CDN IRL220 InstaRead Large Dial Cooking Thermometer

I HAVE USED THIS FOR APX. ONE YEAR & I'M VERY HAPPY WITH PERFORMANCE. LOVE THE LARGE DIAL VERY EASY READING. BOTH THE AMAZON DESCRIPTION & THE PACKAGING LABEL INDICATE THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO LEAVE IN OVEN, SO THE PREVIOUS BAD REVIEW ISN'T APPROPRIATE. CLEANS EASILY I HAND WASH & DON'T LEAVE SUBMERGED IN WATER SO NO CONDENSATION INSIDE. GOOD PRICE TOO.

I ordered this thermometer to replace my standard dial thermometer that sits in the oven over the duration of the cooking time. This is NOT the same type of thermometer. You CANNOT leave this one in the oven while your food cooks. This is evident when you read the usage instructions and observe that the temperature dial plate is made of plastic and not glass.

I use this to periodically check the temperature of meat during the cooking process be it sauteing, broiling, roasting, grilling, searing, etc. While I love the concept of the the thermometers you leave in the oven, I find in practice that they are not very reliable. This thermometer is accurate and quick to register temperature. My gripe about this method is it can involve opening the oven and removing the food to the temperature and thus lowering the oven temperature and pro-longing the cooking process. I also make a point to probe the meat in the same place as if you do not, you end up loosing a lot of the juices during the cooking process. The probe is long enough for all but the largest cuts of meat. I have used it on large turkeys, chickens, prime rib roasts, pork tenderloins, and temperature registered reflected level of done-ness accurately.

Thanks for taking the time to read my review, and I hope you found it helpful in making a purchase decision.

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I tried this out for the first time tonight. What a disappointment. Talk about WAY OFF, this thing isn't even in the ballpark. Test 1: Boneless BBQ chicken I cooked this the usual amount of time on the usual BBQ. I used this thermometer in the center of the meat. It read 112 deg. F. Not seeming right, I pulled out my digital thermometer which read 166 deg. F in the same spot (ah, just right!). I ate the chicken. Test 2: pot of boiling water it's not exactly true to say that water always boils at 212 F. That's only "pure" water at sea level. I live at about 3000 ft. above sea level where the theoretical boiling point of water is 206 deg. F. This thermometer reads 180 deg. F. My digital one says 207. I believe the digital one. Now comes the "calibration." There's a nut on the back of this thermometer. You can turn it, which essentially turns the readout face. So, sure, I can get this thing to read 207deg. F in the boiling water, but it now thinks the ambient temperature in my house is 116 degrees when it's actually 68. Okay, if I had a source of 155 degree temperature I could set this thing to match it, and then it would be relatively close in the range of cooked meats, but why bother? "Accurate within 2 degrees" and "can even be recalibrated"? I don't think so. Back to the seller it goes.

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simple little thermometer who needs anything more complicated. works as required with no batteries or other things that might fail.

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We experienced several nights of frustration over cooking dinner because this was never reading properly. The readings seem vastly under what they should be.

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