[NFB-InTheKitchen] NFB-InTheKitchen Digest, Vol 38, Issue 1

Sat May 17 11:19:32 UTC 2025

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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Thanks-Thermowrks RFX (Mike Hanson)
>   2. tips on slicing meat (Cricket Bidleman)
>   3. Re: Thanks-Thermowrks RFX (Cristóbal Muñoz)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 07:01:32 -0500
> From: Mike Hanson <brewmeister65 at gmail.com>
> To: nfb-inthekitchen at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [NFB-InTheKitchen] Thanks-Thermowrks RFX
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> I would like to thank the person who posted information about the Recteq
> Bullseye Deluxe.  I bought one and could not be happier with it and the
> app.  There are five unlabeled buttons.  I can live with that.  Memorizing
> them is easy.  Recteq’s tec support is also very good.
> 
> 
> 
> I can’t find the post about cleaning that grill in the archives.  I don’t
> know if that software glitch was resolved.
> 
> 
> 
> Finally, I suggest anybody considering a Wi-Fi-enabled meat thermometer
> check out the Thermoworks RFX.  It is expensive, costing around $230 for
> two Wi-Fi-enabled probes and one hardwired probe used to read ambient
> temperature.  You might need help naming probes.  I could not get that to
> work with Voiceover.  On the other hand, connections seem reliable.  It
> also seems to track temperature changes as accurately as anything else I
> know about.
> 
> 
> 
> I would not recommend anything Meater makes because I found it impossible
> to use it with Wi-Fi and Meater’s Bluetooth capabilities are not good.
> Lost connections in the middle of cooking caused me enough problems that I
> can’t recommend anything Meater USA makes.
> 
> 
> 
> Recteq makes a Wi-FI enabled thermometer but I don’t know anything abouthow
> it works with Voiceover or how accurate it is.  I don’t have the money to
> buy one and find out.
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Hanson
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 15:49:05 -0400
> From: Cricket Bidleman <cricketbidleman at gmail.com>
> To: NFB In The Kitchen <nfb-inthekitchen at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [NFB-InTheKitchen] tips on slicing meat
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> Hello,
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> I would very much appreciate some advice on slicing meat. For example, I know some meat has to be sliced against the grain, but I'm not sure how to tell what against the grain is nonvisually. I don't have any usable vision, and haven't really gotten into cooking meat because I was vegetarian for a number of years, and then in college/master's program, etc. Thanks so much!
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> Best,
> Cricket
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 14:11:24 -0700
> From: Cristóbal Muñoz <cristobalmuli at gmail.com>
> To: "'NFB In The Kitchen'" <nfb-inthekitchen at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [NFB-InTheKitchen] Thanks-Thermowrks RFX
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> Are you using the Thermoworks app with the RFX equipment? I’ve got the Bluedot with a leave in probe and find the temp read out from VoiceOver is around 5 to 6º behind from what is shown on the Bluedot’s display. When I was using it, I thought VO was slow to speak the temp changes as opposed to the Weber iGrill probe/app I used previously and asked my sighted wife to check the display on the Bluedot while I had VO focused on the element with the temp info and she confirmed the delay. Honestly, I find the Thermoworks app a bit clunky to use with VoiceOver and while it’s a bit better with screen recognition enabled, it’s still kind of a drag to get the temp reading VO/app delay aside.
> In my case, I use the probe for roasting coffee and rate of rise (how fast/slow temperature increases while roasting the beans) is important to gage the roast’s progress and to determine when to make any changes to end up at the desired roast.
> I just ended up using the Thermoworks probe with the iGrill bluetooth base as I find the Weber app to be cleaner and more responsive with VO speaking the temperature changes.
> Don’t know if the VO/app delay could be explained due to me using bluetooth and the RFX being wifi, but that’s been my experience.
> If there’s some other way to make the Thermoworks app to work better with VO, I’m all ears.
> 
> Cristóbal
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> From: NFB-InTheKitchen <nfb-inthekitchen-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mike Hanson
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2025 5:02 AM
> To: nfb-inthekitchen at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [NFB-InTheKitchen] Thanks-Thermowrks RFX
> 
> I would like to thank the person who posted information about the Recteq Bullseye Deluxe.  I bought one and could not be happier with it and the app.  There are five unlabeled buttons.  I can live with that.  Memorizing them is easy.  Recteq’s tec support is also very good.  
> 
> I can’t find the post about cleaning that grill in the archives.  I don’t know if that software glitch was resolved.
> 
> Finally, I suggest anybody considering a Wi-Fi-enabled meat thermometer check out the Thermoworks RFX.  It is expensive, costing around $230 for two Wi-Fi-enabled probes and one hardwired probe used to read ambient temperature.  You might need help naming probes.  I could not get that to work with Voiceover.  On the other hand, connections seem reliable.  It also seems to track temperature changes as accurately as anything else I know about.  
> 
> I would not recommend anything Meater makes because I found it impossible to use it with Wi-Fi and Meater’s Bluetooth capabilities are not good.  Lost connections in the middle of cooking caused me enough problems that I can’t recommend anything Meater USA makes.
> 
> Recteq makes a Wi-FI enabled thermometer but I don’t know anything abouthow it works with Voiceover or how accurate it is.  I don’t have the money to buy one and find out.  
> 
> Mike Hanson
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> *********************************************** correct. I use the Thermo Works app with RFX. It may be a bit slow in recording temperature changes. However, I don’t like the Weber I grill personally because it is not Wi-Fi enabled. I like Wi-Fi because it would allow me to do things like use a rotisserie, which I can’t do with a hardwired probe. that is just my opinion. Other people may be just fine using any number of other thermometers.