Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-11 Thread Alan Paganelli
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-11 Thread Alan Paganelli
format formerly on my website are still available upon request. - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh lmch...@verizon.net To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven I just checked. They will have one on June 20

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-11 Thread Lenny McHugh
should be the same temp and not be affected by the air escaping. - Original Message - From: Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven This probe unit is mostly made

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-11 Thread Alan Paganelli
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-11 Thread Dale Leavens
@yahoogroups.com 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-11 Thread Lenny McHugh
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Press mailto:brailleit%40hawaii.rr.combraill...@hawaii.rr.com To: mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Tom Fowle
Betsy is quite correct, it's going to take a couple cycles to get the entire oven stabilized. I wouldn't rely on an instant read digital thermometer any more than the built-in thermostat to be accurate. Actually I think the spring unit is more likely to be better since you probably won't be

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Alan Paganelli
...@hawaii.rr.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Tom Fowle
: 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

[BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Lenny McHugh
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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Alan Paganelli
website are still available upon request. - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven I wonder how much the air temp would fall in that 10 seconds while the probe

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Alan Paganelli
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Lenny McHugh
: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

RE: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Shane Hecker
Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:52 PM To: handyman-blind Subject: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Lenny McHugh
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:53 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven

2010-06-10 Thread Lenny McHugh
:51 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] calibrating oven 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