Agh! Agh! Want one!

[tombear]

I know you can use experience, how fast a bit of brown paper chars, the Force,etc to gauge the temperature of a Dutch oven but I really want one of these,

http://www.condar.com/dutchoven_thermometers.html

which for about 10 quid isn't so bad. I just need to arrange how to get one. There's a Euro shop that has them but the price is just about double.

Yes I am a very sad man.

atb

Tom

 

[Toddy]

Amazon maybe ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&...vptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_7yrwmrvhgr_b

 

[tombear]

Cheers! Not thought to search a flue thermometer but this one would do the job, made in th US as well!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mazona-Stov...8&sr=8-14&keywords=magnetic+stove+thermometer

atb

Tom

 

[boney gumbo mcgee]

I have the stovax one which I use on my stove so I know if its getting too hot for an ecofan and now I have another use for it, thank you.

 

[tombear]

Just bumping this up. I still rather fancy a condar Celsius job over the others as it just seems the best design and I am a sad, sad tart. It's much cheaper to get the thing from North America than the European outlet for them so is there any kind soul the other side of the pond who could middle man for me? We have PayPal etc and would cover all costs of course.

atb

Tom

 

[British Red]

Any reason not to buy it from France Tom?

http://www.woodlaneshop.eu/en/22-dutch-oven-thermometer.html

 

[tombear]

It's nearly twice as dear unfortunately and I can't justify 20 quid plus postage for a shiny toy. Bizarrely the postage would be not much different despite the difference in distance.

its often like this, when I was buying Scandinavia knives it was much cheaper getting then via Ragweed Forge over in the US than from anyone over here or on the continent.

Back when I was doing a lot of trading in militaria I had loads of contacts over the pond and if I wanted any sexy bits of titanium etc that hadn't started being sold over here it was easy to build it into the trades. Times have a changed, sigh.

ATB

Tom

 

[tombear]

Well, with the Euro so low the wife took pity on me and ordered me one from France and it arrived today.

it's a bit, well tinny, so I knocked up a simple case from a pill box our friends the tinsmiths sent us and glued together leather bits cut from scrap.

Next time I use the oven ill compare it to another thermometer I know is accurate, you can adjust the hand easily. Then I need a good reason to use it in anger! Anyroad its made me a happy bear!

ATB

Tom

 

[Adze]

The case looks better made than the thermometer Tom - top job!