Would it be more reasonable to buy an oven thermometer your wife can read for a couple of bucks for the purpose of calibrating the oven?
Just saying, there are some things worth doing the usual way. Dale leavens. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Paganelli To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven Well, for the price, you can probably find uses for it but I didn't it was worth the time. It is little more then a cheap talking watch on the end of an aluminum probe. Maybe you'll use yours more then I use mine. Alan Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven > Thanks, I did order it not sure how/if it will work. My problem was that I > could not find one talking or not that would go up to 550 degrees. There > are a few for about $100, it would be cheaper to get the service guy to do > it for about $50. Even if I can get it closer it would be much better. To > bake a cake she has to have it in for almost an hour to get it done and > the > cook time is suppose to be 35 minutes. With the old spring unit it > registers > over 25 degrees low. I was thinking that if I left the oven on for about > 45 > minutes I could touch the probe to the metal rack. The rack should be the > same temp and not be affected by the air escaping. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Paganelli" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:23 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven > > > This probe unit is mostly made of plastic and the metal probe part doesn't > look like it's the strongest thing you've ever seen. It's only 30 to 35 > bucks and is intended to be stuck in a hunk of meat to measure it's > temperature which sounds easier in theory then in practice. The object of > the game is to get the probe in the center of the meat. That's fine if > it's > an I-round which has no bone. If it's a 7 or 9 bone roast, it can be a > challenge even getting close to the center which skews the reading. The > thermometer is useful for many things but calibrating an oven probably > won't > be one of them. You can stick the thing in a peace of meat 5 times and > get 5 different answers which means you have to average the temperature > readings. It's not that the thing is worthless, it's because you cannot > get > the probe in the exact same place every time. The probe is 10 inches long > with the plastic thermometer sitting on the top. It reminds me of having > a > talking watch sitting on top of a cheap metal peace. It doesn't mean that > it isn't useful or that it's not worth 30 bucks, it just means it probably > won't be very useful in this case. It's kind of like trying to use it to > take your kid's temperature with a meat thermometer. In this case > however, > it would read body temperature if used under the arm. It can read air > temperature but I don't believe it's that stable. I have one of these > things and to tell the truth, don't use it all that much and when when I > do > use it for roasts and such, you spend more time fooling around with it > trying to get an average then it's probably worth. If you need to > calibrate > an oven, I wouldn't depend on this thing. > > Alan > > Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ > There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on > the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! > > The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still > available upon request. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:53 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven > > >>I think you can put the probe inside the oven >> while it is heating. I have a meat thermometer >> and you put the probe in the meat and there is a >> cable that extends out of the oven to the talking >> unit. I just press the button on the unit to hear >> the temperature. No need to open the oven to check. >> >> As for accuracy, we did a test with the talking >> unit that we bought from Maxi Aids some time ago >> and the little round one that we hang on the >> rack. I suppose that is the spring type that you >> mention, but don't know for sure, but I know it's >> not digital. They both registered the same temp after about 11 minutes. >> Betsy >> At 12:12 PM 6/10/2010, you wrote: >>> >>> >>>I wonder how much the air temp would fall in that 10 seconds >>>while the probe unit was guessing. >>> >>>Accuracy ain't so easy >>>Tom >>> >>>On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 02:52:57PM -0700, Alan Paganelli wrote: >>> > The talking probe thermometer works even if >>> you just stick it in the hot air >>> > in the oven. It takes only 5 to 10 seconds to reach the temperature >>> > but >>> > it's real purpose is to measure the internal temperature of meat. >>> > >>> > Alan >>> > >>> > Please click on: >>> <http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/>http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ >>> > There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on >>> > the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! >>> > >>> > The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still >>> > available upon request. >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" >>> <<mailto:brailleit%40hawaii.rr.com>[email protected]> >>> > To: >>> > <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:32 PM >>> > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven >>> > >>> > >>> > > Aloha Lenny, >>> > > Just a note about this. I complained that my oven was off. When the >>> > > guy came out, he said that after the oven light went out and the >>> > > preheated beeps sounded, I needed to wait until I heard the oven >>> > > performed two more cycles before it was actually at the right >>> > > temperature. He said that the preheat light goes out when the oven >>> > > hits the temperature that is set, but that the entire oven is not at >>> > > a steady temperature. Since I've been doing that, everything seems >>> > > to >>> > > cook properly. We have one of those little round oven thermometers >>> > > that hangs on the rack. It is not accessible, but it was $4 and we >>> > > rarely have to use it. >>> > > Betsy >>> > > At 10:51 AM 6/10/2010, you wrote: >>> > >>Karen knows that our oven is off by at least 25 degrees. In order to >>> > >>calibrate the oven, I need an accurate >>> digital thermometer that will go up >>> > >>to 550 degrees. The instructions are to set the temp to 550 and when >>> > >>that >>> > >>temp is reached hold the bake button in. To set it I need a way to >>> > >>check >>> > >>the >>> > >>actual temp. we have a spring thermometer but have no faith in that. >>> > >>I >>> > >>just >>> > >>read that the blind mice have a cooking thermometer that will go up >>> > >>that >>> > >>high. Since it is a probe type I wonder if we would just touch the >>> > >>rack >>> > >>for >>> > >>the actual temperature? Any suggestions? I hate to call someone in >>> > >>to >>> > >>do >>> > >>that job since all we need is a way to >>> record the actual temp when the pre >>> > >>heat light goes out. >>> > >>--- >>> > >>Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and >>> > >>humorous >>> > >>with many resources for the blind. >>> > >><http://www.lennymchugh.com>http://www.lennymchugh.com >>> > >>Lenny >>> > >>Please Copy and Paste into New Message to pass along. 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