Cooking a Christmas Roast with the Super-Fast Thermapen
From beginning to end, the Thermapen is an instrumental tool in helping you achieve near perfection in the preparation of your Christmas dinner. Using tips and techniques he picked up from America’s Test Kitchen and Good Eats with Alton Brown, ThermoWorks owner and founder, Randy Owen, prepares a Christmas Rib Roast using the Super-Fast Thermapen. Join Randy – in his own kitchen –...
Read MoreDance of the Super-Fast Thermapens
Thanks for another great year. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from ThermoWorks. Now sit back and enjoy a few seconds of the Dancing Thermapens. Related Posts:Cooking a Christmas Roast with the Super-Fast ThermapenA Super-Fast look at ThermoWorks’ busiest day of the year!The Best of America’s Test Kitchen 2009: The Year’s Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and TastingsAlton...
Read More@PorkBarrelBBQ Interview
Here’s a great little “Memphis in May” World BBQ Championship interview with Heath Hall, President of Pork Barrel BBQ out of Washington DC. @PorkBarrelBBQ is the biggest bbq twitter account with more than 30,000 followers. Pork Barrel BBQ uses exclusively the ThermoWorks Super-Fast Thermapen to check their meat temps. ThermoWorks was a proud sponsor of the 2011 Memphis in May...
Read MoreThe Truth About Ice Baths: Five Secrets Revealed
Watch this video and learn the five secrets and you will understand ice baths like never before. You will never again be at a loss for calibrating your food service thermometers for food safety or HACCP purposes or just for the accuracy of your temperature readings. This video was premiered at the National Restaurant Association Show 2011. (Note: for a discussion of boiling water tests and other...
Read MoreHow a Thermapen Is Made
Each Thermapen is hand crafted in Worthing, England. Come on a mini-tour as our supplier, Electronic Temperature Instruments, Ltd., explains the assembly process. This is not a massive consumer products plant in the Far East. At this family-owned factory, we make only commercial-quality instruments for professional markets. When you buy a Thermapen for home, you’re getting the same...
Read MoreTurkey Keys to Success Video (Part 2)
In the second half of our “Turkey Keys to Success” series ThermoWorks Founder Randy Owen and Tim explain five more fundamentals to moist turkey meat that is just the right doneness in both the breast AND the thigh (different target temperatures)… This is Part 2 of a series. Watch Part 1, “Moist Meat Starts Before the Roast” here. Related Posts:Turkey Keys to Success...
Read MoreTurkey Keys to Success Video (Part 1)
Watch ThermoWorks Founder Randy Owen explain one of the most neglected keys to success on Thanksgiving: Verifying the uniform temperature of your Turkey meat before you put it in the oven or on the grill. A properly thawed turkey is the foundation for a properly cooked turkey. Take the time to verify. Plus, filling the cavity to keep the meat from drying from the inside out…. This is Part...
Read MoreThermometer Speed Test
Here’s a great little video featuring the ThermoWorks calibration lab and one if its reference thermometers (accurate to thousandths of a degree) in a little competitive side-by-side speed testing between the Splash-Proof Thermapen and some of the other “instant read” digital thermometers that are out there on the market. If we missed testing your favorite competitor, drop us a...
Read MoreMaking a Proper Ice Bath
Ever wonder why your thermometer readings are way off when you test them in an ice bath? It’s likely because you haven’t taken the care to create a proper ice bath. Here’s how to be sure the ice mixture in your glass is at the ice point (32°F, 0°C) every time—in 4 easy steps. (Note: for a discussion of boiling water tests and other calibration points, see Is One Calibration...
Read MoreThe So-Called “Speed Button”
Here at ThermoWorks, we sometimes get calls from customers who swear that their old Thermapen seems faster than their new Splash-Proof Thermapen. And yet, we know the new Thermapens are actually faster than the old ones to get within 1 degree of the actual temperature—typically well under 3 seconds. This is due to an improved probe and the way the mini-thermocouples are manufactured....
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