Standard dial probe thermometers are famously inexpensive, generally $6 or less. That’s not much cash to lay out to fulfill the basic food code requirement of checking the temperature of your food, right?  The True Cost of a $6 Thermometer But did you know there are hidden costs to using a cheap dial thermometer that far outweigh…
July is grilling month so it’s officially steak season. And it is fair to say that nothing will have a greater impact on the taste and quality of the steak you feed your friends and family than your ability to accurately gauge the internal temperatures of the steak. Testing Doneness There are many different methods people…
It was great to have Steven Raichlen, best-selling author and host of TV shows like Project Fire, Project Smoke and primal Grill, visit ThermoWorks Headquarters in American Fork, Utah. Raichlen recently launched Project Smoke and started the event by signing a few select copies for ThermoWorks customers. Included in this slideshow is a recap of…
When you buy a thermometer for professional or home use, how do you know for certain that it reads accurately across its temperature range? Houseware makers buy single-chip circuits and cheap sensors in bulk. While these components are economical choices for novelties and the addition of temperature readings to household clocks and the like, these components…
Medium? Or medium rare? Anyone who takes steak seriously knows the answer to that question. Steaks cooked to medium rare (130° F, see Chef Recommended Temps) simply taste better and have a better texture. So why do we cook our hamburgers to 160°? As the old A-1 commercial used to say, “What are hamburgers, chopped…
If you’ve had trouble getting your baked goods or roasted meats to turn out according to the recipe, it could be that your oven accuracy is off. A good cook should know their oven well. Are the settings accurate? How stable is the oven after it gets to your setting?