Gully said of the simple dial thermometer, which sells for about $ 6.
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Easier to read than dial thermometers and gives temperatures quickly.
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"The sensor of a dial thermometer is about 1 1 / 2 inches long, " says Murtagh.
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The old oven-safe mercury and dial thermometers now face competition from digital meat thermometers with electronic displays that are a far cry from the oven-door vigils and plastic pop-up timers of old.
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The Hoffritz meat and poultry thermometer, $ 9.99 at Zabar's, 2245 Broadway ( 80th Street ), ( 212 ) 787-2000, and the Taylor basic meat dial thermometer, $ 5.98 at Zabar's, both oven thermometers, were clunky and difficult to read.
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The Hoffritz meat and poultry thermometer, $ 9 . 99 at Zabar's, 2245 Broadway ( 80th Street ), ( 212 ) 787-2000, and the Taylor basic meat dial thermometer, $ 5 . 98 at Zabar's, both oven thermometers, were clunky and difficult to read.