat probe at the crook on the rim of the mug. The wire stays out of the water. Let it soak while I do something else, then wipe clean and rinse, keeping the wire out of the water.