Bobbareeno Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hello all, Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem. I was going to cook some whole chickens yesterday and had the grill up to temp with my BBQ Guru WIFI. The pit sensor slides thru the hole in the KK perfectly. Now the problem, my food probes have a 90 degree bend in them that's about 1.5" long. With that food probes will not fit thru the hole! I can run them through the hole plug end first when the grill is cold but feeding them through probe end first isn't possible. I sent BBQ Guru an email and they responded saying they don't make straight probes but they would custom make me some for $40 apiece. Am I the only one with this problem? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 You can straighten them yourself.. Use the rounded edge of a table and slowly little bit by little bit bend it straight.. The secret is to make many, very small bends using the table edge for support. It does not have to be completely straight just straight enough to get thru the hole.. you can make a cut with a sharp knife or razor half way thru the silicone plug and slip it over your cables and leave it on the cable. If you need more space you can carefully drill out the center of the plug before you slice it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5698k Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Just keep feeding them plug first. Its the only way I've ever done it, even with a hot grill. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbareeno Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Thanks for the help! Boy the guy at BBQ Guru got ticky with me when I said the KK was designed with a feed hole for BBQ Guru probes to slide thru. He told me in no uncertain terms that they have NO agreement with KK for feeding their probes thru a KK. I told him that was obviously the case or I never would have to have written him in the first place! I had an older CyberQ II that had probes that were nearly straight. They had maybe a 20 degree angle about an inch from the wire end. My WIFI model came with three probes that have a sweeping 90 degree curve. That's what freaked me out, the severe bend and the thought of trying to bend them straight. He gave me the whole...."this will void your probes warranty" talk. He did reiterate his offer to make me some straight probes. What to do, what to do! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5698k Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 While I do like bbq guru products, their customer sevice is nothing of the sort. Others have bent their probes with success, and, as I said, I feed mine plug first from the inside. Whichever you decide, will work. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokydave Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 I bent the probe for my iGrill as well as the smokehouse probe for my BlueTherm Duo, each by hand . The smokehouse probe bend scared me as it's significantly more beefy than the iGrill probe. They did not recommend it, but I did it anyway and everything went fine. Like Dennis said, slow and careful and not too much at one time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMedik Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 I bent probes on two different devices. No problems. Bend them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 I have bent every probe I have for BBQ Guru, Stoker, Maverick and Oregon Scientific. No problems. Just bend them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbareeno Posted October 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Thanks for the replies.....I'll try my hand at bending! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
