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I am realizing that the original post is old enough that the OP has probably already picked up an instant-read thermometer.

Thermoworks put their Thermapen ONEs on sale a few times the last few months (first for the holidays, then as an overstock sale...and as a flash sale today they have the green and black models available for 25% off, 75 USD vs 100 USD).

I'm a big fan of the Thermapen ONEs.  I use mine once or twice a week on average, and I expect that the usage will go up over time if I start cooking more meat on the stove instead of in the sous vide bath.  @AlaMoi's wisdom is sage: these things turn out to be a lot more useful than we initially expect them to be.

BTW, the big benefit of a Thermapen ONE over a Thermopop or some of the other solutions is the instantness of the instant read.  It gets an accurate reading within like a second.  There are a lot of other great options, but they typically take a few seconds to settle or they're a little less accurate.  Thermoworks also has quite a few other meat-related temperature probes for applications like grill cooking as well.

Outside of Thermoworks, there are a number of other suppliers of food temperature probes, some of which have already been noted.  Thermoworks was the known-good standard (whose reference Thermapens can be used to calibrate other temperature sensors) so that's who I went with, but some other brands have a lot of fans too.  I recommend checking out their reviews and their specs (both for resolution time and accuracy).  There are some good deals to be had.

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Thermoworks put their Thermapen ONEs on sale a few times the last few months (first for the holidays, then as an overstock sale...and as a flash sale today they have the green and black models available for 25% off, 75 USD vs 100 USD).

I'm a big fan of the Thermapen ONEs.  I use mine once or twice a week on average, and I expect that the usage will go up over time if I start cooking more meat on the stove instead of in the sous vide bath.  @AlaMoi's wisdom is sage: these things turn out to be a lot more useful than we initially expect them to be.

BTW, the big benefit of a Thermapen ONE over a Thermopop or some of the other solutions is the instantness of the instant read.  It gets an accurate reading within like a second.  There are a lot of other great options, but they typically take a few seconds to settle or they're a little less accurate.

Outside of Thermoworks there are a number of other suppliers of food temperature probes, some of which have already been noted.  Thermoworks was the known-good standard (whose reference Thermapens can be used to calibrate other temperature sensors) so that's who I went with, but some other brands have a lot of fans too.  I recommend checking out their reviews and their specs (both for resolution time and accuracy).  There are some good deals to be had.

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