In article . com,
Mike Lane wrote:
Gordon Henderson wrote on Mar 4, 2013:

In article . com,
Mike Lane wrote:

I have one of these:
http://thermometer.co.uk/427-oven-th...and-timer.html

It seems quite accurate - boiling water reads 100C. It's excellent for
measuring the internal temperature of food while cooking in the oven

Almost got one of those, but went for the dual-probe "Heston" ones
a while back - which is good to be used while stuff is cooking
(Keep the actual meter outside the oven though!) It works in the
BBQ too http://unicorn.drogon.net/chickens.jpg

Gordon

I looked at those, but from what I understand the alarm can only be set to
certain preset values, whereas the ETI one can be set from any value from 0
to 300C.

I sometimes use it set to 5 degrees to check when food is defrosted for
example.

Yes, it's preset values. Personally I just use them as a guide though. The
one down-side is that it's a little slow - not an issue if you are cooking
something with the probes in from the outset, but you can't just stab
it into something and hope for a quick check - it can take 30 seconds
to stabilise )-: If I'd known that before I got it, I might have thought
twice, but it was on offer in the local cook shoppie.

Gordon