Gourmet Canteen Digital Meat Cooking Thermometer - Test Temperature with Food Safe Probe on BBQ or Grill, Accurate, Large LCD Screen - includes Battery

I selected this meat thermometer over others available on Amazon because I was tired of having to pull out my glasses to read the last meat thermometer my husband brought home. In that regard it is a great purchase because the digital display is large and easy to see without reading glasses. This said, its a bit complicated because it has both centigrade and Fahrenheit options so you have to remember which button to press (and those are small so I still need glasses to be sure). The bigger issue is that it is slow to register the final temperature so not for type A folks who want quick response! My husband has complained about the amount of time it takes so he's gone back to using the older model for now and I will use this one.

My first thermometer so I don't have much to compare to. Overall I guess it works fine. Yes, it is not an "instant" read as others have said.If you absolutely must have lid opened no more than for 5 seconds then skip this product.It works me, however. I already know how long my meat should be on a grill so I use the thermometer towards the end just to make sure it cooked enough.

Not the quickest in calculating temperature compared to other ones that I have had. Also the previous one that I owned actually had written on it the expected temperature that you needed for each type of meat I completely forgot to look for one that had this and this one comes a little inconvenient. I am always having to have my phone with me so I can Google the temperature that I need for each thing I am cooking

It's OK, but VERY slow to read temp. Much slower than a better one I have. Sometimes us it to check water temp in a tea kettle and thermometer can't keep up with slow change in temp as water gets close to a boil. Difficult to use to check meats on grill also. Takes a long time to register actual temp so it (and your hand) are exposed to heat while waiting.

I wouldn't purchase this item again - It is fine, easy to read. My issue is it takes way too long to temp food. I shouldn't have to wait for what seems like minutes to see what temp my food item is. I have had better/faster thermometers at the same price. I wouldn't recommend and I wouldn't purchase again. Honestly, I hope it get ruined quickly so I don't feel guilty buying another/faster thermometer.

Works good but it reads slow. Goes up by 5 degrees every second or two

Bought it to check the temperature of meat being cooked on a new grill. It takes 20 to 30 seconds to stabilize, which lets all the heat out. Tried closing the lid, but melted some of the plastic on the thermometer.

NOT an instant read thermometer. It takes at least 60 seconds to get a final temp. Otherwise it works well and seems well built.