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My brand new thermometer exploded into the fryer at my sister's cookout

So I stopped by my sister's place in Raleigh last Saturday for her backyard cookout, and she decided to try making homemade churros in her little countertop deep fryer. Everything was going fine until she stuck that cheap glass thermometer in the oil and it just shattered, sending glass and mercury everywhere. We had to toss out a whole batch of batter and the oil, plus scrub down her deck for an hour. Has anyone else had a thermometer fail on them mid fry like that?

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eric7232mo ago

My buddy Dan had a candy thermometer blow up in his turkey fryer last Thanksgiving.

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hugoh552mo ago

Mercury everywhere" is the real worry here. You need hazmat cleanup, not just scrubbing.

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