Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a
candy and a roast thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need
a clip for the probe.

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Scott wrote:

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a
candy and a roast thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need
a clip for the probe.

I use a polder for both. It doesn't have a clip though. Because of
the geometry of the pots I use it doesn't need one.

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Scott wrote:

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a
candy and a roast thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need
a clip for the probe.

I have a Taylor digital thermometer / timer that has a remote (attached)
probe. There is no clip but I don't think that it would be a problem. The
probe is long enough to stand up in my large sauce pan. You would always
clip the cable to the side of a pot with something., but I don't think it
would be a problem if it fell in.

Dave Smith wrote in message ...
Scott wrote:

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a
candy and a roast thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need
a clip for the probe.

I have a Taylor digital thermometer / timer that has a remote (attached)
probe. There is no clip but I don't think that it would be a problem. The
probe is long enough to stand up in my large sauce pan. You would always
clip the cable to the side of a pot with something., but I don't think it
would be a problem if it fell in.

I think the idea is that if the probe touches the bottom of the pan,
you're not getting a very accurate measurement of the stuff in the
pan.

This reminds me - I need to work up a simple clip for my probe, for
when I'm doing things like custards or ice cream bases.

Greg Zywicki

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 05:25:12 -0800, Greg Zywicki wrote:

This reminds me - I need to work up a simple clip for my probe, for when
I'm doing things like custards or ice cream bases.

Clips are universal - I have this sinking suspicion that probe diameters
are an ISO standard. I've removed the clips from a few of my probe
thermometers and used them on my instant read. Counterintuitive, sure, but
my probe thermometers have gradually become unreliable (saying that
boiling water is 180F in one case) so I use something that I can
callibrate.

Greg Zywicki

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Steve Wertz wrote:

Thread the probe through the arms of a binder clip clipped to the side
of the pan. Most of my pans I can just thread it the handle, but the
binder clip works on all the rest.

Are the probes for a roast thermometer long enough? The ones I've seen
wouldn't reach to just above the bottom of the pan.

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Greg Zywicki wrote:
Dave Smith wrote in message ...
Scott wrote:

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer than can function as both a
candy and a roast thermometer? Of course, a candy thermometer would need
a clip for the probe.

We have a Taylor (I think) we bought at Target that
we've used for both. No clip though.

I have a Taylor digital thermometer / timer that has a remote (attached)
probe. There is no clip but I don't think that it would be a problem. The

I think the idea is that if the probe touches the bottom of the pan,
you're not getting a very accurate measurement of the stuff in the
pan.

My wife makes toffee and fudge using the probe just in
the pan, touching the bottom, and it seems to work fine.
Not sure how critical the temperature ranges are, or
if she has learned to compensate. I think it may just
be that she sets it to a temperature for the alarm to
go off so it won't over cook, and then judges the
actual cooking stage by eye or viscosity or something.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.