How do you keep stuff from sticking to them?
I’m convinced. I went out at lunchtime and picked one up.
I love my Thermapen a lot more than I thought I would when I got it. Gives a nearly instant, accurate temperature reading – no more of those cheap thermometers that seem to never quite reach equilibrium.
Can you switch it to Celsius and it stays that way?
I have one of the older models that won’t do Celsius at all, but in a review of the new model, I read that it has a set of dip switches in the battery compartment, one of which controls whether it gives readings in C or F.
$96 for an instant-read digital cooking thermometer?
I’ll throw in for
- Bread machine – I use mine every week, often using it on the dough setting and then adding “stuff” and baking the dough in the oven. They were real trendy for a while, and then there was backlash, but I’ve had mine since 1997 and it’s going strong. Probably my only gadget that has saved me money over the years.
- Whirley Pop – Handy, fast, fun! Yum yum Popcorn!!!
- Remote display meat thermomenter like this one. Basically there’s a temp probe, and a long oven-safe cord, and the display which sits outside the oven. You can set to it alert you when a particular internal temp is reached, and you do’t have to open the oven to check the temperature. Not so sexy, but very useful.
I’ve got three for you and each one was a measurable improvement in the quality of my kitchen time.
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A high quality knife. Start here. Find one that feels awesome in your hand, the right weight and size, don’t cheap out get the best you can afford. (Get a sharpening system and learn to use it, also!)
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Stereo speakers, so I can blast tunes over the running water of dish washing, the sound of the dishwasher, noise of chopping etc. I adore mine, my husband can happily watch tv in the other room as the music is only blasting in the kitchen. Awesome!
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Sweepeze, I think it’s called. Something like that anyway. It’s this cool little machine that sucks up, like a vacuum, what you sweep up, it’s got a sensor so it only comes on when you sweep something up to the portal. I’m a messy cook and am forever having to sweep up, now no need to fetch the dustpan, or even bend over. Just sweep it over to the thing and, “whoosh”, it comes on and sucks the crap up, including the dog hair and dust balls usually stuck to the broom end, and, after a few seconds, shuts itself off. Brilliant! I believe in snobby, upscale homes they sometimes have such a thing built into the kickplate under the cabinets.
I give the Whirley-pop two thumbs up. Combined with a gas stove it really is quicker than nuking a bag of popcorn and it turns out much better! I ate too much popcorn this weekend.
I also really like my Thermapen. Yes it’s stupid expensive but the super fine point on the probe and instant results make for easy accurate results.