| At first thought, a talking meat thermometer for | | | | degrees. It's easy to check it at a glance with |
| the grill seemed pretty frivolous and then I tried | | | | no need to open up the oven or grill. |
| it. After trying the Oregon scientific | | | | If you don't want to hover around the oven or |
| thermometers out over the 4th of July I have to | | | | grill to keep checking on dinner, the remote |
| say I'm hooked. Yes, I do love gadgets, but it | | | | measures 3-2/5 by 3-2/5 by 1-1/5 inches and can |
| was very useful as well. | | | | receive the signal from 330 feet away. I really |
| I had a brisket on the smoker the day of the | | | | liked that I spent more time visiting with friends |
| party that I wanted to be juicy and tender for a | | | | and family than I did checking on dinner. With |
| crowd. It's hard for me to tell when meat on | | | | the remote in my pocket I didn't feel like I had to |
| the smoker is done just right. The color isn't an | | | | keep such a close eye on things to see how far |
| indicator and I don't like to poke at it and release | | | | along they were. The remote was set to tell |
| the juices I'm working so hard to keep inside. I | | | | me when the food was "almost done" and then |
| used to use a regular oven meat, but that also | | | | "done". |
| meant that I had to keep lifting the lid of the | | | | Of course, I had done a test run with the Oregon |
| smoker or grill to check on the thermometer and | | | | scientific thermometers before the party on a |
| that would let the heat out. | | | | pork tenderloin on the grill. I was pleased to see |
| The wireless talking BBQ thermometer sounded | | | | how accurate it was and how tender and juicy |
| like a fun solution. It has a 6 inch stainless steel | | | | the meat came out. With the testing out of the |
| probe to insert into the food that's cooking. | | | | way, I felt relaxed to let the talking thermometer |
| Stick the probe into the meat (or fish or | | | | do the work at the party and tell me when things |
| whatever) and run the 40 inch wire outside the | | | | were "almost done", so I could get my platter, |
| oven or grill. The sensor will display the current | | | | etc out to take the food off the smoker. |
| temperature of the meat ranging from 32 to 575 | | | | |