Alton Brown's brought a lot to my life, including one of my favorite
kitchen tools, the probe roasting thermometer. I use mine for
everything: roasting meats, grilling, even baking salmon (absolutely
foolproof, this). But it's brought one major annoyance to the
kitchen too: that unruly tangle of probe and oven-proof braided wire
left in your hand after cleaning up from the evening's roast. Now,
in the list of things I should have done years ago I can finally
include taming that snarl—with 3D printing, of course.
Here's a simple puck-shaped wire organizer I designed and printed in
PLA plastic. Insert the probe end into its receptacle, secure the
bend of the probe in its slot, then wrap the cable around the
spool. Finally, plug the connector end into the top of the organizer
to keep everything tidy.