Anyone use them for grease temp? I'm wanting to buy one for my pops for his Turkey setup. Thanksgiving this year we had three classic style thermometers and they were off a bit each so we averaged. Annoying. I'd like to get an IR. Also curious how it would work on fish frying setups with them being so much more shallow.

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Posted by DownSouthDave

Beau, Bro, Baw

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 11/30/15 at 4:13 pm to thejudge

I've used them before, they worked well. I don't think depth has anything to do with it, it's reading the surface temp of the oil, not the bottom.

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Posted by VetteGuy

Member since Feb 2008

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Posted on 11/30/15 at 6:09 pm to thejudge

They work great, I'll go find the ones I've bought from Amazon.

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Posted by Spankum

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Posted on 11/30/15 at 7:08 pm to thejudge

I am not sure about this, but I understand that they don't work too well with transparent liquids.....I am told that the reading will vary depending on the color of the pot.

I have been meaning to test this out and will try it out and report back when I get home.

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Posted by TexasTiger01

Lake Houston

Member since Nov 2013

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Posted on 11/30/15 at 10:00 pm to thejudge

It works great until you set it near the fryer to long by accident.....

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Posted by TexasTiger

Katy TX

Member since Sep 2003

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Posted on 12/1/15 at 9:54 am to thejudge

My dad and I have been using IR temp readers for years now for all our frying. They work very well, we fried 6 turkeys for Thanksgiving and that's all we used to keep our fryers in check.

We both have the Ryobi brand ones.

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