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Dave Bugg

wrote:
> I had better luck pan-broiling a steak by putting the cast iron pan in
> the oven and heating it to 500 degrees, than by heating the pan over
> high heat on a burner. I'm curious if it's just because I didn't
> leave the pan on the burner long enough, or it did get hot enough but
> the heat was uneven, etc. For this and future experiments I was
> curious if there's a type of kitchen thermometer that can be touched
> to the surface of a pan to measure its temperature, going up to about
> 500 degrees?

This is just one of many versions of infrared surface temp thermometers that
will do the job:
http://www.cutleryandmore.com/details.asp?SKU=11740

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Dave
www.davebbq.com