Fire Up The Barbecue! The Meater Thermometer Sends An Alert When The Food Is Cooked!
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I love barbecue as much as the next person but I was always secretly happy when someone else was doing the cooking. Sure, there is a primal appeal to cooking over an open flame but frankly, minding the meat turns into a hot, sweaty job very quickly. Maybe that’s why Meater, a new thermometer caught my eye. It promises to let me duck back into the cool of the AC and send me an alert when the food is cooked. It’s like having a barbecue assistant.
Meater works simply, masking an effective use of a complicated technology. You insert the probe into the meat and it measures both the internal and nearby external temperatures. The probe communicates with an app that offers cooking tips for different types of meat, estimates cooking time, and sends you an alert when the food is cooked. The app also can mange multiple thermometers if you’ve got a large menu on the grille. The alert is sent via Bluetooth —expect a 165-foot range—or Meater can be linked to the cloud for greater range. Meater works with any cooking appliance. Meater normally retails for $110 but is currently running a 20-percent-off Father’s Day sale. www.meater.com
If standing by the barbecue is your thing, however, then speed may be of essence. The smartly-designed Typhur Instaprobe takes a reading in 0.75 seconds versus other thermometers that clock in at between two and three seconds. Some other attractive features include a rotating, OLED display that makes reading easier, especially in a fading evening light. A ‘shake awake” mode conserves battery life. And the housing is magnetized so it attaches to the barbecue, for example, for an easy find. The waterproof Instaprobe also may be a versatile choice as its compact size makes it a handy choice for indoor cooking as well. $109. typhur.com