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R.I.P. My old Teflon coated BBQ Guru cables!

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RRP
RRP Posts: 25,898
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I was carefully cleaning them today and the wire lead into the meat probe just fell off! They served me for 14 years so I got my money's worth! A couple years back I ordered replacements knowing I was on borrowed time. These are the heavy duty wire mesh ones so I'm sure they will take more abuse though I have always been carefull with the tiny Teflon wires which were the first generation when the late Shotgun Fred invented the guru.
Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Durangler
    Durangler Posts: 1,122
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    Landfill or special place in your back yard? :lol: 
    Yea, you got good use from them.
    XL BGE, 22" Weber Red Head, Fiesta Gasser .... Peoria,AZ
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,898
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    Durangler said:
    Landfill or special place in your back yard? :lol: 
    Yea, you got good use from them.
    LOL - I thought about cremation, but remembered they wouldn't burn up so why try!  Here's a picture when the new sheriff arrived in town. See the difference?

    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Durangler
    Durangler Posts: 1,122
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    Bigger & stouter for sure!

    XL BGE, 22" Weber Red Head, Fiesta Gasser .... Peoria,AZ
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    Morning Ron:


    Sorry for your loss ;) ... my Teflon ones are still holding up, but I don't use them very often any more...hopefully they will last a few more years!

    Have a GREAT day!

       Jay

    Brandon, FL


     

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  • NPHuskerFL
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    Like going from Barney Fife to The Outlaw Josey Wales :lol:  I'm sure these will serve you well Ron. FWIW your old one's gave ya some good solid years. Mine from Rock's BBQ are, I believe, silicone and at first I shielded them with a little foil. After speaking directly to them found that it wasn't necessary so long as radiant heat was blocked with say a PS leg etc. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • RRP
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    SSN686 said:

    Morning Ron:


    Sorry for your loss ;) ... my Teflon ones are still holding up, but I don't use them very often any more...hopefully they will last a few more years!

    Thanks, Jay! You know what I think that I did wrong? I used to always grip the blackened end of the metal while cleaning the meat probe and tonight after I finished I then wiped up the wire and it broke like dry spaghetti! 
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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    NPHuskerFL said:
    ... and at first I shielded them with a little foil. After speaking directly to them found that it wasn't necessary so long as radiant heat was blocked with say a PS leg etc. 
    I hear you about not protecting a wire mesh cable, but (call me a cheap *ss) over the years. I have tried both foiling and not and on side by side experience using 4 cables from Thermoworks I am still using 1 foiled cable that is 7 years old and another that is 6. The unprotected ones bit the dust after a couple years at most! All 4 had been protected by a PS leg, but the nastiness of grease, creosote and heat hardens that wire mesh and make them brittle and stiff as a stick. You don't have to re-foil the cables all that often in fact 2+ years is normal for me as I always take the time to use a HD foil 3" wide and make a channel and then fold, roll, and keep compressing the foil down into a tight protective coat.

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