digital thermometers

Scott said:

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a candy and a roast
thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need a clip for the probe.

I use a polder for both. It doesn't have a clip though. Because of the geometry of the pots I use it
doesn't need one.

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Scott said:

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a candy and a roast
thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need a clip for the probe.

I have a Taylor digital thermometer / timer that has a remote (attached) probe. There is no clip but
I don't think that it would be a problem. The probe is long enough to stand up in my large sauce
pan. You would always clip the cable to the side of a pot with something., but I don't think it
would be a problem if it fell in.

Reg said:

Quoted message said:

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a candy and a roast
thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need a clip for the probe.

I use a polder for both. It doesn't have a clip though. Because of the geometry of the pots I use
it doesn't need one.

Thread the probe through the arms of a binder clip clipped to the side of the pan. Most of my pans I
can just thread it the handle, but the binder clip works on all the rest.

You could also just binder clip the probe to the pan, but I like to keep the probe in the middle.

-sw

Dave Smith <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Scott said:

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a candy and a roast
thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need a clip for the probe.

I have a Taylor digital thermometer / timer that has a remote (attached) probe. There is no clip
but I don't think that it would be a problem. The probe is long enough to stand up in my large
sauce pan. You would always clip the cable to the side of a pot with something., but I don't think
it would be a problem if it fell in.

I think the idea is that if the probe touches the bottom of the pan, you're not getting a very
accurate measurement of the stuff in the pan.

This reminds me - I need to work up a simple clip for my probe, for when I'm doing things like
custards or ice cream bases.

Greg Zywicki

In article <[email hidden]>,

Steve Wertz said:

Thread the probe through the arms of a binder clip clipped to the side of the pan. Most of my pans
I can just thread it the handle, but the binder clip works on all the rest.

Are the probes for a roast thermometer long enough? The ones I've seen wouldn't reach to just above
the bottom of the pan.

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Greg Zywicki said:

Dave Smith <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Scott said:

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a candy and a roast
thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need a clip for the probe.

We have a Taylor (I think) we bought at Target that we've used for both. No clip though.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I have a Taylor digital thermometer / timer that has a remote (attached) probe. There is no clip
but I don't think that it would be a problem. The

Quoted message said:

I think the idea is that if the probe touches the bottom of the pan, you're not getting a very
accurate measurement of the stuff in the pan.

My wife makes toffee and fudge using the probe just in the pan, touching the bottom, and it seems to
work fine. Not sure how critical the temperature ranges are, or if she has learned to compensate. I
think it may just be that she sets it to a temperature for the alarm to go off so it won't over
cook, and then judges the actual cooking stage by eye or viscosity or something.

Bill Ranck Blacksburg, Va.

(Greg Zywicki) said:

I think the idea is that if the probe touches the bottom of the pan, you're not getting a very
accurate measurement of the stuff in the pan.

It doesn't matter with at least the Polder/Taylor probes. I've let the end of the probe touch the
pan hotrizontilly and vertically and the temperture is never any different than the rest of the
liquid an inch or more up in the pan.

-sw

Quoted message said:

This reminds me - I need to work up a simple clip for my probe, for when I'm doing things like
custards or ice cream bases.

Greg Zywicki

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:26:14 GMT, Scott <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Steve Wertz

Quoted message said:

Thread the probe through the arms of a binder clip clipped to the side of the pan. Most of my
pans I can just thread it the handle, but the binder clip works on all the rest.

Are the probes for a roast thermometer long enough? The ones I've seen wouldn't reach to just above
the bottom of the pan.

The probes of the Taylor/Polder are 6.75" long. The timex is 7.25". This is plenty for most of my
pots considering anything I'm measuring in a pot is going to be at least 3" deep.

-sw