Comments on: I Love My Thermapen Already… http://www.sweetnapa.com/2008/07/11/i-love-my-thermapen-already.html In LA, but Still Exploring Desserts Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nina http://www.sweetnapa.com/2008/07/11/i-love-my-thermapen-already.html#comment-26237 Nina Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:34:29 +0000 http://www.sweetnapa.com/2008/07/11/i-love-my-thermapen-already.html#comment-26237 The Thermapen definitely has accuracy, speed, and ease of reading the display on its side, but it's not totally perfect. It's meant to be held in the right hand to read it... I'm right-handed, so when I make caramel, now I have to either stir with my left hand or hold it in my left hand awkwardly bend my arm. It also automatically shuts off after a few minutes to save the battery, so I start using it when the caramel looks like it might be close to being done.... Even then, it once shut off at 246... To turn it back on, you have to close it and open it again, which is a little unwieldy when it's been dipped in the hot caramel and I usually wear an oven mitt when I caramelize.... You really have to hover with it. And for my nougat, I start hand-whipping the egg whites at a certain temp of the sugar until the sugar reaches its final temp, which means that I have too few hands to use the thermapen easily for it. So, I used my analog as a guide while I whipped and did the final reading with the thermapen. If I could clip it on the pot and have it read continually, it'd be perfect! The Thermapen definitely has accuracy, speed, and ease of reading the display on its side, but it’s not totally perfect. It’s meant to be held in the right hand to read it… I’m right-handed, so when I make caramel, now I have to either stir with my left hand or hold it in my left hand awkwardly bend my arm. It also automatically shuts off after a few minutes to save the battery, so I start using it when the caramel looks like it might be close to being done…. Even then, it once shut off at 246… To turn it back on, you have to close it and open it again, which is a little unwieldy when it’s been dipped in the hot caramel and I usually wear an oven mitt when I caramelize….

You really have to hover with it. And for my nougat, I start hand-whipping the egg whites at a certain temp of the sugar until the sugar reaches its final temp, which means that I have too few hands to use the thermapen easily for it. So, I used my analog as a guide while I whipped and did the final reading with the thermapen.

If I could clip it on the pot and have it read continually, it’d be perfect!

]]> By: brian http://www.sweetnapa.com/2008/07/11/i-love-my-thermapen-already.html#comment-26234 brian Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:51:02 +0000 http://www.sweetnapa.com/2008/07/11/i-love-my-thermapen-already.html#comment-26234 I've debated getting the thermapen. I just wish it would convert on the fly to either C or F, though I know they have a lower end model that will do that. I've tried several digital thermometers and found most are inaccurate and I always go running back to my funky looking alchohol thermometer sitting in its cage cradled in cork bushings. Let me know how the thermapen works out. I’ve debated getting the thermapen. I just wish it would convert on the fly to either C or F, though I know they have a lower end model that will do that. I’ve tried several digital thermometers and found most are inaccurate and I always go running back to my funky looking alchohol thermometer sitting in its cage cradled in cork bushings. Let me know how the thermapen works out.

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