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New (near) Thermapen Disaster

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TexanOfTheNorth
TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
edited December 2013 in EggHead Forum
My sister, a fellow-egger who lives in Germany, bought me a new Thermapen; which she mailed to me last week while back in the States for Thanksgiving. It arrived on Tuesday and I used it for the first time last night doing some reverse sear filets.

I was very impressed with how quickly I was able to get the IT of the meat during the indirect portion of the cook. However, once the IT was approaching 50*(and looking like it was more than ready for the sear) I realized, that the thermapen was set for *C as opposed to *F. Not sure why it took me so long to clue into that fact as my initial temp readings, had they been in *F, would have indicated a piece of meat that was frozen solid!

Oh well, disaster averted. I'll have to adjust the dip switch for the temp setting as I am much more comfortable working with *F.
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Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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  • shadowcaster
    shadowcaster Posts: 620
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    haha I could just see the confusion on my face if I were in your shoes....light bulb!
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,375
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    @TOTN-nice save!  While you are toggling the thermopen you may consider eliminating the 0.1 degree accuracy.  Somehow, whole degree movement is more than enough for me.  YMMV-
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,522
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    Good save. As @lousubcap says, when using the F scale the tenths of degree is not that useful, when using the C scale, I'd leave it on. 

    We have the same near disasters at our house. I use the C scale for the pocket 600B in the kitchen, SWMBO uses F. A couple of times she has caught herself measuring temps in C thinking they were F. 
    No issue with the Thermapen, it is always out by the grill house, and that's my turf. 
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
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    Skiddymarker said:
    We have the same near disasters at our house. I use the C scale for the pocket 600B in the kitchen, SWMBO uses F. A couple of times she has caught herself measuring temps in C thinking they were F. 
     
    Unless you're shooting for -40 that would be a problem.
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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