Chased a bad roast for 6 weeks before figuring out my thermometer was 15 degrees off

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I actually read an article from Cook's Illustrated a while back about thermometer calibration and they said something like 1 in 3 home thermometers are off by 10 degrees or more. I mean, it's wild how common it is. I got a cheap instant read from Amazon for like 12 bucks and it was reading 20 degrees high on ice water test. Now I check every new probe against boiling water and ice water before I even use it. Idk, maybe it's just me but I'd rather waste five minutes testing than six weeks like that post said.

tarajenkins13d ago

Wait, SIX WEEKS? Oh man, that's brutal... I would have lost my mind way before that. The whole time thinking you're a terrible roaster when really it was just the thermometer...