how quickly does it read if it is not sitting in the oven during the temp. rise?
1175430
Slowly and not particularly accurate. Either it or my new electric stove is way out of calibration. I stopped using it and do not recommend it.
1175431
This is not a good choice. Hard to mount on rack with swivel top and not stable standing alone.
1175432
It is very slow to come to temp on the display. It is slower than my pre-heat oven setting is - but it does measure temp more accurately than any other oven thermometer I've ever had - just takes a while to get to the temp.
1175433
Needle moves fairly quickly. What's your hurry? Put thermometer in when you begin pre-heating the oven. I found it to be very accurate. I am very happy with mine.
1175434
Very sorry that I can't answer your question as I have never used it that way. Barbara
1175435
It is very accurate and I place it on the oven since the begining, so when the oven is hot the thermometer has gone at the same pace. I will buy it again
707552
I think the consensus is no. I think the temperature gets up to high. I would go with an instant read one.
1441417
Immediately. It will be displaying the ambient temperature and will start to escalate up to the temperature of whatever you are cooking as soon as you insert it into the product you are measuring. It takes a very short time to reach the actual temperature of the product.
1233788
My oven read-out is lit only when "cooking". I don't recall if the Cuisinart indicated that the light should e on all the time.
770927
The thermometer will give an instant read and will continue to read if the temperature is changing.There is a hold button so you can always see what the last reading was. It does have an auto off after 10 min.As answered in all the others "IT CANNOT BE LEFT IN THE OVEN" However if you are warming a liquid you can leave the probe in as long as you like
650642
It won't / can't read air temperature, but if you open the oven and point it at the rack or an oven wall, it will give you the surface temperature of that object.
692011
I have not timed it by my watch, but it reads almost instantly as in 2-3 seconds.
1262768
For a beef medium well temperature of 165 degrees I have found that it is very accurate. I have compared to a analog thermometer and it was within 2 degrees each time. Not bad for an instant read. Hope this helps.
482632
It's not instant but if you just want a quick temp read, it takes a few seconds.
2037678
Not without interruption. I have used it mainly for large potatos (baked potatoes) and checked the doneness after 3.5 minutes and based on the test cooked them further but never over 4 minutes at a time.
1512118
Sort of, but it is still not that easy to read. My recommendation to you would be not to buy it. Mine only works intermittently and it shows temps ranging from way too high to way too low. For some reason at times it totally shuts down when inserted into the meat. To make a long story short it worked as it was supposed to for only about a week. I finally broke down and purchased a Therma Pen instant read thermometer for $96 (I haven't received it yet). I can only hope I have a better experience with the Therma Pen. So far I haven't had a good experience with any thermometer I have ever purchased and I have no idea why that should be!
1176387
once it gets within a few degrees of temp. the alarm goes off and a red light blinks, which is convient since the readout is not illuminated and is not easy to see.
761717
This is VERY accurate, but it takes time to read. So, if you need a reading instantly--no. But if you can wait 15 sec, then this would work. Personally, I would try one of the other thermometers I linked to.
2142172
It takes about a minute or so I would say. Its much longer than a regular thermometer.
1047065
I just tested it on a stream of water from my tap, turned to hot only. It regestered the temperature increase as the water coming out of the tap got hotter. Can't vouch for just how accurate it was (no baking thermometer handy), but it seemed pretty accurate. You have to be close to the water; maybe 3 or 4 inches away from the surface. Hope this helped.
41183
No, you can open the oven door and take an instant reading. But, keep in mind that the oven temperature will drop any time you have the door open and it may take a short period of time to reach back to the reading you just observed. Dick Y
1787341
Yes that is how it works. However yesterday I did a pork tenderloin with it in and after the recommended 20-25 minutes this said it was at 113 when I was sure it was much hotter so I put in an instant read and it went to 140+ right away then I took this out and moved the probe and it shot up to 145 so I'm not sure how reliable it is. Perhaps I had done it wrong but I don't know how. I'm still mixed about this I love the idea of it.