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Heston Blumenthal Digital Meat Thermometer
by Kimsmiles Technical Details (off of Amazon) Heston Blumenthal precision by Salter Digital Meat thermometer Ensure meat has reached a safe cooking temperature with the meat temperature guide in instruction booklet 9mm display for easy reading Quality stainless steel body Non-slip silicone grips To start with I ... initially bought this product for general everyday use at home when cooking! Just to have in the draw and use when needed! Decided on this one at the price because i thought it would be good quality being a Heston Blumenthal!!!! This was not the case! When i first opened the box and saw the product I was quite happy it looks nice it has a stainless steel body and the non slip silicone grips are a brilliant idea for a product like this! It was very simple to use and I was very impressed when i used the product it worked efficiently! But Then... I used the product about 4 times before the on/off button stopped working. All the buttons are very flimsy!I thought something associated with the name Heston Blumenthal would be of a lot better quality and last a lot better! I returned this item a i still had my guarantee and purchased a much better product for around the same price. I would definitely not bother it is not going to last being used frequently! Such a shame because my initial opinion on this product was of high standard but after researching it when mine had broke i saw this is happening a lot! Read the complete review |
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Heston Blumenthal Digital Meat Thermometer
by R8IT Its getting closer to that time of year when Turkeys are on the menu, and its makes the meal a whole lot better when the meat is juicy and cooked to perfection. I don't have one of those do everything ovens which steam cooks as well, and my over is never accurate on cooking times so its often difficult to know when meat is cooked or ... not, and I have a tendency of giving it a few minutes more to be safe. This can occasionally mean it's overcooked. This is more of an issue with poultry which needs to be cooked properly. **Product** I've used analogue/non-digital thermometers before and often found them slow to give a reading so figured a digital version would give a quicker reading. I bought the Heston Blumenthal branded Salter meat thermometer for around £10. It looked ok and was cheap enough and Ive never had an issue with the Salter brand before so assumed even though cheap they would do the job well. The thermometer is very compact at only 15cm in length, the majority of which is the stainless steel probe, a silicone grip on the sides of the display for holding, the display itself is encased in stainless steel with a black plastic base and silicone base to this which the probe connect to. Separating the plastic and stainless steel body gives access to the battery compartment, it's not a simple task to get to the battery which is a CR2032 battery (included) and ideally this could have been simplified. I've had mine for almost a year and no signs of needing a new battery - more than likely due to its only turned on for a few minutes at a time. The Thermometer comes with a probe cover, a thick black plastic cover which fits neatly over and has a pen style clip for clipping onto clothing if required. The Probe itself is 12cm so easily enough to get internal temperature of large joints of meat or big turkey breasts, and is easily cleaned afterwards. **Use** The Thermometer is simple to use with just 3 buttons, On/Off, Temp F/C and Hold. Simply press the on button and scrolling text shows its turned on and then instantly shows whatever temperature the probe is at, so an accurate room temperature is given, simply select temperature reading, Celsius or Fahrenheit and stick the probe in the meat. The reading then starts to climb until the temperature is reached. It takes on average 15 seconds to hit a temperature, which whilst not super quick it is a little quicker than an analogue style thermometer. I would have preferred it to be under say 5 seconds. Although with meat the temperature holds for some time if removed from an oven so its not been an issue On the side one of the silicone grips doubles as a hold button pressing this holds the reading; this is good as previously the non digital one I used would start to fall in temperature. I should also point out this isn't one of those leave in thermometers so it shouldn't be left in the oven with the meat. Quite a few of the more expensive ovens do come with internal thermometer probes and these would be preferred but a new oven is more than a tenner! **Summary** On the plus side its accurate, reasonably quick, simple to use and does the job well. It does prevent over cooking meet. Its also accurate for anything else and whilst its branded as a meat thermometer, it also works on reading any over temperatures, liquids and for Jams. It comes with a paper instruction leaflet which in small text gives the various cooking temperatures for different meats and even gives temperatures for rare, medium, well done etc. This is useful if you don't remember what they all should be but being a small paper leaflet is less than ideal. Whilst you could obtain temperatures online they missed a great opportunity to improve the product at little cost. They could easily have added the details in a scrollable form or written around the probe cover. Whilst I feel having a digital reading (advertised as accurate within 0.1 degree) is easier to read than the non digital type the time taken to provide a reading is not a huge amount quicker. I would expect you could buy a similar device which includes preset temp readings in the display so you don't have to look them up or remember them for around the same price or just a few quid more. Its for these reasons Ive given 3 stars. Read the complete review |
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Salter 9003 Weighing Scales
by Whizz11 Bathroom scales are not really my friend at the moment. As I am pregnant my weight is going up day by day so I generally try and not step on these if I can help it although it is quite interesting to see how much I am actually growing. Once the baby has come and I decide to lose the weight I hopefully, will enjoy getting back on these ... and watch the weight fall off. We purchased these scales soon after we moved into our house. We have ceramic tiles on our kitchen floor and so this scale was the perfect look to complete the bathroom as it is a ceramic tile itself and actually blends into the floor. It looks exactly like a big square tile and the only difference is that it has a small digital display window that shows you your weight. The tile is a light brown/cream colour and has a texture to it but is nice to stand on and not uncomfortable. When you first stand on the scales a 0 will come up in the window and whilst the scales are thinking the 0 moves across the screen until it finally flashes up your weight a second or too later. The weight will stay on the screen for a minute or two so if you've received a none too favourable weight it will give you a minute or two to digest it! If for some reason you have stood on the scales incorrectly the word ERR will appear on the screen to show that you have made a error. If this happens then you can just step one foot onto the scale to get it to go back to 0 and start again. The scale can measure your weight in either stones, kilograms of pounds. There is a little red switch on the back of the scale and you just move this to whichever readout you want. I always have mine on stones but it was nice when my little girl was born that I could sit her on this and turn the scales to lbs to see how much she was growing. Worryingly this scale will measure weights up to 28st, good god I hope I never get that big but this would be a good advantage when it comes to weighing suitcases etc before you travel. I have done this a few times with my suitcases just to make sure they are not overweight and the scale has been good for this function too. The scales are powered by a lithium battery which is included when you buy the scales and I don't think in 5 years that we have changed the battery yet so that is good. The scales cost £40 and we bought ours from John Lewis. Read the complete review |
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3 reviews Manufacturer: Salter / Gadget / Type: Kitcehn Tools - Meat Thermometer. |
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1 review Brand: Salter / Gadget / Type: Weighing Scales |
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