Jeezus, thayy puttin' teevees on evveythang now; even gawt wun onna toaster oven. Iff'n it kin dew a fam'ly size pizza, ah'll tekk itt!
mnem
Now Ahh kin watch muh Jerry Springer reruns wha'll muh teevee dinners bern teww a krisp...
Ah, back on food again eh? We're reliable that way.
At the moment I'm just winding down the day with the turn, fold, roll and rest stage of a batch of flaky pastry. Stewed some apples earlier with cinnamon and allspice. Tomorrow — hot, fresh, flaky apple turnovers.
TEA relevance? I need a new pointy kitchen thermometer for checking the internal temperatures of things wot is cooking. That's test gear right? The one I've currently got has a response time measurable in minutes. Anybody have any recommendations for something fast responding that's got a food-safe pointy probe?
I just sounded off on this on this with my HOT SHINY BALLS post a few weeks ago... that
ThermoPro TP01S insta-read thermo-tormenter is one of their highest-rated products of all time, and less than US$8 PLUS a 3-year warranty if you register the product with the MFR. It's advertised at 4-7 second read time; on my grill, it gets to the single digit in "one thousand, two thousand...", and the tenths stops moving right on the "5-thousand..." count every time. It gets a "two claws up" rating from this TinkerDwagon.
The blue backlight is just right at 10 seconds timeout, it comes on at power-up and has a button to re-enable BL with same 10-second timeout. Auto Power-off is nicely un-annoying at 10 minutes. The stainless steel probe is 135mm long, which is considerably longer than the average of 90-100mm. It runs on 2 LR44 batteries, which keeps the LCD nice & crisp even when the BL is on. It comes with a protective film over the front surface, so you get "two lives" on the screen too.
I wash it under running water, but no higher than the neck as it is not supposed to be a waterproof design; this is not a problem with that long probe. However, to its credit, it is NOT a throwaway design tool either; as you can see, it DOES come apart with no less than 4 screws, and another 5 screws in the main PCB. I keep thinking about sealing it up with some silicone, but that would void the 3-yr warranty. I long ago learned the lesson of foldable thermometers; they last only as long as you DON'T fold them. Once you get in the habit of folding them, they die in no time.
The only drawback to me is that while the display is crisp and clear, it does only have about a 40-45° viewing angle where that crispness is there. Well, that and the 7mm digits; I'd have liked a little bigger, but this is pretty typical of the "pocket size" thermometer I prefer, as the button batteries limit design to a relatively small twisted-nematic LCD.
If you need a "leave-in" thermometer, or you need bigger digits, their
next model up is the TP-16 which is only $18; it has a "step-down" quick-read tip, but doesn't say how quick it reads or have a BL. For the "More than $10" range,
I'd probably splurge on the $33 TP-21 though; it has wireless remote display AND a display ON the transmitter. It does not appear to have a step-down "quick-read" tip, but it does have an extra-long probe.
Cheers,
mnem
*Gone thermal*