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Acu-Rite Wireless Digital Cooking and Barbeque Thermometer [New] - $12.99 + $5 shipping

1 * Acu-Rite 03168 Wireless Digital Cooking and Barbeque Thermometer

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What kind of metal is the probe?

if you put this on the grill, how long do you have until it melts?

It's just about triple the price over at Amazon.

These actually ain't bad. Especially for grilling when you slow cook something. Also they're very accurate. I had a similar model but the tend to go for $30.+/-

This one is hard to find reviews on. Surprising, cuz I was sure that bbq thermometers would be the next big thing after Throwdown with Bobby Flay blew up over the summer.

Anyone know if the probe can be submerged in water?

wootasourous wrote:What kind of metal is the probe?

Unobtanium, obviously.

Looks to me like they got it backwards. Wouldn't it make sense to have just a transmitter with the thermometer, and something with a data screen on the receiver end? You know, so you can tell how the meat's doing on the grill in January without going outside? Other similar products are set up this way.

And yes, if you have one of these, you're far more likely to grill in the wintertime.

SergeantBiscuits wrote:Unobtanium, obviously.

Ah, of course. :P

I wonder if this could be used as a candy thermometer?

While cooking steaks tonight, my husband and I discovered the hard way that our meat thermometer has kicked the bucket.

Great timing, woot!

I found it on Amazon for $29.95, reduced from $38.99!!

3 Stars, 4 Reviews...

South Dakota and Nebraska bought the most..
I knew my states would buy a ton of BBQ items!

Haha

wootasourous wrote:What kind of metal is the probe?

Stainless Steel
"■Heat resistant 3 foot stainless steel wire and cooking probe"

Can the metal probe or its contents (if any) "leach" or otherwise release any hazardous material into the cooking food?

I could use one of these for tailgating. My one from Oregon Scientific (didn't get it from Woot) kind of leaps into the vacuum and needs to be replaced. Maybe if they last until the morning I am all over this.

Been shopping for one of these... in for 1.

kerneltrap wrote:Anyone know if the probe can be submerged in water?

The probe can indeed be submerged in water

smartheart wrote:Can the metal probe or its contents (if any) "leach" or otherwise release any hazardous material into the cooking food?

No more than the stainless steel utensils you will be using to eat the meat would.

wootasourous wrote:What kind of metal is the probe?

From the features list:

"-Heat resistant 3 foot stainless steel wire and cooking probe"

Normally, "and" would mean that the probe is also stainless steel...

glave wrote:I wonder if this could be used as a candy thermometer?

No. No, no, no. Candy thermometers have nice little hooks that keep you from having hot sugar splashed on your hands. There's also a large difference between meat (which is quite dense) and boiling sugar.

Note the length of the probe. To test the candy, you'd have to put your hand very near the boiling sugar. That would be one of the worst burns you've EVER had.

I'm in for 1.

MWForrest wrote:The probe can indeed be submerged in water

I've read of other probes shorting out where the probe meets the wire, this one doesn't have that issue?

how come the sellout product doesnt show up when i go there

Are these ANY better than the Maverick ones we saw last month?

The Maverick ones have ALL the info on the remote, so you don't have to look at the sender unit. Except for the tiny nitpick that they don't work so well through aluminum siding, I'm happy with the Maverick ones.

steve

glave wrote:I wonder if this could be used as a candy thermometer?

As this can measure close to 400 degrees F, there's no real reason you couldn't use it as a candy thermometer.

The last thermometer I had was similar to this but a different brand. You can submerge the probe itself, but if water gets in where the probe and wire connect, you have issues. I wonder if this one is sealed up so that you don't have that problem?

geekettebits wrote:I found it on Amazon for $29.95, reduced from $38.99!!

3 Stars, 4 Reviews...

You had the correct manufacturer, but the wrong model. Check the photos.

Still looks like a good woot, in any case!

This is one of those SELL OUT items. I'm picking 3 up now because by tomorrow I'm going to see all you whiners complain, Awww I wanted one.

Thinking of getting one to use when I brew a batch of beer in my turkey fryer...can anyone think of why this would not work? It's stainless, so it could be washed afterwards right?

luvsfordpower wrote:The last thermometer I had was similar to this but a different brand. You can submerge the probe itself, but if water gets in where the probe and wire connect, you have issues. I wonder if this one is sealed up so that you don't have that problem?

Yeah hopefully someone can find info on it,

spitfire8898 wrote:Thinking of getting one to use when I brew a batch of beer in my turkey fryer...can anyone think of why this would not work? It's stainless, so it could be washed afterwards right?

haha same here! The only problem I can foresee is if the probe shorts out if it gets wet near the wire.

shrdlu wrote:No. No, no, no. Candy thermometers have nice little hooks that keep you from having hot sugar splashed on your hands. There's also a large difference between meat (which is quite dense) and boiling sugar.

Note the length of the probe. To test the candy, you'd have to put your hand very near the boiling sugar. That would be one of the worst burns you've EVER had.

Completely not true. This would simply need either a stainless hook (they're called pan clips) to hang it on the edge of the pot, or it could simply be hung from above by it's wire. Candy thermometers are basically no different than a meat thermometer except they withstand and read to higher temperatures.

Good deal woot. In for 3.

My oven is old doesn't hold temperature. I have a thermometer inside the oven, but I have to open it periodically to check to make sure the oven isn't too hot or too cold which is a pain when baking.

Does anyone know if this would work alright if it was in the oven (like, all the time) but not in meat? If so, this would be PERFECT.

I'm a little worried the wire (coated in plastic?) attaching the probe to the thermometer would melt in a hot oven...

I plan to cure and smoke some bacon in the next few months. Fewer trips outside into an Iowa winter? In for one.

I was thinking about picking up something like this for my beer making to measure the temp of the wort, would this be okay for such usage?