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Lakeland Oven Thermometer
by europe-chick I decided to buy an oven thermometer after having a few baking disasters in the kitchen. I'm a good cook normally and couldn't figure out why a few things had gone wrong. After much consideration I decided that the only possible explanation was that the oven temperature was out. I mentioned it to my mum on a recent visit, and ... she very kindly bought me this oven thermometer from Lakeland on her next visit. This is quite a big stainless steel thermometer, it's about 3 inches in diameter, it kind of reminds me of a clock. You can position the thermometer in your oven in two different ways, you can either stand it on a shelf in your oven, or you can hang it from an oven shelf using the little hook on the top. Whichever works best for you, I have mine hanging from the top shelf in my oven. The thermometers temperature range is from 50 to 300 degrees C, and it also has the corresponding farenheit temperature range underneath as well, from 100 to 600 degrees F. I actually think that this is a useful addition as I sometimes find an American recipe that I want to make and the oven temperature will be shown in farenheit, and so just a quick look at my oven thermometer will tell me the corresponding temperature for my oven. Since using this oven thermometer I've discovered that my oven can be as much as 20 degress cooler than it should be, this doesn't always matter depending what you are cooking, but for cakes and so on it will make a big difference, hence my few disasters! This now enables me to get the correct oven temperature when I'm pre-heating my oven, and I'm happy to say that I've had no baking disasters since. I just leave this in my oven all the time now, it's easy to clean, I just give it a wipe over with kitchen cleaner and then pop it back in the oven. It's not discoloured or cracked or anything. I've had it for around 4 months now, and I wouldn't hesitate to reccomend this to anyone. I believe that these are £5.79 in Lakeland. Read the complete review |
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Kitchen Craft Preserving Thermometer
by elysia2003 ******************************* Kitchen Craft Preserving Thermometer ******************************* After a lovely morning foraging amongst the hedgerows at the weekend with my daughter, after much deliberation we decided to make the first batch of blackberries into jam. Apple and blackberry pies and crumbles would ... have to wait, I didn't have any bramley apples at home, but what I did have was jam sugar, and so it was to be. Having washed and prepared my fruit, and familiarised myself with the recipe on the reverse of the packet, I remembered I'd bought a preserving thermometer after my efforts last year trying to get the timings, and setting points correct. Last year, I was a bit of novice, that's not actually correct, I was a lot of a novice, if there is such a thing, but I got there in the end, we're still eating the results, and no-one's dead yet. It must have been good, I gifted some as Christmas presents, and so many compliments flowed, it was a huge success. To cut a long story short, I decided, if I was to upscale and make a bigger effort this year, I would buy some special jam making equipment, and the Preserving Thermometer by Kitchen Craft was one of them. At the time, I looked online and preserving thermometers were at silly prices, I can't remember how much exactly, would it would have been cheaper to buy the jam from Fortnum and Masons, and have it delivered by courier - well, not quite but you get my drift. ********** My Puchase ********** I decided upon the Kitchen Craft (KC) thermometer instantly upon seeing it on Lakeland's website - a lovely shop where you can find anything you need, usually at a high cost, but in this instance at £7.99, it was quite affordable. Having not used this item until the weekend, I took away the cardboard backing and gave it a quick rinse. I noted how light it was, for such a chunky item. The thermometer is actually homemade, ok it's probably reeled off on some assembly line, but it's made by people and not robots, which is what I like. ********* Description ********* The thermometer is one piece of stainless steel about 9 inches long, moulded, along the long edges, to give a smooth shape and some depth to the product. The opposing end to the handle has some cut outs, to allow the food that you are measuring to flow through and obtain an accurate reading. The bottom is tucked under, so that the ball of the thermometer is tucked away safely and is not resting itself upon the pan floor, whereby it might result in a temperature that is inaccurate, causing your food to spoil. Along the face of the thermometer are readings in farenheight from 100 to 400, and on the other side, from 50 centigrade up to 240. Along the length too are helpful markings, as the where the temperature should be for such things as sterilising (baby bottles or jam jars), jam at 105 degrees C, soft, medium and hard fudges, toffees and caramels, and finally for cooking fish and chips. If seems an odd combination but it proves how handy and useful owning this product could be. Saying that though, it had been unopened in the drawer for 9 months - it isn't that handy for me, it'll be just used for jam. The thermometer is a glass tube, with a bulbous end, and red mercury running through it. We all know the mechanics so I needn't go into further detail. This is attached to the main body via two staples held at each end with two rivets. Now this is where problems start to occur. As it quite rightly cannot be fixed in position in any other way, the glass would break; this can be simply slid up and down the thermometer. It can't escape because there's nowhere for it to go, it can simply move upwards, or downwards by 2cm. A movement of 2cm would give an inaccurate reading of approximately 20 degrees in either F or C. This would spell disaster to your efforts. Sugar burns incredibly quickly, and it would ruin everything. I'll gloss over the next paragraph quite quickly because there