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I am an extensive user of meat thermometers. I have bought more than a few over the years.

This thermometer stores its probe inside and wraps the cord around it. Therefore, it does not make a mess in the drawer. Also, the cord is wrapped in a rubber instead of the metal on traditional thermometers.

The meat doneness is available in USDA or Chef's preference (note, you should always use the Chefs setting). The timer function is easy to use and can count up or down.

Like always, OXO has taken a traditional kitchen product and greatly improved it.

Unfortunately, I left my OXO thermometer a bit close to by 600F grill and it melted. It looks a bit less pretty, but it still works.

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The probe stopped working and we realized where the wire wraps around and bends to be stored, the wires broke through the rubber. We now can't get a temp reading because the wires won't connect. otherwise, it works great. i just wish they would sell replacement probes for it.

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As with most Oxo products the design for this thermometer is top notch. Having the probe store inside the unit like a stylus and wrapping the cord around the outside edge makes storage a sinch. Problem is the probe doesn't read accurately. I placed this probe in the Thanksgiving turkey and within an hour it was reading 170 degrees. I used an instant read thermometer to confirm that this was an inaccurate reading and removed the probe. Once removed and cooled the thermometer still read 120 degrees.

I turned the unit on a day or so later and it appeared to have corrected itself. I tried it three more times. The first two it worked fine and the third it was back to being way off. Bottom line is the unit is unreliable at best.

Update 5/13

This update is log overdue. About a year ago I contacted OXO and told them the problems I was having and they sent me a replacement. The replacement unit worked as described and continues to work today. Turns out the temperature probe was no good. Decent customer service and apart from time it didn't cost me anything.

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The first thing that caught me was the vast big display with easy to read numbers, the other thermometers I've had all had small screens with cramped numbers on their display's. The next thing that I liked was the ease of use interface, 5 buttons makes it easy to get around which was different than what I was use to with other thermometers. Next thing is that it is a well thought out design, it has a opening on back where you can put your probe and a slot you can rap the cord around so you don't have the probe dangling around when you don't use it. For the alarms you can either use it as a timer, set the temperature, or go by the meat type and temp suggestions. The only drawback was the price but I don't mind paying for quality stuff.

I've had this for around a year and a half and still love it, if you have owned the others and then use this one you will be happy too.

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Having used (and broken) a few different probe thermometers is the past, I can see both the good and the bad in this product. I'll almost always give OXO points for good design and this no exception. I love the fact that the probe stores in the body and that there is some place to wrap the cord, something that is sorely missing on other products.

Unfortunately that is where my love of this product ends. I find the display hard to read. Although it is big enough, the contrast is really bad and it gets really difficult to get into the right position to read it (even with new batteries).

The buttons can be hard to press at times, especially if your hands aren't really the cleanest. That gets me into the other setup issues. For both the thermometer and the timer you can not preset them while you get things ready because it resets after only a minute or so meaning you can't set them ahead before you start to actually get your hands messy.

It will give you a warning beep 10 Minutes before the set temp. and it will do that for the entire time that is at that degree, unfortunately if you are doing a slow roast that means it will be beeping for a long time.

I have a problem with the timer for doing repetitive task like baking cookies or timing a steak. You have to reset it after every time it counts down to zero, and at five second increments that can be a real pain.

Luckily this is not one of those it came all broken or late so I'll never buy one of their products again reviews, I'll just think twice about something with so much programing involved.