The Best Instant-Read Thermometers
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See why.The Best Remote-Probe Thermometers
Babysitting food can be a real slog; remote-probe thermometers untether you from the oven or grill and let you monitor food temperature from afar.
By Lauren Savoie and
Last Updated Jan. 21, 2022. Appears in America's Test Kitchen TV Season 21: Schnitzel and Roesti
Update, January 2022
When we originally tested remote-probe thermometers in 2019, we didn’t find much to like about Wi-Fi thermometers. A new product has changed our minds. While we still think that the ThermoWorks Smoke 2-Channel Alarm is the best remote-probe thermometer for most cooks, we now also highly recommend the FireBoard 2. With six channels and an easy-to-use smartphone app, this Wi-Fi data logger is a great upgrade for cooks who regularly roast or smoke multiple pieces of food at a time.
What You Need To Know
We’ve all been there: You’re hungry and eager to eat, but your food is taking forever to come up to the right temperature. You open the oven or grill every few minutes, insert your thermometer, and pray for that magic number to display. Soon enough, your beautiful steak or side of salmon is riddled with holes—and still not done. It’s a double-edged sword: The more you open the oven door or lift the grill lid, the longer your food will take to cook, but you don’t want to miss that elusive perfect temperature.
Our winning clip-on probe thermometer, the ChefAlarm by ThermoWorks, helps with this problem. It features a probe that is connected by a thin wire to a base that sits outside the grill or oven. The probe is inserted into the food you’re cooking and the base displays the temperature readout, allowing you to monitor temperature without opening the oven door or lifting the grill lid. However, this thermometer has a limitation: You can read the temperature only when standing next ...
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