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Utterly Useless
I've only used this once, and let me tell you what happened. I was roasting a whole chicken, which I'd brined the day before. I set my oven to 350 and roasted it at 20 minutes per pound. Then I tried the thermometer.
It said the thigh meat was 188 degrees. I was terribly alarmed. Who wants to eat dry chicken? That's what I thought. So I tried checking the breast meat. It said 200 degrees. 200!!! I almost cried right then and there. We're looking for about 160, am I right? I thought my dinner was ruined. Turned out my chicken was PERFECTLY cooked and wonderfully juicy, and nowhere near as hot as the thermometer indicated.
I spit in OXO's eye for this device. Most of the time I like OXO, but now and then they have a miss. This is a mess of a miss. I'm only keeping it in case I need to stab someone.
April 2019 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase