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I have owned several kinds of thermometers for checking roasts, turkeys etc. The instant read thermometers I have owned were great, but I felt that checking two or three times might be puncturing the meat too much. The digital...

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If you grew up testing food for doneness by touch, a meat thermometer may seem superfluous. But many good, largely intuitive cooks swear by their meat thermometers.

I have this one and I’m very happy with it. It is very inexpensive and works well. http://www.amazon.com/Pyrex-Digital-Probe-Thermometer-Timer/dp/B00004RC4R

I don’t have a remote one (wish I did), but I highly, highly recommend a digital probe thermometer. One that you can stick in the roast/bird/bread/whatever and monitor, with the oven door closed. I use mine all the time....

with ice and fill with cold water, then stick in the thermometer. You can manually adjust almost all thermometers except for some digital ones. If you can’t manually adjust it you need to just add or subtract for the...

Does anyone know of a digital thermometer that will alert not only when temperatures are reached on the way up, but also on the way down? I’ve been inspired by the yogurt threads, and would love to have notification that my...