The Pink Turkey

Dex buys a new gadget every week. Most of them end up in The Drawer. Last Thanksgiving he refused to use a thermometer at all. He sniffed the oven like a sommelier, announced he could feel when the turkey was done, and carved it open in front of Grandma. It was pink.

So this year Kit has one rule: Dex is not allowed near the oven. Dex's workaround was, of course, to buy another one.

What the TempPro TempTrack Large LCD Digital Meat Thermometer (leave-in oven probe) actually does

It's a leave-in probe thermometer, the kind you set once and stop opening the oven door for:

• Probe in. Push the long stainless probe into the thickest part of the turkey (the thigh, not touching bone) before it goes in the oven.
• Screen out. The braided steel cable runs out through the oven door to the display unit, which sits on the counter or sticks to the oven with its magnetic back.
• Set and wait. Set your target temperature (USDA says 165°F for poultry). It beeps when the turkey gets there, and it has a separate timer too.

The probe and cable handle oven heat, the display stays outside, and it costs under $20. Check Amazon for the current price; the listing notes it may arrive TempPro- or ThermoPro-branded.

Snag it or skip it?

Kit's ruling: it stays. Grandma's ruling: thumbs-up. Dex's request to "just feel it" next year: denied.

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