JeffB
TVWBB Pro
I have been using my Thermapen now for several years and have recently stopped trusting it because of wild discrepancies in the indicated temperatures. Before you say to check the battery, there is nothing wrong with the battery I assure you.
For example, I cooked bone-in pork chops the other night and in the oven the temps read around 158*, but when I pulled and read it again as it sat on a plate, it was closer to 141*. Same angle, same chop.
Other times, inserted from above a steak the temp might read 165* but inserted from the side to the same center point the temp may read closer to 138*.
I understand that you are supposed to insert the probe from the side, and the temp you are getting is from the very end of the probe, but why such a large variance from time to time, particularly when you are presumably reading the same center point of the meat, irrespective of whether you come at it from above or from the side?
I do not think I have ever done any damage to my Thermapen by washing in the dishwasher, etc, but I have ignored the instructions that say not to immerse the probe in water to clean it. I mean, when you insert it into meat or other food items, it's getting "wet" from something (meat juices, melted cheese, etc), so I fail to see how rinsing the probe in water and then drying with a paper towel could harm it. The worst I have ever done to it is to let water run on the probe, used a soft brush to remove sticky food and hand dried it with a paper towel.
Thoughts? Comments?
For example, I cooked bone-in pork chops the other night and in the oven the temps read around 158*, but when I pulled and read it again as it sat on a plate, it was closer to 141*. Same angle, same chop.
Other times, inserted from above a steak the temp might read 165* but inserted from the side to the same center point the temp may read closer to 138*.
I understand that you are supposed to insert the probe from the side, and the temp you are getting is from the very end of the probe, but why such a large variance from time to time, particularly when you are presumably reading the same center point of the meat, irrespective of whether you come at it from above or from the side?
I do not think I have ever done any damage to my Thermapen by washing in the dishwasher, etc, but I have ignored the instructions that say not to immerse the probe in water to clean it. I mean, when you insert it into meat or other food items, it's getting "wet" from something (meat juices, melted cheese, etc), so I fail to see how rinsing the probe in water and then drying with a paper towel could harm it. The worst I have ever done to it is to let water run on the probe, used a soft brush to remove sticky food and hand dried it with a paper towel.
Thoughts? Comments?