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Your cart is empty.Cooking Thermometer, digital type, 32° to 392°F (0° to 200° C) temperature range, LCD readout, built-in stand & magnetic back, stainless steel probe with 4 ft. silicone cord, on/off switch, uses (1) AAA battery (included)
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024
The version I just received in 12/2024 has a flexible gray vinyl-like coating on the cable connecting the probe to the display unit.My ten year old one (replacing after a battery leak-oops), has a shiny braided steel mesh cable.Instructions with the new one say not to let the cable touch anything hot inside the oven (like oven shelves) when you thread it out through the oven door.This is impossible geometry in my hinged top gas grill, as you can imagine, so it's useless to me.And FWIW, I DID try using the old braided mesh cabled probe with the new unit, and it wasn't compatible. When the new unit was connected to the old probe, it displayed wildly incorrect temps (like +50 deg F too low out of the box). So the old probe and display unit must have worked at a different resistance/voltage/whatever than the newer model.(I re-edited this review to improve clarity)
Jim in Sunny Florida
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2015
Works fine. Multi-function thermometer with easy set-up to alert you when desired temperature is reached. If you're cooking meat, e.g. beef, chicken, or turkey, the remote temperature probe, simply poke the sensor rod into roughly the middle of the meat. Also great for casseroles, cakes and even cookies (poke it into center of a large cookie. Won't work in small cookes, e.g. the size of a vanilla wafer.Would I recommend the thermometer to a friend or family member? Sure.
ssippishark
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015
I am on my second one of these. Using twice weekly, the first one lasted for over 2 years. I have tried many other more expensive probes, but this cheap one holds up better. I use it for grilling, and in the oven. Other probes fail at the cord to probe connection. This one does not. Do not get water in the probe to wire connection when washing and it will last for a long time.
Salvatore Ferrulli
Reviewed in Italy on June 17, 2014
perfettamente funzionante anche a temperature elevate riesce a sopportare senza problemi. Il rapporto qualità prezzo e buono. Lo consiglio senza problemi.
J. Ottey
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2013
This works brilliantly...easy to se temperature and alarm is loud enough...never managed to get apork joint as perfectly cooked before...Why only four stars....I wanted this item delivered rather quickly and did not realize although free shipping in UKthat it comes from a lot further..
CeeLee
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2011
I had the same problem as some others. The digital display kept turning off every few minutes, causing me to have to constantly push a button to turn it back on throughout the cooking time so the alarm would sound. Something was apparently loose inside because I could hear it rattling around in there when I shook it, but my husband said it wasn't repairable so into the rubbish can it went after the first use.
Overkillguy
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2009
I have 5 of these units, and have given two away as gifts. The price is great, and it has a 1 second refresh rate for quick measurements, and I couldn't be happier with the product or vendor. I use them for other things, such as radiator temp, and my favorite is attaching a long stick to the probe to check how the compost pile is cooking. It only uses one battery that lasts many months, even though it's on all the time. One thing I did is seal the interface between the probe and silicone sheath with Silicone RTV caulk, normally used for caulking bathrooms, etc. That caulk has a working temperature of 450 F, so should hold up. I didn't want it to possibly get inside the probe and damage the sensor, so that's why the seal. It also measures in either F, or C, which is a nice feature. The high/low alarm is handy, and cooking caramel, or other candy is just more fun when you can easily see the temperature, rather than squinting at the numbers on a typical glass candy thermometer...that is usually coated with what you're cooking. Get one of these, and it'll be hard to go back to the other thermometers!
Donald E. Fulton
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2008
Good product. Accurate, easy to use, inexpensive and wide temperature range. Many digital thermometer have a minimum temperature of 32F, so you cannot use them to check your freezer. This product has a range of -40F to 450F so it will do both oven and freezer. Tested in an ice water bath, it was only off about 1F, better then others I have measured. Comes with a neat magnetized plastic stand that holds it up at readable angle. Has a C/F switch on back.Only minor negative is that while the upper range is advertized to be 450F, the documentation gives a slightly lower maximum temperature for the silicone cord. I'm writing this after using the product for a couple of months and I've lost the documentation, but my memory says the max cord temperature was listed as 425F.(update 12/28/09)Caution --- Amazon has pulled a fast one. This TruTemp model may be fine, but I don't really know, because it's not the TruTemp model I wrote about in 2008. Amazon (without asking or informing me) has shifted my 2008 TruTemp review to this new model. This model has four front buttons like the old model, but the display, probe shape, and mount look different. The biggest change I see is that a feature I really liked is now gone: ability to measure freezer temperature. Bad, bad Amazon....
Ron Goodwyne
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2008
It seems that most people recommend Taylor digital probe thermometers for oven or smokers. I've used several of them and I'm not happy, primarily because the high end limit is 350 degrees.This Tru Temp thermometer goes up to 450 degrees and works as well or better then the the Taylors in all other respects. It suffers from the same general problems as others in that the probes are fairly easily damaged. But for the money you simply can't beat it.I use this thermometer for smoking meat. I like to put one probe in the open in the smoker to monitor smoker tempterature. The rest go into the meat. I've generally gotten about a year and a half out of the probes.Another thing I like about the probes is they are straight. Most of the others, like Taylor, have a large curve in them and that curve gets in the way. The straight probe is preferable to me.The read out is large and easy to read and the set points are easy to use. The alarm can be heard inside, which is perfect. The base has magnets built in so you can attach it to anything made or ferrous metal.Be sure to store these indoors if you use them with you smoker or grill. Left outdoors the digits will begin to fail on the display. I learned this the hard way.
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