Updated 9 Nov 2018
AcuRite
Digital Cooking & Barbeque Thermometer 00277
Snapshot: The AcuRite Digital Cooking & Barbeque Thermometer 00277 has a 12cm probe and is oven safe. How accurate is it?
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Test results
Overall score
Performance
Ease of use
Good points
- Very good accuracy.
- Very easy to use.
- Easy to clean.
- Good size digital display.
- Can magnetically mount display for easy viewing.
- Oven-safe.
- Has alarm.
- Programmable.
- Background light for easy viewing.
- Probe is easy to insert.
But
No obvious bad points.
How we test
Overall score is based on:
Accuracy (60%) We assess accuracy using a calibrated thermal bath. When the thermal bath reaches 70℃ a reading on each thermometer is taken. A reading of -/+ 1℃ gets an accuracy score of 8.0, a reading of -/+ 2℃ scores 5.0.
For thermometers that claim to be oven-proof, we check how accurate the reading is at 70℃ while cooking scotch fillet. All were within 2℃ of the calibrated reading. This didn’t contribute to the overall score.
Ease of use (40%) We check how easy it is to use and read the thermometer, insert the probe, and clean the thermometer.
Price is from an October 2018 survey.
