Taylor Oven Guide Thermometer
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Taylor Oven Guide Thermometer
Customer Review: Inaccurate
Summary: 1 Stars
Purchased this item because of a recommendation in Cook's Illustrated magazine, and quickly discovered that our relatively new Trivection oven was apparently off by 30°F!
NOT!!! We've got two other thermometers (not intended as oven thermometers, but pressed into service) and the oven's thermostat that agree with each other closely. This thermometer is theoretically adjustable (i.e. the tube can be moved in its brackets) and apparently did so on its own.
This thermometer is inexpensive (not cheap) but with Taylor's name on it, and Amazon selling it diredtly, one would expect it to be dead on out of the box. Why I was forced to calibrate a brand-new thermometer in boiling water is beyond comprehension.
Customer Review: Lasted two weeks
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this thermometer on the recommendation of Cook's Illustrated. At first, the thermometer noted that our oven was running 75 degrees cooler than what was indicated by the settings. This contradicted the results we could witness simply from observing the cooking process on various foods. Within two weeks of occasional use, the thermometer "broke" and the liquid would not move any longer. Despite the Cook's Illustrated recommendation, I have not replaced it and would caution prospective buyers to weigh the possibility of a cheaply manufactured product not performing before they purchase it themselves. If you purchase it locally, at least you'll have easy recourse should you need to replace it.Customer Review: Unreadable
Summary: 2 Stars
I also bought this due to the first choice recommendation of Cook's Illustrated magazine. I suppose it is accurate as I don't have a professional temperature gauge to test it. It's stable when laid flat and you can hang it as well. The BIG problem is that the ink on the markings fade over time, either due to the high temp in the oven or something else. Grease also get splattered all over and impossible to remove. I rubbed it with a Brio pad but couldn't remove much stain though the ink faded even more. It's practically useless now, just sitting in my oven as I couldn't see the markings unless I took it out and look at it closely.Customer Review: Not Recommended
Summary: 1 Stars
All of the lower rated reviews are absolutely true. I've used this thermometer for several months and it is hard to read the numbers and also the "mercury" in the thermometer to tell what the temperature really is. It gets dirty with grease splatter and thus it's hard to read. I washed it by hand with 409 and a sponge with the misplaced hope that the numbers would survive; they didn't. Also, when I washed it the glass rod slid in the metal holders / clamps so any calibration that it had was no longer valid. I am now testing how hot my trash can gets in the S. Calif sun. I'm not buy this item again. Burn me once, .....Customer Review: A Piece of Absolute Junk
Summary: 1 Stars
The package says that the Taylor 5921 thermometer is "dishwasher safe". So after it acquired a layer of baked-on grease, I put it in the dishwasher (normal cycle, top rack). This completely erased all the temperature markings. Nearly all of the grease, however, remained, indicating that there was not an excess of detergent. According to the package "if it does not clean easily in the dishwasher, soak the thermometer overnight in dishwashing detergent." This thermometer is now useless. It cost me $14.99, which in my opinion is a bit much for the cheap materials and construction.