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The New Hotness

  • Taylor Kitchen Thermometer Dial Cover

    Fortunately, it didn’t fall off into the roasting pan:

    Taylor meat thermometer - cover failure
    Taylor meat thermometer – cover failure

    The lens slides right out of that nicely curved and crimped housing, the rim ID of which should be slightly smaller than the lens OD. But it ain’t and I definitely can’t crimp it any further.

    Three small dabs of clear epoxy and it should be good forever more…

    It’s a simpler replacement for the digital thermometer, when continuous monitoring isn’t needed. I thought it’d be more durable, but … no.