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Thermometers

Who Wants a Long Probe? I Do

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Most folks would not want to be involved with a long probe, unless of course we are talking about the subject of remote read temperature probes. I have had a Maverick ET-72 Remote Read Dual Probe Meat Thermometer since 2003 and the ET-73 Smoker thermometer since 2005. The ET-73 has been flawless up to two weeks ago. The ET-73, on the other hand, has gone through several food temperature probes, 4 total, which were all replace under warrantee. A week ago one of the two probes for the ET-72 went out when I was cooking my CEDAR PLANKED MEATLOAF. Strangely enough, it stopped working before the flareups started, so I can’t blame those. So with under two weeks before Thanksgiving I was faced with ordering a replacement probe and hoping it arrived before the big event. Read More...
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Remote Read ROTISSERIE Thermometer

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As anyone who has talked to me or read my blogs can tell you: I love my remote read thermometers. I use them whenever I can. If you haven’t read these blogs I will link to them at the end of this post. I have always lamented the fact you couldn’t use one on a meal cooked on the rotisserie. One of the reasons I dropped a lot of money on a fast response instant read meat thermometer was to deal with rotisserie grilling and the need to manually take the temperature of the meat. This year I noticed that Maverick, who makes the other units I own, had come out with a simple but ingenious remote read rotisserie thermometer. It is the Maverick Remote-Chek ET-75. Where this was new technology I tried posting on several BBQ related message boards to see if anyone had any hands on experience with one of these. I got no response and I finally bit the bullet and used some birthday gift money to grab one on Amazon for $38.00. Read More...
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A Lot at Steak

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Last Saturday was a special day around here. First it was my birthday dinner. My wife had bought me some of those 2” thick, 2 1/4 pound Cowboy Steaks I’d written about here a month ago ( see COWBOY STEAK - NOW THAT’S A STEAK blog entry). But more importantly both my parents and my wife’s parents were going to be there to share it with us. I’d made these steaks before, with no issues. So what could go possibly go wrong?
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