Taylor Classic Instant-Read Pocket Thermometer
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Taylor Classic Instant-Read Pocket Thermometer
Customer Review: Very Useful/ Good Price
Summary: 5 Stars
I originally paid $2.49 for this on Amazon and the price increased over time to $6.61. Nonetheless this is a good value and eligible for Amazon's buy 3 get one free promotion for kitchen items. My local grocery store is asking $9.99 for the same thermometer. The one inch diameter dial is small and is thus a bit hard to read but this also makes the thermometer compact. The dial is plastic so remember that this is not an oven thermometer; it will melt in the oven. I bought this to make yogurt where I need to keep the temperature at 112 F. It responds quickly enough for yogurt making while heating and cooling milk.Customer Review: Cheap - Lasted 2 weeks
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this to check the temperature of bread. After two weeks of being used maybe 3-4 times a week (during which time it worked perfectly), I pulled it out of the drawer to see it reading 40 degrees. I recalibrated it to read 70 as shown by my thermostat and inserted in to my bread loaf and it read no higher than 140 degrees, though a finished loaf should read between 185 and 210. My bread was quite browned on top and when I sliced in, it was cooked through. So this thing is definitely no longer giving accurate readings. I wouldn't waste the money on something that won't work after a handful of uses.Customer Review: Constantly goes out of calibration
Summary: 1 Stars
I've owned one of these for about a year, and always handled it gently. But the thing is constantly putting itself way out of calibration. One day water boils at 202F (I live in Colorado), the next day it boils at 178F. I keep a wrench in my kitchen so I can always boil a batch of water, calibrate it, and then actually measure what I need to. But that is a huge pain and a waste of energy. Right now it's sitting in a bucket of ice water. This is very special water indeed--it's 12F!
Other than its ability to measure temperature, yeah, it's great.
Customer Review: Very large margin of error
Summary: 2 Stars
As received it read 40 degrees when set in a glass of slush (a mixture of crushed ice and water). I adjusted it to 32 degrees and then inserted it in a pan of boiling water. It read 202 degrees. Since slush is exactly 32 degrees and boiling water is 212 degrees I was very disappointed with it (using the above described technique is one way to accurately calibrate a thermometer). I wanted this item for yeast proofing but since the accuracy is so bad I won't be using it for that (I wanted something closer to 2 degree accuracy).Customer Review: Mine is accurate, a great value
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this thermometer along with the Aeropress coffee maker. I experimented with it for about an hour by heating 10 ounces of water for different amounts of time in the microwave. This thermometer produced very accurate readings, and was repeatedly able to detect even slight changes in temperature. For example: 1:45 of microwaving produced a 190 degree reading, whereas 1:40 of microwaving produced a 180 degree reading. I couldn't ask anything more of a $5 kitchen thermometer. I recommend this product.