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Posted: 12/10/2015 4:17:38 PM EDT
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I like my Thermopop. I loved the price even better. I have no experience using a Thermopen. Read up on the specs for both and then decide.
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Posted: 12/10/2015 4:37:41 PM EDT
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I've only used a thermapen, I love it. ETA the only difference I see is the speed of the temp reading. The pop takes twice as long to read. I like to quickly check the meat temp and get the smoker closed asap.
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Posted: 12/11/2015 12:15:29 AM EDT
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I've only used a thermapen, I love it. ETA the only difference I see is the speed of the temp reading. The pop takes twice as long to read. I like to quickly check the meat temp and get the smoker closed asap. |
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Posted: 12/14/2015 1:25:35 AM EDT
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I have an older Thermapen. Pretty good and very fast and accurate. That said, I also bought a Thermoworks DOT for the smoker and the oven. With the DOT, you don't have to open the smoker which is a good thing. I use the thermapen for other things as well since it is so accurate and fast. The newest thermometers are wireless.
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Posted: 12/14/2015 12:39:43 PM EDT
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I can't compare the two but my Thermopen has been fantastic.
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Posted: 12/16/2015 5:47:53 PM EDT
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I have both and prefer the Thermopen it's faster and I like being able to angle the probe. I now want one of the new models
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Posted: 12/25/2015 9:28:20 PM EDT
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I have the dot. For the price, it is nice not to have to open the lid check temp.
Thermopen reads 2-3 seconds faster than the Thermopop. |
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Posted: 12/25/2015 9:34:13 PM EDT
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Just get the pop. It's cheap and works great, you're not some master chef where the additional second needed for a reading will mess up your food. It's plenty fast.
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Posted: 1/1/2016 8:20:17 AM EDT
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I have the Thermopop, I can't see paying that much more for the pen when the pop reads temps in just a few seconds.
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Posted: 1/2/2016 7:14:58 PM EDT
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I'd recommend a wireless probe thermometer, or one that has a long wired probe you can stick in the meat and monitor temps from the display outside the grill/oven.
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Posted: 1/7/2016 8:33:07 PM EDT
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Very happy with my Thermapen Mk4. I treated myself with it this year after a Pyrex (slow) digital finally failed. The pyrex was the round style digital and took about 2-3 minutes to read the correct temperature.
So happy with it I ordered the Thermachef probe thermometer. ETA the Thermowerks.com website usually has them on sale and was the cheapest place I found them. **Chef-alarm not thermachef |
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Posted: 1/11/2016 7:52:28 PM EDT
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After looking at all the options, I went with versatility:
 I have the super-thin probes shown. It also takes any type K thermocouple with a mini plug, as shown below. It serves all my needs that can be served with a single-sensor thermometer.  I love it. |
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