I'm a man of intense precision.
What would be the best way to tell the exact temperature of my pan outside of pure instinct and vague "techniques" ?
Also i'm not interested in sous-vide.
>>8815782
A thermometer.
>>8815782
fuck off
Infrared thermometer. But you're just being a shit head aren't you?
>>8815784
What kind of thermometer, infrared ?
>>8815785
>>8815792
They look like a small toy gun. You point it at the surface and pull the trigger and it shoots a beam to the surface and gives you a digital readout. I use one for my pizza oven. You can get a decent one for @15 USD.
Toss a bit of water in it. With practice, you'll be able to tell how hot the pan is by how the water reacts.
Or buy an infrared thermometer.
>>8815782
IR or laser thermometer.
>>8815826
>Recipe calls for internal temp of 160°
>Measure external to 160°
Hay guise why is my cookin shit
>>8817651
Then use a regular fucking thermometer and stab your meat like some kind of pervert, Mr Bates.
>>8815782
Use the back of your hand.
>>8817651
>best way to tell the temperature of the pan
>the pan
i'd tell you to learn to read but idk what good that would do considering how you'd misinterpret this and go fuck a hole in the ground.
>>8815782
How are you affording steaks when you can't even afford health insurance you stupid faggot Sam?
>>8815782
Thermocouple.
(the thing that probe thermometers are pretending to be.)
>>8816547
IR is only good for relative heat, not actual/exact heat.
IR thermometers are designed to tell you if something is hot and ballpark it, not give you a credible temperature reading.