Warning: That cheap oven thermometer from the dollar store cost me a whole cake batch last Sunday

I used to think all thermometers were the same until my vanilla sponge came out dry and cracked three times in a row, then I tested that plastic one against my instant-read probe and it was off by 25 degrees, has anyone else had a tool they trusted totally fail on them?

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ryan_nelson14d ago

Spend a dollar, expect precision - that's on the baker, not the thermometer.

hannaho5214d ago

I mean I just read that a lot of those cheap kitchen thermometers can be off by like 5-10 degrees. At that point you're basically guessing when you pull the roast out of the oven.