Any time you melt sugar, you know that you are in for a struggle to get all of your utensils clean once that sugar cools down and solidifies. While many of these cooking thermometers are considered to be dishwasher safe, you might run into a little bit of a problem getting really hard stuck of candy off of your tools. One method that we really like to really get those stuck on crystals off of your cooking gear is to fill your pot with hot water and bring it to a boil with all of your dirty kitchen gadgets in the bowl. Once it comes to a rolling boil, take your tools out of the water and wipe them down with a wet dishcloth.