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i'm tired of floating thermometers that take 5 mins to equalize or crappy little dial themometers. Anybody have a recommendation for a good thermometer for mashing? quick readout accuracy within .5 F and calibratable would be my needs. I'm not afraid to spend up to $50...

I love my Thermapen; great in the brewery and the kitchen. It's the fold out model ($90-100) but I imagine their cheaper models are probably equally nice (should be similar tech. on the inside).

If you have a iPhone or iPod with Bluetooth get an Igrill. It's sweet. All I do is launch the app and it tells me what the temp is from the temp probe I put in my mash tun.

jm wrote:I love my Thermapen; great in the brewery and the kitchen. It's the fold out model ($90-100) but I imagine their cheaper models are probably equally nice (should be similar tech. on the inside).

I have a thermoworks RT600C that I use in the kitchen and brewery. Not as nice as the thermapen but it's a lot cheaper and is only a few seconds slower, if mine ever dies I'll move up to a thermapen but I bet it will be a while before it dies

Here it is on amazon for $24.99 (plus 1.99 shipping) and it ships right from thermoworks http://amzn.to/hnt1N1

thanks Bokanon, that looks like a good one...just added it to my Amazon cart. Cheers!

Yeah, floaters work well for checking to make sure you're temp is being maintained, but tricky for trying to quickly dial it in at strike.

I just use a probe thermometer. I just let it sit in there the whole time. Works pretty well. Cost like $15, if I remember correctly.

Turisops wrote:If you have a iPhone or iPod with Bluetooth get an Igrill. It's sweet. All I do is launch the app and it tells me what the temp is from the temp probe I put in my mash tun.

I would question how waterproof the probe is... I have ruined a couple probes in the mash. If you want to risk a probe, there is a remote thermometer from Maverick that works great for BBQ. It has two probes, one for the smoker temperature and another for the meat.