I practiced my poached eggs today although I had some problems. I started with the probe, cooked a few, adjusted temperatures and noticed I was on pan heat, for how long, I have no idea. Re-started with the probe and did some more, again adjusting each egg hoping to get it where I wanted it. For some strange reason, the temperature dropped to 176 I think it was from 183 but the water was boiling. A full rolling boil. As I stood there in amazement, the boiling stopped and the temp shot way up before settling down to 183, which is when I turned it off and wrote a bit to testek. Yan advises I should be using 'probe oil' for this activity so I tried again using my last 2 eggs. Temp was set for 183 but the display never got past 181. But, the last two eggs were good, the way I like them.
@CanadianHomeChef or anyone else who has one of these, have you experienced these fluctuations? Which probe do you use for what? If it possible I got a faulty unit? It sits on my counter which is granite and perfectly flat. It has the required 8" clearance space. Below is a picture of my eggs.
Edited to add: I broke the yolks, they did not come out of the pan that way.
