Super late, but I bought a “coffee thermometer” from Officeworks for 50 cents. Apparently office people weren’t crazy about the coffee thermometer idea. I repurposed it for cooking, and although it also caps out at 100, I’ve never cooked food to 100 inside without the outside being complete charcoal.
I do have a digital one that still has a little prong which is for BBQs and goes up to 150, but it takes about 30 seconds to accurately read the temperature, usually updating a few degrees every 2 seconds or so
I was using mine for measuring oil temperature when trying to shallow fry (so bread crumbs fry on impact), so unfortunately in this case it wouldn’t help me, but a 50 cent one would be useful for most cooking. Thanks for the tip!
Ah righto. I only really fry chicken schnitzels and chips. In the chase of schnitzels, I usually just grab a couple of crumbs from the bottom of the bag (I buy mine predone from a butcher) and chuck them in. Most of the time I do just eyeball though. If it’s smoking, the oils too hot, if it’s sizzling and crackling I evidently didn’t dry the pan right, and it’s probably a bad idea to put it in right now (I’d rather chuck it in when it’s a little too cold than have it spray me in the face)
Super late, but I bought a “coffee thermometer” from Officeworks for 50 cents. Apparently office people weren’t crazy about the coffee thermometer idea. I repurposed it for cooking, and although it also caps out at 100, I’ve never cooked food to 100 inside without the outside being complete charcoal.
I do have a digital one that still has a little prong which is for BBQs and goes up to 150, but it takes about 30 seconds to accurately read the temperature, usually updating a few degrees every 2 seconds or so
I was using mine for measuring oil temperature when trying to shallow fry (so bread crumbs fry on impact), so unfortunately in this case it wouldn’t help me, but a 50 cent one would be useful for most cooking. Thanks for the tip!
Ah righto. I only really fry chicken schnitzels and chips. In the chase of schnitzels, I usually just grab a couple of crumbs from the bottom of the bag (I buy mine predone from a butcher) and chuck them in. Most of the time I do just eyeball though. If it’s smoking, the oils too hot, if it’s sizzling and crackling I evidently didn’t dry the pan right, and it’s probably a bad idea to put it in right now (I’d rather chuck it in when it’s a little too cold than have it spray me in the face)