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The one thing I hate about making candy is having to bend down to try to get a good reading from my candy thermometer. It's not the bending that bothers me, but the fact that I sometimes have to get my face rather close to an extremely hot, bubbling mass of sugar. It's hard enough to get a good reading on a traditional thermometer, trying to angle it in just such a way that you can approximate the temperature, and when you consider the fact that there is usually steam coming out of the pan and fogging the tube, it can be impossible. Unfortunately, more than one batch of fudge has been ruined by inaccurate temperature reading.
The Baker's Catalogue now stocks a digital candy thermometer that takes a precise reading in seconds. You don't have to get close to the sugar and you don't have to squint through fog, either. You can even program it to "beep" when the mixture reaches the desired temperature, or you can have the alarm sound at seven pre-programmed candy stages! It sounds perfect for anyone who wants to try their hand at making candy at home - especially beginners who aren't as confident about hitting their target temperature.
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10-24-2006 @9:29PM akras211 said... A digital candy thermometer seems like a good idea, but this one is lacking one important element - a clasp to clip onto the side of the pot. If you can't clip it on you have to wash the syrup off the thermometer each time you check the temp to avoid a mis-read the next time. No thanks, I'd rather wipe the fog off my regular glass clip-on.
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10-25-2006 @2:43AM Michelle said... This is not the first digital candy thermometer I've seen. And from reading the description, it shares the same HUGE flaw that other such digital candy thermometers suffer. See the reviews of this "gem" at Amazon: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000AQL25/
The flaw shared by these digital candy thermometers is that they will only sound an alarm when the temperature reaches one of their Pre-Programmed temperatures. So if the candy you're cooking needs to be cooked a little cooler or a little warmer than one of their locked-in temperatures, you're out of luck. There is simply no way to set a custom alarm temp.
And as mentioned above, any good candy thermometer requires a clip. The locked in alarm temperatures make this thing a bad product, but the absence of a clip make it nearly worthless.
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10-25-2006 @9:10AM Kt said... The link above didn't work for me, but the digital candy thermometer I found on the Baker's Catalogue site does indeed have a clip--it's just not in the picture.
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