No 12
The MEATER Plus is a stainless probe with no cable: it goes into the roast, the turkey or the brisket, the lid closes, and the phone shows the internal temperature and an estimate of when it will be done. It works in the oven, the grill and the smoker, and the range from the charging block reaches across a backyard.
It is the Christmas gift that arrives in time for the person cooking the turkey, the Father's Day gift for a dad who smokes meat all summer, and the birthday present for a foodie who still cuts into a chicken to check. It ends the guessing.
The probe charges in its wooden block and runs for a full cook. This is the limited brown sugar edition of the Plus; the function is identical. Eighty dollars for the tool that makes a prime rib worry-free.
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