This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.

In this episode you will learn:

- How to properly use the ice-point method to calibrate a thermometer to 32°F (0°C) in an ice slurry.

- Why the boiling-point method's 212°F (100°C) reading is only accurate at sea level and how altitude affects it.

- The four key times to calibrate a thermometer, using the mnemonic BITES: Before use, Impact, Temperature extremes, and Scheduled.

- How to identify common exam traps, such as situational questions involving dropped thermometers or high-altitude cooking scenarios.

- The physical process of adjusting both bimetallic stemmed and digital thermometers after a reading is found to be inaccurate.

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