Taylor Classic Style Meat Dial Thermometer
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Taylor Classic Style Meat Dial Thermometer
Customer Review: Great Value
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this item as a stocking stuffer for Christmas. Great value for the price.The large dial enables you to see the temperature thru the glass in the oven door without having to open it.Customer Review: Reliable - Accurate - East to Read
Summary: 4 Stars
I have used Taylor equiptment for years... This item is Reliable - Accurate - East to Read! I expect and get nothing less from TaylorCustomer Review: Taylor Meat Thermometer
Summary: 4 Stars
Really not able to rate at this time because product has not been used yet.Customer Review: Sturdy, easy to read, accuracy short lived?
Summary: 3 Stars
When I brought one of these home a few years ago, I was very pleased with it. It was easy to read, sturdy as a fireplug and had a "test" mark on the scale at boiling-point so at any time I could be sure it was reading accurately. I used it for 3-4 years, and it always checked-out in a pan of boiling water when I'd test it. Life was good and so was dinner. But how long do you expect it to last? Are they supposed to be replaced every every 3-4 years? I'd have liked it to last longer...
Last Christmas, before sinking the thermometer into the Christmas ribeye roast, I checked it in a pan of boiling water and found it was reading 12 degrees cool. Yikes, I could have over-cooked and ruined $100 worth of meat if I hadn't known to pull it out of the oven 12 degrees cooler than I had planned. After dinner that night I threw the thermometer away.
Owing to it's build quality, I think this is the best of the dial-read meat-thermometers. It lasted better than the Pyrex thermometer we had before it. But none of these stay accurate forever. The needles get sticky or something else goes out of whack, and then they're useless.
I've had bad luck with digital thermometers too, so I replaced the Taylor dial thermometer with an old fashioned glass / alcohol thermometer (Taylor Classic Roast/Yeast Thermometer). I checked the new thermometer's accuracy and it was dead on. If no one breaks it, it will remain accurate forever. Yes, the glass thermometers are a little trickier to read ... but when you have a house full of dinner guests, and an expensive roast in the oven, what's more important: an accurate reading? Or an inaccurate reading at a glance? I'll take the former.
Happy cooking ...
Customer Review: Disappointed in the dishwasher
Summary: 2 Stars
Product says it's dishwasher safe - worked great in oven, put in dishwasher and it came out with water under the face. We tilted it on a paper towel and it did drain, we used it again and it did still work. So product good - just not really dishwasher safe - which is why we picked this one over other products.