My Bake O Meter died
 

Found this in my grandmother's kitchen back in the 1970's and it worked up until recently. She probably bought in the late 20's when she and my grandfather moved back to England from China and she had to start doing the cooking because they no longer had servants.

The bottom (second image) has a nice thick piece of asbestos on it!

I wonder if it's still under warranty?

Good Housekeeping seal of approval.

Auuhhh, dude, asbestos has no safe level of exposure... one fibre can (can as in might, not will) cause nasty lung cancer. At least keep that thing sealed up in a snap lock bag or something.

Wonder why they thought it necessary. It's an oven thermometer, f'Pete's sake.

That thing is cool enough that it might be worth dying of an asbestos related cancer to get to use it.

metal thermometer sitting on a metal rack is not going to read air temperature accurately. Metal conducts heat differently than air.

Cool find.

Nothing lasts anymore. Just before Grandmadigr died her four slice toaster quit on her. Turns out, it was a piece of shit. It was only 57 years old. A toaster ought to last longer than that. :headshake

Some things were built to last ("in them days")
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