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[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Kitchen scale. Baking is much better with weight measurements instead of volume. Also useful for calculating calories.

Headlamp. Having light where you don't need to hold a phone or a flashlight is great.

Digital meat thermometer. No more guessing.

USB charging hub. Charge many devices at once.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They should call those thermomeaters.. random thought

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

To my brain, that sounds like what someone would call their penis while jokingly trying to get their partner to take their temperature.

"Open up for the thermomeater babe, gotta make sure you don't have a fever!"

...I was referring to taking a temperature orally, but I guess they could mean rectally, too, lmao

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We like to keep it inclusive

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I call them meatmometers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Iโ€™ll second the meat thermometer. I bought one a little while ago and find that it prevents me from overcooking things out of an overabundance of caution.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No more dried pork chops or chicken! I probe everything I eat. I also used a "Meater" to cook our Thanksgiving turkey, came out ridiculously juicy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wireless ones are fantastic, can BBQ and cook in the kitchen without worrying about over/under cooking

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I bought a scale to start measuring my coffee a couple years ago and only recently realized I could be using it for cooking. Was definitely a game changer

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A really great meat thermometer, like a thermapen, can be very pricey

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, got one. They're lovely and read in one second and are extremely accurate, but a simple 4 or 5 second reader will do the job just fine for most applications. Those can be had for around 25 USD.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Why stop with one head lamp? I have so many flashlights and head straps.