GDEALER Meat Thermometer Digital Instant Read Food Thermometer Waterproof Ultra-Fast for Grill Cooking Kitchen with Backlight & Calibration

I originally bought a different meat thermometer but returned it because it was inaccurate. This one is accurate, and the display is much better and easier to read. But the most important feature of this is that it senses and displays the temp quickly. This is important when you've got the oven door open, as the oven is cooling off. The other one took a considerably longer time to settle out. Overall, this one is much nicer to use, easier to read, has a few nicer features and in general works better. The other one was $10. I paid $16 for this, and in my view it's well worth 6 more bucks.This one does have a calibration function. It's a rudimentary single point calibration using an ice water bath, but it's a lot better than most of these inexpensive thermometers that have no calibration at all. The instruction sheet says it's calibrated out of the box, and so I tested it - indeed it was pretty good. Be aware that if you're a stickler, you should use distilled water and ice made from distilled water; impurities in the water depress the equilibrium temperature of an ice water bath. In my case, using tap water, it read the bath as 31.6 degrees F. I have no doubt that using pure water and ice, it would probably be much closer. I didn't adjust the calibration.Most of these, including this one, have a probe that necks down at the tip to make it easier to insert into the food. It helps, especially with a steak. On this one, there's a little plastic nibs on the red part so that when you fold it, it snaps into place. It's a little hard to un-snap the probe. However, the solution is, don't fold the probe until it snaps. The unit shuts off long before the probe is folded that much, so there's not much point to snapping it into place. You could also slice the little nibs off with a utility knife if you wanted. It would take about 5 seconds (be careful not to hurt yourself!!)There is a magnet intended to let you stick the thing onto your oven. My oven is stainless steel, and apparently it's 300 series stainless because the magnet is completely ineffective. The thermometer does stick to my coffee maker and Instant Pot, however, LOL. If your oven is enameled or painted, it will hang on to it just fine... if you want it to, that is.There's a chart on the backside with temperatures for beef, lamb, pork, chicken, turkey and fish. I don't use the chart... I use different temperatures, depending on what I'm doing. But it's there if you want or need it.I can't comment on the longevity until I've used it for at least a few months, but temperature reading involves very simple electronics. My only concern is the folding probe, I don't know how they designed this, but if it involves a moving wire, then that's probably going to be the failure point.I like it. If it lasts, it's well worth the $16.

I love to check temperatures on the meats I am cooking to be sure they are safe to eat. This works out great and I love it. The price is great, product is good and shipping was fast.

Easy to use and read. This is my second one, first one got soaked and quit but, had worked so well I bought another. No complaints.

This works really well and is accurate.

The media could not be loaded. Handy, good quality and easy to use

I am so happy I bought this food thermometer! I like that it folds for storage, easy to read and quick.

I like the thin tip which doesn't leave holes in the meat. It has a magnetic handle that sticks to the grill, nice feature. The temperature update is fast.

Easy to read..nice display! Our old thermometer went out..glad it did! This one is so much easier to read!!

Su simplicidad y ergonomía.

Muy preciso y sobretodo muy rápido es una maravilla lo rápido que toma la temperatura. es un poco grande aveces puede ser estorboso

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This instant read thermometer works wonderfully to give a quick read for meat on the grill. It is also handy for testing the bathwater temperature for our 3 month-old grandson when he came for a visit! Very multi-purpose! The only slightly odd thing is that the thermometer, while it looks exactly like the Gdealer one in the photo, is missing the Gdealer brand name and the printing on the on thermometer is slightly different.

Really usefull I recommend id