It was just a fluke I got a good one
My wife bought it for me as a present, and she probably consulted her dad who is a hardware guy. Or maybe I told her.
Sample usages:
- When making crepes,making sure you pan is where you think it is. Also used for abelskiver. And some other delicate frying tasks.
- Deep frying, makes an excellent oil temp. The oil generally circulates well and the surface temp is very close to the other temps. If you are frying something, you need to avoid the steam a little.
- Seeing where the hotspots on your pans are, and how bad they are. This will help you dispel the myth that cast iron distributes heat evenly (in fact it is awful). You can actually shift your food a little in some cases.
- Checking how cold your fridge is. All the surfaces that have been in there a long time will be at 'fridge temp'. Fast and easy check, and to see if the door, etc. is too warm. Don't point it at shiny things.
- Check your baby bottles. I shake em up, point it at them. Important point when measuring small things: The measurement area is below the laser. Normally, this is no big deal, but if you are measureing something small, it matters. Also, it measures a cone, so you need to be close for small things.
Basically any time you want to measure a surface, or liquid that is well stirred (for heated things convection generally stirs them fairly well) it works great. And fun too!
