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I use one.

Only until I get the hang of a cooking technique - once I figure out something always takes 20 minutes to get there, I just do 20 minutes.

I find that the metal ones work better and are easier to keep clean. The meat one I had just didn't last long enough to be useful before it started to smell bad.

No. I bought one but ended up continuing my practice of looking at the meat and then taking my chances.

I don't eat meat, and don't seem to need them for other foods. I do use an IR thermometer though to check the temperature of the pan before putting food on it.

Yes. My meat thermometer is a fire and forget type where it automatically shuts off the heat once it reaches a certain temperature or preconfigured meat setting. It makes the air fryer a wonderful appliance when working on other foods simultaneously. Plus, I don't have to worry about unsafe temps, or overcooked food.

Im vegan

Yes, I have several of various types and use them extensively.

They are not necessary to cook, they are necessary to cook consistently.

Only when I'm slow roasting something that take hours. I got a bluetooth meat thermometer as a gift a little while back and it's really convenient. There's an app that goes with it. I just set what type of meat it is and insert the thermometer and let it cook. The app tells me when the food is ready.

But that's only for large pieces of meat that take a long time. For anything on the stovetop or grill, or any smaller pieces of meat in the over/airfryer I just do it by feel. I've been cooking long enough that I can tell when a piece of meat is ready just by pushing on it to feel the firmness. And I have a pretty intuitive sense for how long something takes to cook.

Absolutely, and not just for meats. Anything that has a temperature requirement for best cooking method.

An instant-read thermometer is a game changer to make sure fish, meat, and anything else that needs it is properly cooked, and just as importantly, not over-cooked.

That's what I call it when my SO gives me a BJ when she has a fever.

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Yep. I use an instant-read thermometer wherever I'm cooking whole pieces of meat. If I've cut it intobite-sized pieces, I do not. I don't cook beef at home anymore, but would only use it for things like roasts.

Yes, when I have a flu.

Yes, for meats and breads.

Yep. I also keep an infrared thermometer in my kitchen. Sometimes it's really nice to know the surface temp of a pan too.

Didn't in the past, then got a digital one with a magnet so it sticks to the fridge and has safe temps for different meats on the back. Now I use it all the time

Yeah, mostly for turkey times, but also to make sure the water coming from my sink isn't boiling.

It is boiling, so more to make sure my attempts to cool it worked. Which those work fine.

I am a bit late to the party. Yes, I have a meat thermometer. No, I do not use it for meat, poultry or other animal matter. I do not cook meat that often and when I do, I usually know how to properly cook it without using a thermometer from experience. It's not that difficult unless you roast entire birds or anything.

I occasionally use it for measuring temperatures when brewing beer. I have a digital thermometer with a wide range (-40C to +200C-ish) and use it to check the temperature of the wort when pitching the yeast.

Yep. ThermoWorks is the brand I have.

Is that a euphemism?!

I use mans natural thermometer. It has never failed me. I am also to broke to afford a real one

Every time. Worth doing every time as well.

Don't you?

Every time.

Yes. It will tell you what's happening where your eyes cannot see.

Perpetually, when cooking meat.