My $150 thermopen fell off my smoker and landed in the brisket drippings

I was checking temps on a pork butt last Saturday and my Thermapen slipped right off the magnet strip into the foil pan full of drippings. The screen went haywire and now it shows 212F when I wave it in the air. Anyone else ever fried a probe with hot fat?

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2 Comments

masonbell22d ago

Marinate that thing in rice for a week. It probably shorted out the thermistor when the hot grease got in there. I'd pull the battery and let it dry out completely before you try anything else.

clairem4722d ago

Masonbell is acting like this thing got nuked. Rice is overkill for a little grease splatter. Most of those probes are sealed well enough to handle some kitchen mess. Id pull the battery for a day maybe, but a whole week in rice is just wasting time and rice. Unless you dunked it in a deep fryer, its probably fine.