Kitchen (not meat) Themometers.

[Ahleckz]

I need a themometer. I've always been anti themometers, never really seeing the point in them. I trust my ability, I don't need to probe my chicken to make sure it is cooked. However, I am now deciding that my cooking could improve with the addition of better temperature control (I'm led to believe that my hobs have 7 different levels of heat, from 'off' to 'holy hell, too hot for Satan!', unfortunately I only know those two.

My other reason for getting one is Heston says it's the most important piece of kit you can buy (bar the essentials), and he knows his shiz!

So yea, what kitchen themometers do you use?

 

[Ahleckz]

I was after one that would be a good all rounder really, can't afford to be getting a large assortment of them.
Would a digital probe, the kind you use for meat, be the best all rounder and OK for baking uses and what not?
Like I said, I've never felt the need for one, I cook based on my own judgement and sticking my finger into things. I just think that closely monitoring temperatures will make my cooking better.

 

[Ahleckz]

Ahleckz - did you settle on one in the end?

I'm in the need for an oven thermometer and meat thermometer but one for other uses would be good too.

At the moment I'm not convinced my oven settings is reaching the correct temperature.

In the end I just got a cheepy dial one like Robbie posted above which I shove into my meat. Someone also bought me a fancy probe one which has different meats on which you can select and the doneness and it tells you when it's done.

However, I don't really use either of them that often.