any recs?
Every single one breaks. I've tried the digital pen type....with the readout on one end and the little display on the other....they last about 2 months.
Then I tried the name brand one (looks like a little laptop) where you plug the probe into the side, you can set an alarm, min/max temps, etc etc....I just need to take a temp...I didn't need all the bells and whistles...that lasted about 1 year.
In frustration, I got one of the old fashioned mechanical types....the round face with a spring underneath the readout and a long single spike that protrudes from the center underneath....I used that one exactly once before it stopped reading accurately resulting in some tough pokk chops last night.
I don't care how much it is, I just want one that won't break.
http://thermoworks.com/products/thermapen/
All the review sites recommend the Thermapen but at $100 Im just too nervous to buy one and have it break like these things always do.
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There are knockoffs on Amazon (Lavatools makes a decent one, IIRC) - but they're not as good. Not as accurate, not as fast. If money isn't a concern, get the Thermapen.
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http://lavatools.co/?variant=1011604840
All the review sites recommend the Thermapen but at $100 Im just too nervous to buy one and have it break like these things always do. Link - ( New Window )
this is the one that I have and its fantastic. I got it as a gift so I don't know if I would have dropped the $$$ on it myself, but if it ever does break I would probably do it again. had it almost 2 years without a problem. same battery too.
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Received as gifts a couple of the fancy Williams Sonoma things that were supposedly remote reads--insert thermometer in the meat, inside the oven, carry the remote on your belt/in your pocket--could never get it to work, so appreciate this mention of the Thermopen when, not if, my dinosaurs give out. One has already partially melted lol
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I also, have blown through a bunch of the other cheap ones that are just simple analog dials. Either the glass cracks or I leave it in the food on the grill accidentally and the glass/plastic lens melts.
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Received as gifts a couple of the fancy Williams Sonoma things that were supposedly remote reads--insert thermometer in the meat, inside the oven, carry the remote on your belt/in your pocket--could never get it to work, so appreciate this mention of the Thermopen when, not if, my dinosaurs give out. One has already partially melted lol
If you leave a Thermapen exposed to heat, it's going to melt and be ruined just like the ones you have. It's a great device, but it's not immune to abuse.