PSA Thermoworks Smoke 15% Off

Thermapens are a good price as well. Anyone have the mk4? My Maverick still works fine for reverse Sears and smoking. I know serious eats sings a lot of praise for a good instant read thermometer. Do you guys find them to be that useful?

I use my probe the most. Any other advantages to the instant read other than being instant read?

I like leaving it in and setting the alarm.

But is it a game changer for the average cook? I could understand if you made candy, custards, other things where temp was essential.

I guess it just depends on how "nerdy" you feel like being. I like data. I like comparing temperature input vs time vs food temperature and really zeroing in on dishes. Some people are really good at figuring those things out by feel, but I'm not one of those people. I need data and to see trends.

Edit: Note that I'm talking about the regular ol' thermapen. Not the smoker version. I have a Maverick for smoking that works great for it's purpose.

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Can't you use a probe for that though?

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Like a probe with a cord? That would be annoying on a piece of meat that requires turning in a skillet or grill. Plus it would be sticking halfway out of a salmon fillet or chicken breast and I can only have it one piece of meat.

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Can't you use a probe for that though? And you don't have to keep sticking whatever you're cooking?

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The instant reads are nice for grilling/cooking multiple piece of meat like steaks, chicken breasts/thighs, etc.

It's also nice to check different areas of the meat you're smoking.

My wife started using my thermapen for baking cakes. She bakes to temp now not just by toothpick test.

Son of a bitch. I bought one in November. Sad if true.

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That's too well done for my preferences

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I'm not talking when its dripping down. I mean pretty much when you first see it happening.

Cook it any less than I do and it's raw

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these so much better? Why pay $70 for this one when there are dozens of brands on Amazon for under $20? Is the thermapen that much more accurate?

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The thermapen is consistently rated as not only the best and most accurate, its also the fastest. Reads the temp in around 2 seconds.

For cooking things in an oven or pit where you can lose heat that can help greatly. I’m not 100% sure about all the others, but most can’t read that fast. I know every other one I’ve ever had didn’t.

I have the smoke also... that replaced the maverick which crapped out, the cables on the smoke (all thermoworks cables) are much sturdier than the maverick stuff. You can tell the build quality is better as well. Another good thing about the smoke is it works on a radio signal, not Bluetooth. It has much better reception with the remote.