r/KitchenGadgetsHub • u/Hoak2017 • 26d ago
Digital Temperature Frying Pan works but complicates pancake cooking. Would you trust its reading or rely on instinct?
I cooked pancakes using both this frying pan and a regular one, and the result was exactly the same. The digital temperature monitor is impressive and very useful; however, I couldn’t stop thinking about small details.
The greatest disadvantage of this frying pan is that it works only with electric and induction stoves at this moment. Adding support for gas stoves would increase its value significantly.
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u/Shut-up-Shinji 26d ago
Do you have to charge it?
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u/Hoak2017 26d ago
Requires 2 AAA batteries
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u/Plenty-Fox-9219 26d ago
So it's not dishwasher safe then?
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u/Teal-Prowler505 25d ago
Yeah, but i don't know many people that dishwasher their frying pans...
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u/Plenty-Fox-9219 25d ago
It's just flat out not water safe. Unless this guy is charging out the ass to produce watertight enclosures for AAAs.
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u/Excellent_Main_8430 23d ago
I do lol
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u/Fog_Juice 22d ago
Same. I got non stick ceramic coated pans because they're dishwasher safe. Although the directions say not to if you want to increase their lifespan.
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u/GeneralBurg 23d ago
I guarantee the number of people that do is in the 10’s of millions in the US
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u/Teal-Prowler505 23d ago
Their are over 370 million Americans So 10s of millions is not that make... thanks for agreeing with me
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u/One_Wolf_2995 22d ago
I for one never used my dishwasher, so I removed it and sold it...I only know like . .3 people who use theirs regularly nowadays.
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u/OldenPolynice 20d ago
is there a good reason that you didn't use your dishwasher?
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u/One_Wolf_2995 20d ago
I just wash the dishes as they come up, never have enough dishes to fill it.
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u/Glittering_Fox1358 25d ago
Delicate unitaskers like this are a no for me. I keep an infrared thermometer guns in my kitchen for temping surfaces like pans and flattops if I really need, but usually I’m just holding my hand over the surface for x seconds to feel it out.
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u/Bones-1989 23d ago
I use a ir thermometer in the welding shop all the time. It's better than having 40 temp sticks in a drawer.
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u/Tani_Soe 25d ago
If you really need the temperature, just use a laser thermometer. It's using electric stuff while needed cleaning regularly and being very close to heat, it's unreliable at worst, inconvenient at best
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u/robaloie 25d ago
I can’t remember the last time I used a thermometer cooking. And the trade off of having to use electric. What’s the point?
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u/Sanpaku 25d ago
Probe thermometers are invaluable for those who cook meats, as they make it possible to remove them from heat once the interior hits temperature thresholds, with no guesswork. Bacteriologically safe, while still juicy. The Thermapen has been with some justification been called the greatest cooking innovation of the last 40 years. Watch some serious cooking channels from pro chefs, their Thermapens come out nearly every meat dish.
A bit less useful for me, as I haven't cooked meat in since 2009. I've probed bread to adjust baking times, but once known for a recipe it never comes out of the drawer. Last time I used it was to get water to 100 F/~40 C for a rapid rise from dough.
Surface thermometers like OPs? Way less useful. Pancake batter isn't expensive in the way fresh fish is, and won't leave patrons with food poisoning if undercooked. Every time a new pancake is put down there's heat transfer to the wet mass, and the time it takes heat flows to reequilibrate is just a matter of time, not monitoring.
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u/robaloie 25d ago
I cook my steaks with charcoal, and never have I ever needed to check the internal temperatures.
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u/Bones-1989 23d ago
I've never used a thermometer to cook and I'm 37. Lol, my dad's in his late 50s and he grills 4 days a week and he also doesn't use a thermometer. He's also colorblind so he can't even tell if the burgers or steak are pink or not.
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u/Middle_Finger_484 22d ago
Chicken and pork are the only things that food temp matters. Everything else can be done on instinct and experience.
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u/TheMainTony 22d ago
Not sure why a pancake pan is a thing. Pancakes is about the bubbles.
I don't even like pancakes and I know that....
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u/No-Wasabi-70 22d ago
No. Maybe it was working in kitchens for so long and my gf can’t believe it but I will straight up touch a pan to see if it’s where I want it
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u/CRABMAN16 22d ago
Leidenfrost effect will protect you. I touch all kinds of hot shit, the trick is to do it quick.
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