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[Osborn Cox]

I have the Thermoworks infrared that Big Dave mentioned in his post, I bought it when my neighbor bought the pizza oven attachment for his Green Mountain so we could work on dialing in the temps.   I also used it with my black stone the first time few times I used it to get some ideas of what kind of temperatures I was getting at different settings.   Works great.

[pmillen]

I have the Thermoworks infrared that Big Dave mentioned in his post, I bought it when my neighbor bought the pizza oven attachment for his Green Mountain so we could work on dialing in the temps.   I also used it with my black stone the first time few times I used it to get some ideas of what kind of temperatures I was getting at different settings.   Works great.

The thing is...We don't know that it works great.  We may not know the emissivity of the surface were measuring, we may not know how large the area is that's being measured (we may be including areas of different temperature and that we're not interested in) and we may not be holding the device at the proper angle to the surface.  If you want to determine the temperature of the surface of something...buy a surface temperature thermometer.


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[Hank D Thoreau]

I have been using the ThermoWorks Industrial IR. So far it works great on both my griddles and my GMG pizza over. I even use it in the kitchen now, especially to tell when the oil is hot enough to cook my corn tortillas for tacos. It may not be the cheapest but it is high quality, rugged and accurate. And keep in mind that you don't need to know griddle temperatures down to the degree.

[bregent]

>The thing is...We don't know that it works great.  We may not know the emissivity of
> the surface were measuring, we may not know how large the area is that's being measured

Very true. I have several IR thermometers and I find that when measuring cast iron cookware, or our ScanPans, they are very accurate when compared with a surface thermometer.    When using it on the stainless griddle or anything shiny, they are useless - could be off by 50 degrees or more.

[Hank D Thoreau]

The Industrial IR has an emissivity adjustment and guidelines on how to use it. So far, I have not had the need. The key is to learn your device.

If I get the temperature I want (right sizzle) and the device says 350, then I will keep using 350 for that surface.

Precision is key, more so than if 350 is really 380. If you have something that requires great accuracy then you probably need a different device, or you need to calibrate your emissivity.

When I am making pizzas I know that low 700's on the front of the stone gives me the right temperature.

You may want to check it if you are doing something sensitive like tempering chocolate.