Review on 🌡️ Red Waterproof Digital Meat Thermometer - Instant Read, Built-in Folding Probe, LCD Backlight, Calibration, Bottle Opener for BBQ, Oven, Smoker, Turkey, Candy by Diana Scott

I love BBQs, I'm just terrible at it. With the exception of hot dogs, all others, especially steaks, tri-types, and chicken tend to get overcooked, mostly because I'm afraid of undercooking them. I leave it on the grill and then I cut it open to see how it looks and see that it's still too pink and I put it back on the grill until then all the juices run out and you know rest. . My family who love medium rare meat tend to get it how they like it about 30% of the time. I tried an earlier meat thermometer I bought at Ralph's Supermarket for a few dollars. One of those dials. Stick it in the center of the meat and after a reasonable amount of time (and temperature!) for the environment, it registers as rare. Gave him a few more minutes and he still rarely showed himself. Almost twice as long as recommended for medium rare. I took the temperature again and it was barely medium rare. I thought something was wrong, so I took it off the grill, sliced it open and found it had turned into dry shoe leather. I decided to give this digital thermometer a try since it was fucking free. Great first impressions. Open the probe and it will turn on automatically. In the evenings, it has a backlit button that makes reading easier. In fact, normal LCD readings without lighting are difficult to see even in daylight when there are shadows, so I'll probably always use lighting. You close the probe and it turns off automatically. The probe opens 270 degrees and when you end up turning it upside down, the numbers will automatically flip to give you the correct orientation. Nice gesture! I wasn't sure how accurate it would be and it says to calibrate it if you need it. This means taking a cup of ice water and touching the ice in the cup with a probe and it should read 32 degrees. I tried it and it registered as 32.5 so it seemed pretty calibrated to me. (I won't be picky above 0.5 degrees. I cook meat, don't build space shuttle tiles.) I haven't actually tried it, but my wife used it for cooking. triple peak. At the end of the day it worked exactly as it should. The meat came through well, but it's not the thermometer's fault that actually showed us it was well done. That was the fault of a grill that was struggling that day. (If possible, always blame the appliance!) We had to take it off the grill and eventually put it in the oven, so again, you can't blame the thermometer. Overall very satisfied and can't wait to try again.