gregz > wrote in

g:

> KenK > wrote:
>> This morning I picked up a Taylor TruTemp #3506 oven dial
>> thermometer. A few minutes ago I tried to find some reviews. All I
>> Googled in the first few screens that looked appropriate was Amazon
>> and the reviews there were really terrible. Did I blow $4 or are they
>> really not that bad? If they are, recommendations for a locally
>> available oven thermometer, hopefully accurate to say plus/minus 10
>> or 15 degrees F or so?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>
>
> It says truTemp !!!! Plus or minue 10 to 15 degrees is too much. Oven
> temps can also vary top to bottom by 10 to 15 degrees or more top to
> bottom, unless it's a turbo fan type.
>
> I always like to check accuracy. I got my radio shack that will not go
> up too high, but linearity is often good. I got my IR gun. I got a VOM
> with thermocouple probe. I got a grill digital model with stainless
> cable and probe. That one is the one that's 8-10 degrees high. I got a
> couple mechanical probes types, and an old fashioned mechanical oven
> hanger gauge someplace. I also have a smaller IR probe.
>
> Greg

See my message to Ophilia.


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