So, what's up with this? (Note: Scheduled for Sep 18, 2018)
Jeezus, thayy puttin' teevees on evveythang now; even gawt wun onna toaster oven. Iff'n it kin dew a fam'ly size pizza, ah'll tekk itt!
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Now Ahh kin watch muh Jerry Springer reruns wha'll muh teevee dinners bern teww a krisp...
Ah, back on food again eh? We're reliable that way.
At the moment I'm just winding down the day with the turn, fold, roll and rest stage of a batch of flaky pastry. Stewed some apples earlier with cinnamon and allspice. Tomorrow — hot, fresh, flaky apple turnovers.
TEA relevance? I need a new pointy kitchen thermometer for checking the internal temperatures of things wot is cooking. That's test gear right? The one I've currently got has a response time measurable in minutes. Anybody have any recommendations for something fast responding that's got a food-safe pointy probe?
Jeezus, thayy puttin' teevees on evveythang now; even gawt wun onna toaster oven. Iff'n it kin dew a fam'ly size pizza, ah'll tekk itt!
mnem
Now Ahh kin watch muh Jerry Springer reruns wha'll muh teevee dinners bern teww a krisp...
Ah, back on food again eh? We're reliable that way.
At the moment I'm just winding down the day with the turn, fold, roll and rest stage of a batch of flaky pastry. Stewed some apples earlier with cinnamon and allspice. Tomorrow — hot, fresh, flaky apple turnovers.
TEA relevance? I need a new pointy kitchen thermometer for checking the internal temperatures of things wot is cooking. That's test gear right? The one I've currently got has a response time measurable in minutes. Anybody have any recommendations for something fast responding that's got a food-safe pointy probe?
Don’t think I’ve ever used a thermometer when cooking.
Keysight thermocouple probes are probably ok for that if you need them.
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*Gone thermal*Dwagons do that !
If you have a thermometer already, how about one of these probes? https://www.labfacility.com/temperature-sensors/handheld-temperature-sensors/shark-tail-style/needle-tip-2378.html I'm not sure about the handle temperature rating: give Labfacility a call.
Don’t think I’ve ever used a thermometer when cooking.
And yet.............APC was a brand I had in mind. Got given a APC1000 that cooked batteries and looked into it some before shelving it.
Wasn't quite sure if divider components had drifted or it was just adjusted wrong but they don't have a trimmer instead there's some service mode for adjustments AFAIK.
Another project in the queue .....................
Don’t think I’ve ever used a thermometer when cooking.
I hardly ever do either but I have two principal uses for one. Firstly, when cooking meat (something like a chicken breast roasted on its own) to be carved and served cold - there's just a few ˚C difference in peak cooking temperature between raw in the middle (< ~65˚C), moist and juicy (68˚C) and dry and crumbly (>=72˚C). Easy to get wrong on smaller chunks of meat like a single breast. The other is things involving hot sugar - jam, Italian meringue, fondant and the like.
Reconstitute dried yeast using water at 42˚C, it is the optimum temperature
I just sounded off on this on this with my HOT SHINY BALLS post a few weeks ago... that ThermoPro TP01S insta-read thermo-tormenter is one of their highest-rated products of all time...
...and returning from food to TEA, there is endless scope for the TEA addict in thermometry! Current score here: 1 x Labfacility PRT lab bench instrument (rescue), with a semi-standard PRT, a 'daily use' probe, and multiple home-made sensors using different types of PT 100; two RS and one Maplin hand-held K thermocouple meters (one a dumpster find, one a 'rescue') and assorted thermocouples; a bunch of flexible mineral-insulated K thermocouple probes (dumpster find); a goodly stock of K-type connectors & extension leads (dumpster find); three Agilent 34970A dataloggers, with a stack of input modules (one from eBay, two rescue); and a Keysight U5585A thermal imager.
It's enough to get you hot under the collar, even though it is cool
...APC...My guess is you just got a single bad unit; over 20 years in IT my experience says this is NOT typical of their product.
I just sounded off on this on this with my HOT SHINY BALLS post a few weeks ago... that ThermoPro TP01S insta-read thermo-tormenter is one of their highest-rated products of all time...
Thanks for that. Sadly I can't find anybody shipping that model in the UK, some of the other ThermoPro models, but not that one. The cheery $10 price tag becomes less cheery if I add $20 shipping.
Ah. Wrap the thing tightly in foil, 28 minutes at 180. Stab it and check the juice colour. Cloudy? Another 5 minutes.
I just sounded off on this on this with my HOT SHINY BALLS post a few weeks ago... that ThermoPro TP01S insta-read thermo-tormenter is one of their highest-rated products of all time...
Thanks for that. Sadly I can't find anybody shipping that model in the UK, some of the other ThermoPro models, but not that one. The cheery $10 price tag becomes less cheery if I add $20 shipping.https://www.amazon.co.uk/ThermoPro-Digital-Instant-Cooking-Thermometer/dp/B07CB8JG21/
Here it is... they got the model wrong in the Product listing; it is the TP-01S, not TP-01A. I think that may be a special packaging just for Amazon; it came in a little sealed box, not the usual hook-hang card-style blister-pack.
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AVOID the little bulb-shaped one they also offer on that page; my last one had that same kind of segmented LCD display and it was an utter POS. You breathe on the little fucker and it all turns black and you can't read it; absolutely USELESS on the grill.
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Here's the manual from the MFR too.
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*Juicy-ometer*
Ah. Wrap the thing tightly in foil, 28 minutes at 180. Stab it and check the juice colour. Cloudy? Another 5 minutes.
Nah. Marinade in chilli, olive oil, a little salt and lemon juice. Fry one side in a hot pan for 3-4 minutes - it should look on the verge of burning. Turn over and shove the whole pan into a 220˚C oven for ~8 minutes. Whip out, check core temperature, if OK wrap in foil and leave to cool. Chill in fridge, carve:
Yes, that is left over pork, sage and onion stuffing. Yes, with the wholemeal roll, mayonnaise and salad it was delicious.
...APC...My guess is you just got a single bad unit; over 20 years in IT my experience says this is NOT typical of their product.
I've had very variable results with APC over the years across the 1kVA and upward ranges - no experience with the sub-1kVA models. I've seen some units that just keep working flawlessly, some that kill batteries in much less than their natural life ought to be, and some that are simply magic smoke generators, either for themselves or kit that is powered from them. I'd snap up a known good secondhand APC unit in a heartbeat, but I'd be reluctant to buy a brand new one except from a dealer with whom I had enough clout to ensure prompt, efficient warranty service.
Ours was one of their 10KVA 10U jobbies. Think it had RBC-44 cartridges in it. The inlet termination exploded (reason unknown), set fire to the entire rack destroying one of our core Junipers (£25k a pop), two DL380s (£20k a pop each) and half the Avaya stuff in there (no idea how much that was as we were renting it).
Made a right mess.
Incidentally because we had been hit by the clue stick, this was one of two machine rooms in the building and the spare one kicked in apart from the dev stuff which resulted in some arm waving annoyance.
edit: the guys we had come in to fix it actually used paint scrapers to get the bits of plastic off the rack so they could get the batteries out and dispose of it.