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do I need a thermo pen as well...

smokesniffer
smokesniffer Posts: 2,016
edited December 2011 in EggHead Forum
Merry Christmas to everyone. Question I have is, I have a remote thermometer with probe (cable type). Use it for long and slow cooks, pork tenderloin etc. Now if I want to check internal temps say on a burger or steak, is this the right set up. Will it give a quick reading. When I am flipping burgers or steaks, the probe and cable would be a hinderance in my mind. I don't want to be poking holes in a good steak, so that is why I am asking. Is it worth getting a thermo pen as well. Or do I just get used to the egg style of grilling without it. In the past I haven't used any type of thermometer on a gasser. Would the pen be over kill if I already have the probe/cable style.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,661
    I've got both; like you mentioned the cables are a bit of a hindrance when hot-grilling, and I too just grill by eye on anything thin, like a skirt steak or chicken poillard.  The Thermapen is pricey but after I made my last house payment I decided to splurge a bit, and I'm glad to have it.  

    "There is a crack, a crack in everything.  That's how the light gets in."  - Leonard Cohen

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,661
    Forgot to mention, the Thermapen has a very fine tip, and doesn't leave a gaping hole in a steak like my cabled probes do...

    "There is a crack, a crack in everything.  That's how the light gets in."  - Leonard Cohen

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Signal 99
    Signal 99 Posts: 59
    Got both & Luv my pen
    ~HOPE~ is wishing something would happen. ~FAITH~ is believing something will happen. ~COURAGE~ is making something happen......
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