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Brand: ThermoWorks
Category: Kitchen

Buy New: $94.95

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

20 reviews
Sales Rank: 805

Model: THS-211-476
EAN: 5024368114761
ASIN: B000RPR9LQ

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Read temperature in less than 4 seconds!
•	Fold away probe protects from breakage.
•	Wide range covers -58F to 572F.
•	Big easy-to-read digits are far easier to read than other pocket thermometers.
•	Accuracy meets USDA guidelines in the food range.

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
This is the original Super-Fast Thermapen in the color red. Originally designed for professional users, the Super-Fast Thermapen is chosen by restaurant chains, health inspectors, quality managers and chefs all over the world. The clever pocket design replaces more costly and bulky handheld thermometers while using the same professional thermocouple technology. The Super-Fast Thermapen displays actual internal food or liquid temperatures in only 3 or 4 seconds. Other thermometers make you wait another 20 seconds or more to catch up to the Thermapen. That's a huge difference in a fast paced commercial kitchen or when you're over a hot grill. If you're cooking an expensive cut of meat you want a perfect outcome. You don't want a slow temperature reading that might be misinterpreted and your meat overcooked. A must-have for the serious cook, restaurants or professional chef. So easy to use! The instrument is switched on by unfolding the probe whereby the display illuminates. Folding the probe back will turn off the unit. The Thermapen will shut itself off automatically after a few minutes if left on. When using, the very tip should be immersed or penetrated to at least 1/8 inch. The plastic housing it not waterproof, so care should be taken when cleaning. It comes with a battery so you can use immediately. Ask about the protective vinyl wallet case or the leather case, sold separately.

Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Well worth it September 13, 2008
Hard to add anything to the other reviews. Fast, convenient, accurate and easy to clean. Expensive but worth it!

5 out of 5 stars

Worth every penny: a fast thermometer you can TRUST August 6, 2008
When you buy this, you are paying for two things: Speed and Trustworthiness.

I've spent nearly as much as I did on my thermapen on other thermometers priced between $5 and $50. None of them have read as fast or as reliably as the thermapen.

If you have a cheap thermometer that isn't NSF certified, you will find yourself often second-guessing it. "Hmm... that reading seems a bit off... I'll probably keep this in a little longer" - but with the Thermapen you can trust it every time.

For a serious griller, I strongly suggest the Thermapen - which is pretty much the gold standard for grilling thermometers. It takes a reading in less than 3 seconds - and has a needle-thin probe... It's fast enough for me to use it to take thin cuts of pork tenderloin off one at a time and verifying that they are all cooked properly (invariably, there will be one or two cuts that take twice as long to get to the proper temperature than the other ones... With a slow probe, you can't afford to check each one because they will all burn - so what if you are just spot checking one of them and you happen to get the slow one? the rest all burn? or if you get one that cooks really fast... the rest are undercooked?)

When you are serving large quantities of chicken - knowing for certain that EVERY piece of meat has been checked and is properly cooked gives a lot more piece of mind than spot checking one and HOPING the rest of them are ok.

5 out of 5 stars

Exceeds Expectations July 28, 2008
We grill almost every weekend in the Summer and in the past have served a lot of "grilled food gone bad," that is over and under done burgers, steaks, and pork before we were convinced to get a thermometer. We eventually learned that knowing internal temperature is imperative to quality grilling and getting that information as quickly as possible when the grill lid is off is essential.

We purchased the Thermapen after having owned several less expensive digital "instant read" thermometers. We needed a thermometer that delivered fast, accurate, and consistent readings for our grilled food.

The problem the Termapen resolves is that thermometers like this one form TaylorTaylor #806 Weekend Warrior Digital Instant Read Thermometer, really don't deliver the speed, accuracy, and reliability we need while grilling (or cooking in general for that matter). Plus they leave a much bigger hole in the meat. They take up to 15 seconds to get a reading, don't deliver the same reading twice (unless by accident), and generally confound and confuse instead of clarifying what is really going on inside our meat. This can lead to frustration and a loss of desire to grill.

Speed of reading, degree of doneness, and consistency become important as grilling sessions and the diversity of foods grilled simultaneously multiply. Dad wants a pork chop, our neighbor wants a turkey burger, and we want chicken--for the second time this weekend. We couldn't manage it, and wouldn't want the frustrations of trying to, with a lesser thermometer.

Before we purchased the Thermapen, we wondered if the premium price would be worthwhile. The answer is a resounding YES! The Thermapen allows us a degree of precision not attainable with other thermometers. The Thermapen has enabled us to divided the spectrum of doneness between "Rare" and "Medium" into 2 additional gradations on opposite sides of the traditional "Medium Rare." We call these "Cool Medium Rare" and "Hot Medium Rare." Guests are amused we can offer this degree of precision. We appreciate the level of confidence we have in serving perfectly done food. This is impossible with the Taylor.

5 out of 5 stars

Expensive - but well worth the price July 8, 2008
This thermometer is well more than twice the price of others so I resisted buying one for years. But after finally succumbing, I can say it is well worth the price. The near-instant reading is very satisfying and gives you the opportunity to probe several sites in, say, a whole chicken. My only suggestion is that they offer a left-handed model - invariably I deploy it initially with my left hand only to discover (yet again) that the display is on the bottom.

5 out of 5 stars

Must have July 3, 2008
If you're serious about cooking you must have one of these in your kitchen. I'm very serious about BBQ and grilling and after reading many recommendations for these on the BBQ Forum I bought one of these a year ago. No more guesswork, no more waiting 30 seconds or more for the thermometer to stabilize, just near instant completely accurate temps. I can't recommend it highly enough. Don't get it wet or handle it roughly and it will last for years.

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