TaylorInstant Read Analog Meat Food Grill BBQ Cooking Kitchen Thermometer with Red Pocket Sleeve for Calibration, 1 inch dial, Stainless Steel

This works great !! Love it !!

Simple easy tool for temp testing and easy ro adjust

Seems to hold calibration well. I would buy again.

**UPDATE** As you can see in the comments, Taylor reached out to me concerning my experience with their thermometer. The happily sent me a replacement, free of charge even though I threw out the first one. When I received it, I began with the ice water test and it was only 1 degree different (about 33 deg.) than my digital instant read. Awesome, no adjustment out of the box this time. Later that evening I was cooking chicken for dinner. Again, the thermometer match within 1-2 degrees of my digital. I guess the first one was defective. It happens. I hold Taylor in high regards because of this experience. It's refreshing to see that a company still cares about it's customers, even those who only purchased a $6 thermometer.I bought this as a supplement to my digital probe thermometer. I'm not sure if this was defective, but I could never get the temp adjusted correctly, or even close for that matter. I placed it in ice water, and adjusted the temp to 32. When I stuck it in some cooked chicken, it read wildly under compared to the digital that I have. So, I adjusted it to match the digital (165). The next time I cooked a mid rare steak, I checked it and compared it to my digital. This time it was way over in the well done range, even though the meat was mid rare. After dancing this dance for a few days, I gave up. I missed the return window, so it went into the trash.

Pros:1) It can easily be recalibrated using the blue plastic carrying case/tool (test it using ice water, 32 F, or boiling water, 212 F at sea level). When that gets lost you can use a small wrench. Many other thermometers can't be calibrated and get tossed when they lose accuracy. The Taylor thermometer was accurate out of the box.2) It's simple and there is no battery that can die and can cost as much as the thermometer to replace.3) Excellent customer service. The first thermometer I received had an imperfection in the face and wasn't working properly after a month. I was ready to move on but thought I'd send them an e-mail to see if I could fix the problem, they responded and sent a replacement . All fine since then. Sure its only $6.39 but nice to find a company that stands behind their product. Another Taylor thermometer we have has lasted for years. I'll update if this one goes bad.Cons:1) Another customer commented the face is dime-size. It is somewhat small but not dime size, it's a quarter (see my photo), but easy enough to read to within a degree accuracy.2) It's a little slow to get a stable reading but I'm OK with that. Tested on a pan of hot water and at 10 sec it read 150F; 20 sec 160F; 30 sec 165F; 40 sec 167F and that's where it remained. So within 20-30 sec good enough for government work. I'd rather have it accurate than fast and wrong.3) It wasn't made for the oven (it has a hard plastic face), so you have to take the meat out and then take the temperature. I haven't found this a big problem.Overall: excellent value. Because they stood behind their product I bought a second thermometer -- so I can quickly get 2 temp. readings and make sure the whole meat is at the same temp.

This never took the temperature properly and I overcooked a few things, before I tried recalibrating it according to the instructions. But still did not work. I threw it away.

Bought this thermometer to use for meat on the grill, but it takes so long for the needle to take the reading that the meat starts to cool down and the temperature is inaccurate, or the food starts to overcook. Tried to return the product within the 30 day window and the return process keeps going in a loop and never actually gets me to the return label. Very displeased.

This is much better than the “cheaper” ones at a local “freight” store, plus it was only a couple of dollars more. It has a nice carry sleeve for it that includes a slot to adjust the dial gauge if needed (mine was dead on accurate right out of the package). I use this for checking heat and AC temperature coming out of the vents.Now, for those reviewers that complained because yours messed up or filled with moisture because you left it in the oven or smoker whole you were cooking....that is your own fault. The last line on the product description specifically states not to do this. You should go back and change your review because of your failure to read the description. This is not a manufacturer flaw or design flaw. This product is not intended to be left in the oven while cooking. They make thermometers specifically designed for that.If you are looking for a good pocket thermometer, don’t hesitate to buy this. It works exactly as intended if used correctly.

Funciona bien.

This thermometer is easy to read and sits well in the conditioned air outlets in vehicles. It is accurate and , at the price point I paid, not worth losing any sleep over if it gets broken or lost.

Does the job accurately.

Excelente producto, con mucha precisión. Lamentablemente no tiene doble escala de medición, sólo °F.

Perfect