Electronic Probe Themometer

alan said:

Any suggestions for a timer like Alton Brown has?

AB uses a Polder probe thermometer.
Go to
http://www.altonbrown.com/pages/elements.html#
and click on Pt.

Examples:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CF5MT/

http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=109731

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I bought a remote electronic probe themometer in Costco. I didn't know
that it had preselected cooking temperatures only. For a turkey is is
180 degrees. Turkey, pork, hamburgers and chicken could only be
cooked well done and their well done. You could tell it your turkey is
a roast and it will give you 160 degrees but you cannot put an exact
time of 161 degrees for the white meat and while it sits it will rise
at least 5 - 10 more degrees.

I think the company was Oregon Scientific. It was accurate as it
registered 97 on me, orally and that's all I tried.

Any suggestions for a timer like Alton Brown has?

You must've watched the 1 hour program he had re turkey. I recall the 161
degrees. I also was thinking about the Costco probe, but DH didn't care for
the idea for some reason, even tho I have an infrared and recently bought
the Thermapen -- don't ask!
I'm reading in Alton Brown's "Gear for your Kitchen" under "Probe
thermometer (digital). He says that he rarely cooks a rost, etc in the oven
without leaving a probe thermometer to watch over it. (I know you know this
if you watched the show). But importantly for your question, he says:
"Some models, namely those made by Polder, Pyrex and Timex (which may all
have Sony guts for all I know, or Sanyo or Seiko) often have a "low" alarm
as well... "
He also says,
"I own five (that I know of) including one Polder model with a probe that
reads both the temperature inside the food and the oven temperature at the
time. It's a great idea, but I haven't had much luck getting it to work.
By the time you're reading this, I'm sure the kinks will have been worked
out of the system."

And that's about it what he says about "Probe Thermometers." If you have
recorded the program, or can watch it again, perhaps you can get a better
peek at the model. Or someone else might know.
Dee Dee

alan said:

I bought a remote electronic probe themometer in Costco. I didn't know
that it had preselected cooking temperatures only.

....snip

Quoted message said:

Any suggestions for a timer like Alton Brown has?

I got the Pyrex brand a couple years ago and it's been fine. It's from
one of those Bed-Bath-and Kitchen stores, I forget which chain. I like
that you can hear the timer from the other end of the house.

Dawn

The Polder probe thermometer is great! I'll be using it Thursday in
the turkey. Set for any temperature within its limits (I don't recall
what the limits are but have used it for hard candy) going up or down.
Or use as a regular timer. It's great for batches of cookies because
when the timer goes off and you press the stop button, it resets itself
to the last time you set. Just press start again for the next batch.
If you don't stop it when the timer goes off, it continues to time,
telling the length of over-time. I got mine a few years ago, it was
about $30. Dunno how I got along without it.

Best regards -- Terry

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The Polder probe thermometer is great! I'll be using it Thursday in
the turkey. Set for any temperature within its limits (I don't recall
what the limits are but have used it for hard candy) going up or down.
Or use as a regular timer. It's great for batches of cookies because
when the timer goes off and you press the stop button, it resets itself
to the last time you set. Just press start again for the next batch.
If you don't stop it when the timer goes off, it continues to time,
telling the length of over-time. I got mine a few years ago, it was
about $30. Dunno how I got along without it.

Best regards -- Terry

Thanks, Terry. Your recommendation is great. I see 5 different Polder
probe thermometers on this one page of Polders (excluding the refrigerator
one). Do you recognize the model you have and are recommending?
http://www.polderonline.com/catalog/digital-thermometers/?id=google
Thanks so much.
Dee Dee

Dee Randall said:

.....Do you recognize the model you have and are
recommending?
http://www.polderonline.com/catalog/digital-thermometers/?id=google

I'm not Terry, but this is the one you want:
http://www.polderonline.com/product/362-90.html?id=google

There are also cheaper knockoffs available by other manufacturers -- like
Sunbeam -- that do just as good a job; they are all made in China. I've
seen them at Wal-Mart, Shopko, BiMart, etc.
--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

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Dee Randall said:

.....Do you recognize the model you have and are
recommending?
http://www.polderonline.com/catalog/digital-thermometers/?id=google

I'm not Terry, but this is the one you want:
http://www.polderonline.com/product/362-90.html?id=google

There are also cheaper knockoffs available by other manufacturers -- like
Sunbeam -- that do just as good a job; they are all made in China. I've
seen them at Wal-Mart, Shopko, BiMart, etc.
--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

I'll take your word that this is the one I want -- tee hee. Can you tell me
why?
Dee

Dee Randall said:

I'll take your word that this is the one I want -- tee hee. Can you
tell me why?

