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An oven thermometer is the only reliable way to know what s happening inside your oven unless you have a model that s inaccurate hard to read or falls off the racks. To find the best remote probe thermometer we tested a mix of models including two pager style and five smartphone connected models.

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When we used a high tech digital thermometer to take the temperature of five different home ovens preheated to 350 degrees some missed the mark by as much as 50 degrees.

Best oven thermometer cooks illustrated. Highly recommended winner published in cook s illustrated february 2020. Smartphone connected thermometers rely on wi fi or bluetooth which are not the same more on that later to transmit temperature data from the base to an app on your phone. America s test kitchen cook s illustrated cooking school cook s country atk shop atk kids.

For reliable consistent results with recipes a good oven thermometer is critical. America s test kitchen cook s illustrated cooking school cook s country atk shop atk kids. The thermoworks smoke 2 channel alarm was accurate to within 0 1 degrees of a reference thermometer and maintained a stable connection across 300 feet of open space a reach equal to the length of a football field.

Here s one big reason why. Ultimately we chose a pager style thermometer as our top pick. We make mistakes so you don t have to.

An oven thermometer is the only reliable way to know what s happening inside your oven unless you have a model that s inaccurate hard to read or falls off the racks.