The smart meat thermometer I trusted for Thanksgiving is now on sale: get 3 for the price of 2
For the first time, my family and I celebrated Thanksgiving at my sister and brother-in-law’s house; almost 1,100 miles away from where I live. Since the vacation trip was such a big undertaking, I was diligent about preparing my packing list so that I wouldn’t be on the road for 16 hours and realize that I had missed something important. Clothes, snacks, and my 10-year-old Labrador were the obvious must-haves, but another one of my Thanksgiving travel essentials might surprise you: a iQ feeling smart thermometer from CHIEF iQ.
I love hosting dinner parties, but I was terrified of cooking anything with meat. I would catastrophize that I would get food poisoning and hospitalize all my friends with undercooked meat. Now I feel different. With the iQ Sense, my brother-in-law and I confidently cooked the Thanksgiving turkey to perfection. In short, this smart thermometer works so well that it was a necessity for my cross-country Thanksgiving holiday. It’s on sale now, even after many of the Cyber Monday sales have ended.
The iQ Sense is worth the price tag – and with gift giving season in full swing, it makes a great gift for the home chef in your life. For more information, here are the best kitchen gifts for home chefs and our favorite smart home gifts. What makes this product even better is that you can now get three probes for less than the price of two.
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I like the convenience of the iQ Sense
iQ Sense is a wireless cooking thermometer with unlimited range that connects to your phone via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity to alert you when your dish is ready to be removed from the heat.
It is available in three variants – 1-probe set, 2-probe set and 3-probe set – to meet all your cooking needs. If you’re really just cooking for yourself, go with the 1-Probe, but if, like me, you like to host dinner parties or cook multiple steaks at once, the 3-Probe might be your best bet. Now you can get three for less than the price of two.
Here’s an overview of the deals:
For context, the 2-Probe currently takes precedence $150 at Amazon, but you can get it for that $140 on the iQ Sense website (although your shipping costs may be higher).
Whichever version you choose, you can rest assured that you won’t be serving under or overcooked meat. Each probe has four internal temperature sensors to monitor ambient temperature, within one degree of accuracy. As much as I love the accuracy of the iQ Sense, I love its convenience even more.
I also love that I don’t have to constantly open the oven door and stick a probe into the meat and check the temperature every few minutes. I can just put it in once and let it work on other dishes until I get a notification that it’s ready to use. When I say ‘notification’ I really mean it as it comes with a built-in speaker for audible alerts. It’s like having a sous chef who always prepares perfect meat in your kitchen.
Why iQ Sense is a great gift
When you think of nice kitchen gifts, you may automatically think of a coffee maker or a quality cookware set. I would make the argument that you would benefit more from a smart thermometer. Every time you cook meat, for yourself or for others, you use the iQ Sense. For me, this equates to everyday use, making it well worth the higher price tag compared to analog meat thermometers.
The iQ app also lets you browse over 700 guided cooking recipes from CHEF iQ’s in-house culinary experts and follow hundreds of videos that show recipes in simple instructions. If you have a home chef in your life who wants to expand their skills without spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on cooking lessons, the iQ Sense makes an ideal gift.
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Will there be more offers on CHEF iQ?
CHEF iQ’s line of smart kitchen supplies isn’t the cheapest compared to non-smart kitchen supplies, so it’s good to pay attention discounts on the website — and this Cyber Monday period is the best time of year to score CHEF iQ products at a discount. The iQ Sense is also available on Costco.
The iQ Sense is currently discounted in all sizes, but this also applies to the iQ stovea smart multicooker that offers the same convenience and intelligence to users.
For more great gifts, here are some viral finds on TikTok that are worth giving. If you’re looking to spend more money on that special someone, these are our favorite gifts under $300 and gifts under $500.