1. It is accurate

2. It is the one Alton Brown has used in many shows; and you mentioned you
wanted one like he used.

3.. The alarm can be set to ANY temperature .... either minimum or maximum
temps -- or both.

4.. It is EASY to set up and use.

5. The timer is very good and easy to use.

6. I use several in my restaurant, and love 'em.

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

Great answers and thank you all.

My wife went to Bed, Bath and Beyond earlier and brough back the
Pyrex. That one seemed pretty goof for about $25 with their 20% off
from the coupons they send you/.. She told me they recommend that one
but there is another one that transmits up to 100 feet. That's what
the Cosco Oregon Scientic one did.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10043977&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=

Unforunately, in Costco's you could not select a temperature for
anything and only beef veal and lamb gave you *their* four options of
rare 140 deg, medium rare 145 deg, medium and well and forget those.
Plus there was nothing for time.

I realized that having the remote is a great thing because my office
is in my house and sometimes when I am occupied I might not hear that
something reached it's temperature. Or, the probe could be in
something on the BBQ and especialy in the cold weather it's better to
be indoors. Or, I could be in the pool and something is in the oven.
So there are good reasons to have a remote.

The best thing about the Pyrex is that it has a lifetime guarantee but
no remote.

I went back there, and at that time I had not read this and didn't
know about the Polder and I am not even sure what it costs or what the
guarantee is.

I ended up returning the Pyres and buying the Maverick at $39.99 less
$8 or $32.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00024WOJO/104-9676197-3977532?v=glance&n=284507&%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance
It had the controls I wanted but only a 90 day guarantee. That's not
great for soemthing like thisthat spends so much time in heat..

I played with it for a while and the transmitter and receiver didn't
register the first time so I shut it off and tried again and it did
register. I did a test and took my temperature orally and it only
went up to 95 degrees. Costco's Oregon Scientific went up to 97
degrees.

So now I'm not sure.

Alan

Dee Randall said:

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Quoted message said:

The Polder probe thermometer is great! I'll be using it Thursday in
the turkey. Set for any temperature within its limits (I don't recall
what the limits are but have used it for hard candy) going up or down.
Or use as a regular timer. It's great for batches of cookies because
when the timer goes off and you press the stop button, it resets itself
to the last time you set. Just press start again for the next batch.
If you don't stop it when the timer goes off, it continues to time,
telling the length of over-time. I got mine a few years ago, it was
about $30. Dunno how I got along without it.

Best regards -- Terry

Thanks, Terry. Your recommendation is great. I see 5 different Polder
probe thermometers on this one page of Polders (excluding the refrigerator
one). Do you recognize the model you have and are recommending?
http://www.polderonline.com/catalog/digital-thermometers/?id=google
Thanks so much.
Dee Dee

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Dee Randall said:

I'll take your word that this is the one I want -- tee hee. Can you
tell me why?

1. It is accurate

2. It is the one Alton Brown has used in many shows; and you mentioned you
wanted one like he used.

3.. The alarm can be set to ANY temperature .... either minimum or maximum
temps -- or both.

4.. It is EASY to set up and use.

5. The timer is very good and easy to use.

6. I use several in my restaurant, and love 'em.

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

Thanks, Dave -- now I REALLY DOOO want one.

Just to make sure that this is the model you are recommending - it looks
the same as the one from the Polder site:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CF5MT/103-8671644-9848613

The price is nice $20- I think s&H will be about $7.

DeeDee

alan said:

I bought a remote electronic probe themometer in Costco. I didn't know
that it had preselected cooking temperatures only. For a turkey is is
180 degrees. Turkey, pork, hamburgers and chicken could only be
cooked well done and their well done. You could tell it your turkey is
a roast and it will give you 160 degrees but you cannot put an exact
time of 161 degrees for the white meat and while it sits it will rise
at least 5 - 10 more degrees.

I think the company was Oregon Scientific. It was accurate as it
registered 97 on me, orally and that's all I tried.

Any suggestions for a timer like Alton Brown has?

Bring it back to Costco. I did. And I contacted the company with my
objections. They were polite, but just didn't get it.

Brown uses a Polder brand probe thermometer. So do I.

