Mastrad Digital Thermometer Spoon

If you like to cook, you definitely need a thermometer. This one works great. The spoon helps you to avoid touching the surface directly and you can use it to stir as well. The only thing I did not like too much about this was the size. It is very, very long. As long as you are aware of that when you buy this thermomether, you´ll be very pleased.

I've used this thermometer a few times and it seems to work well. The description explains that you can pull the probe out of the spoon to use it as a regular meat thermometer, which I have done, and that you can use it as a replacement for a candy thermometer when it's attached to the spoon. I bought it mainly for the second use--I don't make a lot of candy, but I do use hot liquids that I need an exact temperature for (mostly oil for frying) and this work especially well when you have a relatively shallow amount of liquid or a smaller pan. In those instances, I've found especially that candy thermometer tend to not clip very well onto the sides of pans, or are often touching the bottom of the pan. I've broken candy thermometers as well, and their fragility always makes me nervous using them. This metal probe is not going to have the same problems as the glass thermometers, and the digital readout is easy to see and you can set the readout easily to Fahrenheit or Celsius. The only negative I have is that I thought this item was more like a wired probe thermometer, but in fact all the electronics are in the plastic handle. Thus, you can't stick the probe in a piece of meat and leave it in the oven for obvious reasons. However, I have had . . . many . . . of those probe style models and they have all failed, some very quickly, and they are terrible for on-stove usage. This thermometer did an excellent job helping me keep oil at an ideal temperature for frying beignets and helped me teach my fiance the importance of proper oil temperature maintenance after he overheated the oil and burnt the first batch b/c he did not use the thermometer. (It takes one AAA battery, and comes with one to start.)

I always have to dig to the bottom of the drawer in search of thermometers. Now i can find the thermometer easily.

We have not use the Mastrad's Digital Thermometer spoon yet. However, I did run it under hot water from the sink faucet and it read the temperature. The digital thermometer slips out of the spoon and can be used as a probe the check the temperature of a roast or other meat. I gave only 4 stars because only time will tell how durable it is.

I really like this. There are not many kitchen thermometers for measuring the temperature of things in pans, that go up enough for toffee and low enough for yogurt. Most other thermometers do not do both ends. This one does when I make yogurt, and when I make toffee.

If you saw the price of Mastrad products in France and Italy you would grab this. Thank you Sierra for these wonderful Mastrad products.