Okay !!! Anyone Ever Try This ???

[q dawg]

Bought a new thermometer w/probe yesterday....no remote just regular meat probe type.....Taylor brand.....

So got it working and decided to check it's accuracy first in case I have to take it back (3 gone back to store in the last 2 weeks) was starting to think it was me....!

Checked it against my REDI-CHEK at room temp. REDI-CHEK was about 1 1/2* cooler than the new unit....Unit reads in 1/10th degrees

Not liking the ice in water check...seems I never use my thermometers in that range (32*) and always burning my hand, the cord or something when I check them in boiling water (that steam sure is hot!) I decided to try something else.....

The instructions said to check with tip of probe in either ice water or boiling water....so I put the probe tip UNDER MY TONGUE....Bingo 98.2*!!!

That's close enough for me....KEEPIN THIS ONE !!!


Q Dawg.

 

[mr mac]

Never did try that but I did check two units with the probe over the heater vent in the kitchen.

 

[chefrob]

what if you are running a high or low temp? i always use the ice/water method.

 

[q dawg]

Used to works for a school food service...they had us check our thermometers in ice water like you're refering....never could understand that though all of our actual measurements on the prepared food was done while it was hot....seems to me checking your thermometer close to the range you'll be using it makes more sense....especially on the non-digital dial ones that use metal strips in them for the sensors......

Q Dawg

 

[chefrob]

i dunno........it's just the way they work.

 

[grillin_all_day]

Thank god you did the check under your tongue and not the other end!!!!

 

[mr mac]

The only difference between the oral thermometer and the rectal is the taste.

 

[Dutch]

If I recall, the reason for checking food thermometers with an ice water bath is that as a gerneral rule, water freezes at 32° while the boiling temp of water varies depending on where you are at. At sea level water boils at 212° but at my altitude (4500 ft) water will boil at 210° but it takes longer to reach the boiling point.