Pastorio

Dee Randall said:

Just to make sure that this is the model you are recommending - it
looks the same as the one from the Polder site:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CF5MT/103-8671644-9848613

Dat's da one :-)

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

Postorio,

It seems like the Polidor is what most people use. Dawn says the
Pyrex is pretty good and that one has a lifetime guaranty. However
niether of these have the remote feature. You obviously thought that
was useful too when you bought the Oregon Scientific.

The Maverick Redi Chek Remote that I bought has it all except a
lifetime guaranty and in taking my temperature, it was off 2 degrees
on 97 degrees.

I hate it when this happens that you decide you need something just
before it becomes a popular item and available with all the things you
need.

Alan

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:11:40 -0500, "Bob (this one)" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

alan said:

I bought a remote electronic probe themometer in Costco. I didn't know
that it had preselected cooking temperatures only. For a turkey is is
180 degrees. Turkey, pork, hamburgers and chicken could only be
cooked well done and their well done. You could tell it your turkey is
a roast and it will give you 160 degrees but you cannot put an exact
time of 161 degrees for the white meat and while it sits it will rise
at least 5 - 10 more degrees.

I think the company was Oregon Scientific. It was accurate as it
registered 97 on me, orally and that's all I tried.

Any suggestions for a timer like Alton Brown has?

Bring it back to Costco. I did. And I contacted the company with my
objections. They were polite, but just didn't get it.

Brown uses a Polder brand probe thermometer. So do I.

Pastorio

Dee Randall said:

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Quoted message said:

Dee Randall said:

I'll take your word that this is the one I want -- tee hee. Can you
tell me why?

1. It is accurate

2. It is the one Alton Brown has used in many shows; and you mentioned you
wanted one like he used.

3.. The alarm can be set to ANY temperature .... either minimum or maximum
temps -- or both.

4.. It is EASY to set up and use.

5. The timer is very good and easy to use.

6. I use several in my restaurant, and love 'em.

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

Thanks, Dave -- now I REALLY DOOO want one.

Just to make sure that this is the model you are recommending - it looks
the same as the one from the Polder site:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CF5MT/103-8671644-9848613

The price is nice $20- I think s&H will be about $7.

DeeDee

I have one that came from Radio Shack that looks and performs just
like that one. Even uses the probe from the Polder.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

alan said:

I bought a remote electronic probe themometer in Costco. I didn't know
that it had preselected cooking temperatures only. For a turkey is is
180 degrees. Turkey, pork, hamburgers and chicken could only be
cooked well done and their well done. You could tell it your turkey is
a roast and it will give you 160 degrees but you cannot put an exact
time of 161 degrees for the white meat and while it sits it will rise
at least 5 - 10 more degrees.

I think the company was Oregon Scientific. It was accurate as it
registered 97 on me, orally and that's all I tried.

Any suggestions.

I've yet to figure out why anyone needs a remote meat thermometer,
unless they need to stick the probe up their ass.

For accuracy and simplicity nothing comes close to a wet bulb
thermometer, and no batterys... this is the one to get (I often do two
roasts together so I own two). Scroll down to read the reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004XSC8/103-1309891-6351012?v=glance&n=284507&v=glance

http://tinyurl.com/8jbt2

Sheldonº

alan said:

Postorio,

It seems like the Polidor is what most people use.

Isn't "Polidor" a denture cleanser... and It's "Posterior,".

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

I've yet to figure out why anyone needs a remote meat thermometer,

Quoted message said:

For accuracy and simplicity nothing comes close to a wet bulb
thermometer, and no batterys... this is the one to get (I often do two

You really should look up the definition of "wet bulb thermometer."
It's not what you apparently think it is. I can't think of any way
to use a real wet bulb thermometer for checking the temperature of
a roast. Now as to why you would want to stick a breakable glass
thermometer containing a toxic heavy metal into your food, I don't
understand that . . .

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

The one I have is the one Dave refers to:
http://www.polderonline.com/product/362-90.html?id=google

It says "made in china" on the back. Range is 0 deg C to 200 deg C (32
to 392 F)

It's also good for determining the actual temperature of the oil for
deep-frying. One of those funky black-and-silver binder clips is good
for holding the probe in the oil.

I was mistaken BTW, it does not alert you when the temp drops below the
setting, but only when it reaches the setting going up.

Best -- Terry

Sheldon said:

alan said:

Postorio,

It seems like the Polidor is what most people use.

Isn't "Polidor" a denture cleanser... and It's "Posterior,".

<LOL>

Moron.

Pastorio