How deep do you have to insert the probe. Another way to ask it is, is the temp sensor really close to the tip of the probe?
1453903
The sensors are on the tip but to get an accurate temp of the meat you are cooking, I would think that you would need to insert it to the middle.
1453904
Yes the temperature sensor is close to the tip of the probe, but you want to make sure that you are inserting the probe into the center of the meat. It is important to make sure that you are reading the center of the meat where it sometimes isn't cooked all the way through. Hope this helps! :)
1453905
In steaks I go half way away from bone. Everything else, I go up to the top of the tine. Both work well. This is the second incarnation of this device. We use it a lot.
1316811
My food temp probe wire is 29" and the grill/oven temp probe wire is 33". That doesn't include the plugs or probes, just the wire.
170510
Yes, if you rest the probe on a metal surface you are likely to get the temp. for that surface, Which is not what you want. use the clip that it came with it, or, just slice a fat wedge off a potato and push the probe through until it comes most of the way out the other side, and place this on the grill grate.
738289
You will most likely need an upgrade on the probe wire which will is specially designed for that kind of temperature. The device itself will do just fine.
697575
The lead, where you put it, is what is senses. You can have the meter inside & the lead will give the outside temp. The meter itself isn't what has the sensor, only the read out. It seems the lead is 8' or longer?
460166
The instant read probe will not. The high heat probe will fit through a 1/4 inch hole.
990030
I can only guess now since I no longer have the digital thermometer. I had it for about a year and it worked fine. The probe is about 5 inches long I would say. When the batteries died it was very difficult to get into the battery compartment, and when I did replace the batteries it still would not work. So I have thrown it away.
86916
While I do use this probe to monitor water temp, I don't fully immerse it, as the wire behind the metal portion of the probe is covered in plastic & I don't want it to melt. If I use it to monitor other food temperatures, just wipe off the metal part of the probe & don't let the plastic touch anything hot, like pots, pans, etc. Shorter answer: I don't know & haven't tried to find out.
456362
This is a thermistor type probe the tip is no more than an 1/8 in in diameter.
339586
The probe is .5 inches. My biggest problem with the unit is that the wire is only 30 inches. This severely limits where I can install the unit that does not expose the probe to the sun or against the wall which changes the indoor readings
13706
Sure. The probe isn't that long maybe 4 inches, but positioned correctly as far as you can go, it should be fine
170512
your trying to check the ambient temp and the tip should be not be touching the grate ....rember its the tip of the probe that does the reading >>>>> it comes with a holder
687856
I have had good luck with inserting it about 1/2 way into the meat I'm cooking and am getting accurate readings. So if the meat is 1 in. thick I insert the thermometer about 1/2 inch.
1449831
I tested this tonight. It appears to be about 3/4 to 1 inch from the sensor.
1704701
I should have included that the pt 100 probes are usually encased in glass and you may be able to see the actual wire at the tip of the probe. If you measure the resistance and look up a chart for conversion you can tell if the probe is reading the actual temperature correctly.
842225
It will tolerate the temperature, but the probe is rather short for your purposes... I would be afraid of burning myself if used that way... maybe if you used a heat-proof glove at the same time?
1498580
Peg Leg, please re-read my original answer to you. I added more info for you. Even the description on Amazon states this thermometer has a 2.9" probe. I was close!!!