MeatTemps App for iPhone Review
If you’ve always enjoyed throwing a little BBQ party in your backyard for your friends, you’ve probably encountered a situation wherein you wondered whether a certain piece of meat or burger was not cooked enough. MeatTemps app for iPhone is a handy pocket reference application that could bail you out in such circumstances. You can get the app for free from iTunes App Store.
MeatTemps App Features
MeatTemps app for iPhone is a quick and easy to use app for looking up the proper doneness temperature for meat. When you firs fire up the app, you’ll be presented with a consumer advisory that you got to read and click ‘I understand’ to proceed further. The app provides USDA guidelines for the correct meat temperatures, alongside the gourmet temperatures preferred by home cooks and chefs. MeatTemps for iPhone basically teaches the users on what temperature the meat should be cooked, and how long it must be allowed to rest before being served.
The UI is pretty easy to navigate. The app supports both Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales so that you can view it in the scale of your preference. However, MeatTemps iPhone app does not have pictures or photos of the meat being cooked. While it is important to use a thermometer while cooking meat, it would have been a nice touch to have photos of what the meat piece will look like at different temperatures. Also a guide to how to use meat thermometer properly would have been handy. Typical of free apps, MeatTemps for iPhone is also ad-supported, meaning you got to put up with annoying banner ads. Sometimes they obscure text when you want to read it. The app is compatible with iOS versions 4.3 or later.
Conclusion
Using a meat thermometer and MeatTemps app for iPhone, you can be sure to cook your beef, pork, poultry or seafood to the perfect temperature for your desired doneness. The app got a well designed UI that is pretty easy to navigate. Support for Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales come handy. However, lack of photos of various stages of meat being cooked is disappointing. The banner ads are annoying to say the least. Verdict: A useful app that let you cook meat to a safe temperature for your guests.
Category: Free iPhone Apps
