Lost a $200 batch of stock overnight because of a faulty timer

I set up a veal stock on Tuesday night before heading home. Put it on at 10 pm with the timer set to cut the flame at 6 am. Came in Wednesday morning and the gas had been off since about 2 am. The timer is one of those cheap dial models that you plug into the wall. Turns out the internal spring gave out. The stock barely hit 140 degrees before it started cooling down. By the time I got there it was sitting at 80 degrees and smelled off. Had to dump the whole thing down the drain. The veal bones alone cost me about 80 bucks from a local butcher in Portland. Has anyone else had bad luck with those plug-in timers? What do you use for overnight cooking?

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mia44228d ago

Bet that timer was made by the same folks who make leaky roof tarps.

the_wren27d ago

Everything's built with that same "close enough" attitude these days.