JoNorvelleWalker

300N1 is the current US model I believe. The 300N should work as well. The 300 does not have a drain plug.

Kerry and Anna are delighted because it's not their tax dollars.

My Hach strips arrived today. Out of the tap my water measures about 250 ppm. After the Mavea filter the water measures what looks like between 25 and 50 ppm. Wonder what the ppm would be if the water were filtered twice?

I shall never again, I most fervently hope -- please sit down -- after last night's narrow avoidance of a confrontation with a most sharp knife, only today to stab myself with a fork. A table fork, you know the ones that are not sharp. I dropped the fork. I went to catch it. I caught it. Through the forearm. It's bleeding. It hurts. Perhaps it's time for me to stick to spoons and chopsticks.

But what I'd give for the counter space!

Coincidentally the same day my Social Security payment arrives. Your tax dollars at work.

Steak. Shoprite had porterhouse on sale. I divided two nicely marbled steaks into four boneless portions. Cooked one bag of strip steak sous vide. Finished deep fried in violently hot grapeseed oil. Somehow I dropped the knife I had just sharpened. As we all know a falling knife has no handle. I leapt backwards as a cat, Which at my age that is saying something, Figured that was enough red meat for me. With trembling hands I poured myself a couple more glasses of Rioja.

Point is I don't want to coagulate my eggs any more than absolutely necessary.

For what I spent on the reference thermometer I could have purchased a laboratory anova...and I may yet.

Pasteurizing eggs.

Sorry for the delay but I am finally getting around to making the offset adjustment. Unfortunately the temperature adjustment on the calibration screen seems to affect the bath temperature not at all! Also the adjustment doesn't stick. If I power off and on to get back to the adjustment screen there is no offset shown. Perhaps there is more to it than I know. Maybe I will have to contact anova.

And I haven't used it yet. Can't pass up a good price though.

Thanks, I ordered the Hach strips. In addition to the CSO I want to know hardness for making dashi.

Did someone say ice cream?

Do you have a link for the strips?

I'm reading The Essential James Beard. Remember Madam Tetrazzini? I honor her memory as often as I can. Beard calls for green bell peppers. Irma Rombauer does not.

I use Mavea filtered water in my CSO. I believe @rotuts also uses filtered water. If cost is not an issue go with distilled water.

Typical, unfortunately. Be patient if you can. Not long ago I purchased a Paderno colander from amazon for $73.58. Immediately afterward the price increased and is currently $154.84.

Why not steam bake? Disclaimer: steam bake is what I use for bacon...and for almost everything.

And here I was expecting something else.

I learn something new every day!

Dough hooks for a hand mixer??

I am a renter and the oven door had to fall off twice before I got a new range.

After some reflection I went with both. Thanks, @Toliver even though you are a pernicious influence.

I'm safe.