Taylor oven thermometer

[KenK]

This morning I picked up a Taylor TruTemp #3506 oven dial thermometer. A
few minutes ago I tried to find some reviews. All I Googled in the first
few screens that looked appropriate was Amazon and the reviews there were
really terrible. Did I blow $4 or are they really not that bad? If they
are, recommendations for a locally available oven thermometer, hopefully
accurate to say plus/minus 10 or 15 degrees F or so?

TIA


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[Ophelia]

"KenK" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> This morning I picked up a Taylor TruTemp #3506 oven dial thermometer. A
> few minutes ago I tried to find some reviews. All I Googled in the first
> few screens that looked appropriate was Amazon and the reviews there were
> really terrible. Did I blow $4 or are they really not that bad? If they
> are, recommendations for a locally available oven thermometer, hopefully
> accurate to say plus/minus 10 or 15 degrees F or so?

I just bought a Taylor which is great ... but I got a probe thermo. Have
you actually tried it, or are you just going by the reviews?

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On Wed, 15 May 2013 14:25:15 -0400, Susan <su...@nothanks.org> wrote:

> x-no-archive: yes

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> On 5/15/2013 1:55 PM, KenK wrote:
> > This morning I picked up a Taylor TruTemp #3506 oven dial thermometer. A
> > few minutes ago I tried to find some reviews. All I Googled in the first
> > few screens that looked appropriate was Amazon and the reviews there were
> > really terrible. Did I blow $4 or are they really not that bad? If they
> > are, recommendations for a locally available oven thermometer, hopefully
> > accurate to say plus/minus 10 or 15 degrees F or so?
>

> They usually work just fine. I think I've had one or two that failed
> early over decades.
>
How long do you give them before they fail?


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[Nunya Bidnits]

Ophelia <Oph...@elsinore.me.ku.invalid> wrote:

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> Have you actually tried it, or are you just going by the reviews?
>
> --

Heh... that question reminds me of online recipe reviews. "Five stars, I
want to make this some day." Or even better - " One star, it sucked, and I
changed this this and this..."

[Ophelia]

"Nunya Bidnits" <nunyab...@eternal-september.invalid> wrote in message
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lol good question though:))

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[gregz]

KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
> This morning I picked up a Taylor TruTemp #3506 oven dial thermometer. A
> few minutes ago I tried to find some reviews. All I Googled in the first
> few screens that looked appropriate was Amazon and the reviews there were
> really terrible. Did I blow $4 or are they really not that bad? If they
> are, recommendations for a locally available oven thermometer, hopefully
> accurate to say plus/minus 10 or 15 degrees F or so?
>
> TIA
>

It says truTemp !!!! Plus or minue 10 to 15 degrees is too much. Oven temps
can also vary top to bottom by 10 to 15 degrees or more top to bottom,
unless it's a turbo fan type.

I always like to check accuracy. I got my radio shack that will not go up
too high, but linearity is often good. I got my IR gun. I got a VOM with
thermocouple probe. I got a grill digital model with stainless cable and
probe. That one is the one that's 8-10 degrees high. I got a couple
mechanical probes types, and an old fashioned mechanical oven hanger gauge
someplace. I also have a smaller IR probe.

Greg

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On Thu, 16 May 2013 04:07:52 +0000 (UTC), gregz <ze...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Too many initials with no clue. Didn't you ever write a paper for
college?

[dsi1]

On 5/15/2013 7:55 AM, KenK wrote:
> This morning I picked up a Taylor TruTemp #3506 oven dial thermometer. A
> few minutes ago I tried to find some reviews. All I Googled in the first
> few screens that looked appropriate was Amazon and the reviews there were
> really terrible. Did I blow $4 or are they really not that bad? If they
> are, recommendations for a locally available oven thermometer, hopefully
> accurate to say plus/minus 10 or 15 degrees F or so?
>
> TIA
>
>

Any thermometer can be faulty but you should assume that your new
purchase will work fine for a while. Life is better if you keep a
positive attitude. Good luck!

[KenK]

"Ophelia" <Oph...@elsinore.me.ku.invalid> wrote in
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I tried it yesterday. Kenmore Elite combination MW/convection oven set at
425. Thermometer said 400 after preheat. Don't know which is wrong -
perhaps both. Which brings to mind the question of how important exact or
even close oven heat is when someone here says even the temperature
between parts of the oven interior are different. A whole new can of
worms. My mother, and grandmother, for a while at least, successfully
cooked with the oven in a wood stove - no thermometer, heat control,
whatever.

[KenK]

gregz <ze...@comcast.net> wrote in
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See my message to Ophilia.

[KenK]

dsi1 <ds...@eternal-september.invalid> wrote in
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Me!!! A positive attitude??? Don't I wish!

[Ophelia]

"KenK" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote in message

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I agree:) Those were the days eh, when they had to keep turning the food
around so it didn't get burned on one side:)) I suppose some things need
exact temps (can't think what off hand) but I am happy to get a gauge that
gives me a good idea:) I remember years ago having an oven that actually
was hotter than the temp given, so I just used to allow for that and all was
well:)
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[dsi1]

On May 16, 6:42 am, KenK <inva...@invalid.com> wrote:
> "Ophelia" <Ophe...@elsinore.me.ku.invalid> wrote innews:avi3h0...@mid.individual.net:
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> > "KenK" <inva...@invalid.com> wrote in message

What is important is that you learn how to use your oven. Mostly
there's 3 settings - slow, moderate, and hot. That's about all you
have to know temperature-wise. Then you have to learn to control heat
flow. I cook pies on a metal baking sheet with the rack on the lowest
position. Last night, I baked pizza using fresh dough in a hot oven
with the rack at the highest position. It turns out best that way. The
only way you're going to learn about your oven is by using it
frequently. Good luck!

[Broadback]

When I was young (many moons ago) we had no electric in our house. My
mother cooked on what was, basically, a tin box with a paraffin heater
beneath. Around 1946 we had electric installed and a brand new electric
oven. The only time I remember my mother crying was when she tried to
bake a cake in this "newfangled" contraption. My father had sent the old
"oven" to the tip, so Mum had no choice. It was not long before she was
baking to her old standard.

[gregz]

Anytime old stuff is described, I think of my grandmothers coal stove/oven.
Summertime must have been murder. Must have been mid fifties when she
switched to electric.

Greg

[Julie Bove]

"gregz" <ze...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Anytime old stuff is described, I think of my grandmothers coal
> stove/oven.
> Summertime must have been murder. Must have been mid fifties when she
> switched to electric.

That's why most older homes had summer kitchens. Often they were totally
separate from the house.

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That was part of it. The other part is that kitchen fires often
burned the entire house down.