are no problems with these features. The handle is made of a heat resistance plastic (whose name escapes me - I want to say Bakelite but that's wrong!) and it takes the overall length of the instrument to 12 inches. It has a hole in the middle, so you can grip it easily and is quite nice to hold and touch. On the reverse of the thermometer is a handy clip so you can hang it on your saucepan, chip pan or jam kettle, so it doesn't slip in, I hate it when spoons do that. ********************* Care and Use Instructions ********************* The reverse also contains care instructions, and I have issues with those, as I'll explain further: Care and Use: 1. Always bring the thermometer up to heat with what you are cooking. Do not add the thermometer to already hot food. At the time of purchasing this, I also bought a new Jam making recipe book, and instructions in there beg to differ. It suggests adding the thermometer once you get to a rolling boil. It's not a problem though. 2. Let the thermometer cool down before submersing in warm soapy water to wash. If you let the thermometer cool down, the jam will set, or toffee or whatever, and will make a terrible sticky mess that is difficult to clean. 3. Hand wash with a soft cloth. Do not use scourers or abrasive chemicals when cleaning. When faced with sticky goo, how else are you going to clean it without scourers etc? I can see their point, the numbers would rub off, and the product would be totally useless, but I would argue that it is totally useless anyway, with the thermometer section sliding up and down giving a faulty reading anyway. Having tried in vain yesterday to remove the excess jam stuck to the implement, with only a cloth, in hand hot soapy water, and having not one iota of success, I can conclude these instructions to be a farce. ***************** My Recommendation ***************** What I recommend, and what worked for me in the end, was to put some warm soapy water in your jam kettle, saucepan and the like, and bring this to the boil, the stickiness will melt away making both items easy to clean, and keeping the numbers intact. *********** My Thoughts *********** Mine is less than a year old, and has once careful owner, and so after some careful consideration, I can't in all honesty recommend this (oddly for me, as I usually can only write about things I love and give 5 stars for). I've kept the packaging and will be asking for a refund. If it worked as it should, it would be brilliant value for money, but it just doesn't cut the mustard for me, which is a shame really. Many thanks for reading my review. I do hope it's been some help. This review may be posted on other sites under the same username © elysia2003 Read the complete review |
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Stovax Stove Flue Pipe Thermometer
by SusanLesley When we first moved into our cottage the one thing we really wanted was a log burner and we eventually decided on a Hunter Herald Slimline and we have been very impressed with it, I have done a review about it if you want to know more. One of the accessories that we have for our log burner is a Stovepipe Thermometer made by a ... company called Stovax. They currently cost £10.99 on EBay plus £1.49 postage and £12.99 on Amazon where the postage is free. The thermometer comes affixed to a piece of cardboard and the information on the front of this states the following: 'Shows best operating temperatures for multi fuel and wood burning stoves' 'Use as an energy meter to save fuel and improve your stove's perfomance' The thermometer itself is circular, flat and is about two and a half inches across. It has a magnet on the back and you place it on the flue. There is also a little hole in the thermometer and a screw is provided. This is because if the heat reaches temperatures over 800 degrees such as during a chimney fire, the magnetic strength will decrease and the magnet may fall from the flue pipe and mark the floor. The idea is that you drill a hole in the pipe and attach the magnet using the screw provided. I must admit that we thought this wasn't a good idea and it didn't apply to us anyway - our fire is set on a hearth - so we just used the magnet to attach ours to the pipe. The thermometer is black and so is unobtrusive and looks smart on the flue pipe. When the fire is alight the heat in the flue makes the pointer on the thermometer move round clockwise as the heat increases. There are three heat bands shown on the thermometer - 50 to 230 degrees F - 230 to 475 degrees F - 475 - 900 degrees. The aim is to keep the pointer in the central range where the fire is burning at its most efficient. If it is in the lower range the burning will be creating creosote, soot and smoke so you know that you need to add more fuel and open the draught controls to make the fire burn more efficiently. If it is in the higher range the fire is overheating and the draught needs to be reduced so that the fire calms down and the heat reduces back down to the central range. To be fair once you get used to using your burner it is obvious whether it is burning efficiently or not but this magnet does make a useful extra safety check. We find ours useful and I would certainly recommend this product to anyone who has a fuel burner. Read the complete review |
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1 review Brand: Kitchen Craft / Kitchenware / Type: Thermometer |
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1 review Brand: Kitchen Craft / Kitchenware / Product Type: Thermometer - Preserving Thermometer |
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1 review Brand: Stovax / Kitchenware / Product Type: Thermometer |
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Brand: Tala / Kitchenware / Product Type: Thermometer |
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4 reviews Brand: Lakeland / Kitchenware / Product Type: Thermometer - This thermometer can be placed on the rack free-standing or hung from the rack. It can be easily read thanks to it's large dial. Heat-resistant to 300°C. |
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