| A digital meat thermometer is no longer used only | | | | Most of the time, you will need your |
| by a professional chef. More and more people are | | | | thermometer for meats, poultry, seafood, egg |
| using this device in their every day cooking to | | | | dishes and casseroles, but on occasion you may |
| ensure that their foods are cooked perfectly and | | | | want to know the temperature of hot oil before |
| also to ensure that they have no worries about | | | | putting your food into it or of a freezing dessert |
| food related illnesses. There are five features that | | | | to ascertain that it is will stay frozen until eaten. |
| you should look for when purchasing a digital meat | | | | This is when it is important to own a digital meat |
| thermometer: | | | | thermometer that is capable of taking very low |
| Accuracy | | | | (0 degrees and under) and very high (375 |
| Many experts consider accuracy to be the most | | | | degrees and over) temperatures. |
| important feature. A thermometer should register | | | | Design and Features |
| exactly 212 degrees in boiling water and 32 | | | | You will find as you begin to use your digital meat |
| degrees in crushed ice and ice water. The best | | | | thermometer that certain designs and features |
| digital meat thermometers will be accurate within | | | | will make the gadget easier to use. Some |
| plus or minus one or two degrees Fahrenheit. If | | | | examples of this are the length of the stem. You |
| the thermometer comes up four or more | | | | want one that is long enough to go deeply into a |
| degrees over or under, it is time to get a new | | | | thick turkey breast, but not so long that it hits |
| one. | | | | bone, which will give you an inaccurate reading. |
| Response Time | | | | Ease of cleaning is also important. Can you toss it |
| The response time when reading a digital meat | | | | in the dishwasher or will you have to laboriously |
| thermometer should be fast. When tested in | | | | take it apart to ascertain proper cleaning? Does |
| boiling water it should take no more than twenty | | | | the thermometer have on and off switches or an |
| seconds (ten seconds is even better) to get to | | | | automatic shut off? These features are important |
| 212 degrees. Many can take up to thirty seconds | | | | to many cooks. |
| and that is a feature you do not want especially | | | | There are many digital meat thermometers from |
| during times like busy holiday cooking, or when | | | | which to choose and most of the manufacturers |
| you are entertaining friends or professional | | | | are dedicated to producing products that measure |
| acquaintances. | | | | temperatures with accuracy and read |
| Readability | | | | temperatures with precision. You can find an |
| The LCD display screen in a digital meat | | | | array of these thermometers online and if you |
| thermometer should display large, easy to read | | | | spend a small amount of time reading over their |
| numbers. The plastic lens should not fog up and | | | | various features, you are certain to find just the |
| prevent you from seeing the numbers. | | | | right digital meat thermometer to meet your |
| Temperature Range | | | | exact needs! |