What You Can and Cannot Cook With ItUpdated 4 days ago

The Predictive Thermometer is built to live in an oven, on a grill, and in the dishwasher. It suits almost every way of cooking.

Works fine

Baking · Frying · Grilling · Poaching · Reverse searing · Roasting · Rotisserie · Slow cooking · Smoking · Sous vide

For sous vide there is one setting to change first: see Using Your Predictive Thermometer for Sous Vide Cooking.

Do not

• Microwave, or a trivection oven. The thermometer is largely metal, and its antenna is tuned close to microwave frequency
• Pressure cooker. Pressure raises the boiling point past what the tip can take
• Straight into deep-fry oil. Deep frying is fine when the probe is inserted in the food. To temp the oil itself, put the probe through something like a potato so the lower sensors are protected
• Candy making. Sugar goes far above the tip's limit
• Broasting
• Hot straight into an ice bath. Thermal shock can crack the ceramic handle

Warnings and Watchouts explains why for each of these, and Compatible Appliances has the full appliance-by-appliance list.

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