manoaction
Well-Known Member
I have two thermometers and they argue like an old married couple about the temp. It's hard to know who to believe.
Mabel is a typical floating thermometer with blue goo inside. In the 130-170 range, she reads four degrees hotter than Abe.
Abe is a big face dial thermometer with a long stem. He reports temperatures much faster, but reads four degrees cooler than Mabel.
The rub begins in that difference between the two changes with the temperature range. For instance, they are off only by a degree or two at 70, but off by eight degrees at boiling. If I adjust Abe up at boiling, he then reads higher than Mabel at 70.
Who am I supposed to believe? What's the best way to calibrate? I'm in Fort Collins Colorado so my altitute is 5k feet making my boil temp 203.
Mabel is a typical floating thermometer with blue goo inside. In the 130-170 range, she reads four degrees hotter than Abe.
Abe is a big face dial thermometer with a long stem. He reports temperatures much faster, but reads four degrees cooler than Mabel.
The rub begins in that difference between the two changes with the temperature range. For instance, they are off only by a degree or two at 70, but off by eight degrees at boiling. If I adjust Abe up at boiling, he then reads higher than Mabel at 70.
Who am I supposed to believe? What's the best way to calibrate? I'm in Fort Collins Colorado so my altitute is 5k feet making my boil temp 203.