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cheap,good digital thermometer

PostPosted: 08 Aug 2012, 17:19
by smokeyjay
found this on monday on amazon and ordered it, and got it today, tested it with boiling water and its spot on,very good price and very good reviews as well:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Food-Thermometer-Cooking-Probe/dp/B0045UZ7ZO/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1344446280&sr=1-2

Re: cheap,good digital thermometer

PostPosted: 08 Aug 2012, 18:07
by London Irish
Nice find :)

Not sure if you've got a pit probe but these are very reasonable, can be used in a conventional oven as well :)

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20103016/


John

Re: cheap,good digital thermometer

PostPosted: 08 Aug 2012, 18:49
by aris
I have one of these - and you cannot beat it for the price. Only issue is that it takes a while to settle down and give you a temperature. A good 10-15 seconds. I have ordered a thermapen.

Re: cheap,good digital thermometer

PostPosted: 08 Aug 2012, 18:53
by London Irish
aris wrote:I have one of these - and you cannot beat it for the price. Only issue is that it takes a while to settle down and give you a temperature. A good 10-15 seconds. I have ordered a thermapen.



Hopefully a re-con from fleabay 28 quid?

Re: cheap,good digital thermometer

PostPosted: 08 Aug 2012, 19:00
by aris
London Irish wrote:
aris wrote:I have one of these - and you cannot beat it for the price. Only issue is that it takes a while to settle down and give you a temperature. A good 10-15 seconds. I have ordered a thermapen.



Hopefully a re-con from fleabay 28 quid?


Of course :D

Should get it tommorrow!

Re: cheap,good digital thermometer

PostPosted: 08 Aug 2012, 19:00
by London Irish
Good lad :D

Re: cheap,good digital thermometer

PostPosted: 08 Aug 2012, 19:27
by keith157
aris wrote:I have one of these - and you cannot beat it for the price. Only issue is that it takes a while to settle down and give you a temperature. A good 10-15 seconds. I have ordered a thermapen.


aris old chap if you are referring to the ikea Fantast then it should be in situe throughout the cook, then when your calculations (and a sneaky glance at the readout) indicate the meat is near done a swift thrust (oooh matron) with your trusty thermopen will indicate whether the aforesaid beasty part is cooked.
You really do need both :D

Re: cheap,good digital thermometer

PostPosted: 15 Aug 2012, 13:27
by giblet
They are a tad cheaper on ebay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIGITAL-PROBE ... 43ae11e5c4

Pity my local Ikea doesn't stock the probe thermometer as it looks like a bargain

Re: cheap,good digital thermometer

PostPosted: 16 Aug 2012, 17:59
by smokeyjay
after using this quite a lot over the weekend (beef brisket and a big old pork loin) i can see what some of the other posters mean,it takes ages to give a temp a good 15-30 seconds, so if your on a budget its ok but if u can afford something a bit quicker then get that! ;)