Can I use meat thermometers to measure room and oven temperature?
Can you measure the oven temperature or room temperature for things like proofing bread when better alternatives are not available? How accurate will it be?
I have a TheromoWorks Thermopop which I heard good things about. Just writing this to know if it matters.
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A meat thermometer is a device that can be left in food in the oven, the thermapop is not a meat thermometer because the plastic casing and electronic are not oven safe. If you put your thermapop in the oven and left it there you'd destroy it. You could use it to measure air temperature outside the oven without a problem, although you'd use up the battery quickly if you left it on constantly.
The two most widely available meat thermometer types are mechanical ones which stick into the meat and have a dial you can read, and electronic ones which have a probe on a wire which goes into the meat in the oven. Either type can be used to measure oven temperature, you just put the probe in the oven without being in meat.
Given how dirt cheap oven thermometers and room thermometers are these days there's not much net gain though, you may as well invest a small amount of money in the right tool for the right job.
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Either type can be used to measure oven temperature, you just put the probe in the oven without being in meat.Can I check my oven temperature with a meat thermometer?
Luckily, the process of testing your oven's temperature accuracy is actually quite simple and only requires one tool. We suggest using the ThermoPro Meat Thermometer for this process because is extremely reliable, accurate and designed to be used in an oven's high-temperature range.Are baking and meat thermometers the same?
Meat is generally heated from 146 to 170 degrees Fahrenheit while baking is usually set to higher temperatures like 350 degrees Fahrenheit. This would make the internal temperature of a cake a lot higher, so a meat thermometer is not practical for baking.Can you use a thermometer to measure room temperature?
Measuring room temperature is actually really easy to do. You can choose a thermometer that you keep in the center of the room to provide a temperature reading, or you can download an app to your smartphone that can measure room temperature.Do you check meat temp in oven or out of the oven?
Oven-going thermometers go in the oven and stay in the meat while it cooks, whereas digital instant-read thermometers are used after cooking to check for doneness. Note: Both types of thermometers should still be inserted into the thickest part of the meat.How to Properly Use a Meat Thermometer
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