Calculated Industries KitchenCalc 8300 Recipe Calculator with Digital Timer

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Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Have you ever been stumped on converting grams to ounces or figuring out how much chicken you need to triple the serving size of your recipe? A recipe conversion calculator will solve these problems and become an indispensable tool for menu planning and estimating, whether you’re a caterer, professional chef, or home cook. The KitchenCalc calculates portion sizes so you can scale recipes either up or down to accommodate a changing guest list. A memory function saves recipe sizes for future use. If you often cook dishes from foreign cookbooks, the recipe calculator offers over 146 measurement conversions to help you convert between U.S. and foreign weights and measures in either fraction or decimal values. Additionally, you can convert temperatures from Centigrade to Fahrenheit and vice versa. This handy calculator also has a digital timer built in that displays hours, minutes, and seconds and that has a programmable alarm to alert you when your baking is finished. The unit also works as a standard math calculator and can perform calculations while the timer is running. Small enough to store in a drawer, the KitchenCalc comes in a hinged, hard case and has a soft plastic cover to protect the calculator’s keys from food spills. The KitchenCalc runs on one lithium battery and is covered by a one-year limited warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde

Product Description

So you're not a math whiz who can do endless complicated and possibly fractional calculations in your head. So what? That doesn't mean you aren't a good cook. With this convenient calculator at hand you'll be able to figure out recipe scaling and portion sizing quickly and easily without guesswork and without brain strain. In addition to these useful functions this little dynamo also works as a timer and a measurement converter. See, good things do indeed come in small packages!

Product Details

User Guide [199kb PDF]

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Product Manual [117kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.7 x 0.7 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006L9N9
• Item model number: 331546
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,174 in Home Improvement (See Bestsellers in Home Improvement)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best tool for calculating kitchen formulas and recipes!, October 17, 2002

By	Robert Angelone (Wall, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I publish Epicurus.com, one of the leading food and travel sites with more than 10,000 recipes. In an average week, I go through more than 200 hundred recipes developing them for our site or our clients. As a restaurant consultant, I scale recipes for clients every day. This calculator has made my life simpler and given me less angst over miscalculated formulae. The device is as simple to use as a normal calculator, but so much better.

No home cook... indeed no professional chef, should be without one of these devices. I've come to depend on it for accuracy, speed and efficiency.

They're far more accurate than the recipe software I've used, easier to work with and far more efficient as I can take this right to the kitchen workstation with me. It fits in my pocket and works like a dream.

An absolute must if you get recipes from cookbooks. Simply wonderful.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A necessity for any kitchen, March 7, 2005

By	J. Gemmellaro "jgemm" (Daly City, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a pastry chef in SF. I came across this calculator while in culinary school a few years back. One of the best darn tools I use. Every kitchen should have a calculator, but why not one that will also help with conversions? Get this as a gift for anyone you know who loves to cook.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars You would THINK this was great, August 29, 2006

By	C. Rose "wingpea" (Bay Area) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

But...the instructions are difficult to follow and for a timer it's counter intuitive. I also had mine for 24 hours and the little plastic tabs that hold the cover on broke off leaving me with what looks like a broken calculator. No one from the company returned my emails, so I guess it goes in the drawer with the junk.