Thermapen One cooking thermometer impossible to beat
It’s hard to say the Thermapen One is truly the world’s fastest cooking thermometer. But after the instant reads, I’d say it’s impossible to beat.
The Thermapen measures 6.1 by 1.7 by 0.74 inches, weighs 0.25 pounds and is powered by a single included AAA battery, rated to last up to 2,000 hours. There’s a rubber gasket around the single screw battery compartment, ensuring it’s shockproof, dustproof and waterproof, with an IP67 rating.
Temperature readings have a range of 58 degrees below zero to 572 degrees Fahrenheit and 49.9 degrees below zero to 299.9 degrees Celsius with an accuracy of plus or minus 0.5 degrees Fahrenheit and 0.3 degrees Celsius.
Physically, it’s built like a pocketknife, but instead of a blade, there’s a 4.3-inch Type K Thermocoupleprobe, which folds out up to 180 degrees when needed and into a rubber probe retainer when not. A motion sensor is on the front so it’s ready to use when picked up.
It’s as instant as instant can be, with full readings in one second or less.
The hand-washable Thermapen One provides instant results on cooked, fresh and frozen food.
The mirror-thermocouple sensor is on the tip of the probe, which is recommended to be inserted at least one-eighth of an inch into the meat being tested.
There are some settings to configure. To access them, remove the battery cover to reveal two small buttons. Adjustments can be made for readings of Fahrenheit or Celsius, the display resolution, screen rotation and the auto-off/sleep mode.
The factory settings will suffice, showing Fahrenheit on the 1.75-inch display, which goes to sleep to save the battery power as the probe is folded in. The intelligent backlight display has a 360-degree auto-rotating display and automatically illuminates in low light.
www.thermoworks.com; $105, available in choices of 10 colors