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Default I need a new thermometer

On Wed 14 May 2008 03:00:06p, Nancy Young told us...

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote
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>> On Wed 14 May 2008 02:32:29p, Nancy Young told us...
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>>> The kind that has a probe went squirrely a few months ago.
>>> I decided to pick up an instant read to see if that was a good
>>> thing to have. What a piece of garbage, I didn't expect much because
>>> I paid little. Still, you'd think it could give a decent reading.

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>> Didn't they tell you not to use it on a a squirrel?

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> It was a bitch holding that thing still, too!


I'll bet he didn't like it much, either!


>>> I wouldn't mind having an instant read, too. Does anyone have
>>> one that is reliable? Any suggestions for the probe type, so long as
>>> I'm asking?

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>> I don't know the brand, Nancy, and I'm not home to look at it, but I

have
>> a cheap instant read with a dial on the end, and find it to be quite
>> accurate. It can be callibrated in boiling water.

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> I just got a crappy one, I guess. It was herky jerky, and the
> reading wasn't even close.


Sometimes they're just bad. I bought an oven thermometer like that last
year. It was off by at least 30 degrees. Still, some of the cheap ones
can be very good.

> nancy
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