You can get one that you can read the temperature on your phone remotely.

Not that expensive.

dcarch

Dcarch I’ll ck that out!

ETA: if you could provide link I’d appreciate it as I couldn’t find it. I did find this general essay on oven therms.

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/articles/28-finding-a-good-oven-thermometer

I have a couple of those in the link you posted, and after a while the glass in the front gets so dark that I can no longer read them. This one looks like it might be good, but I do not have it ... yet.

I had a Taylor that I kept in the oven ... until it exploded one day.

When I bought my new ovens and freezer I ordered the basic ones from Amazon ....not sure the brand but the basic. The fridge/freezer ones are rectangle about one inch by 3or4 inches. Hangs on the inside wall via a suction cup. They both came in a 2-pack. Nice to know the coldest area/spot in the fridge and periodic check if all is working well.

I don't leave mine in the oven even though it has a rack hook. I just wanted to test if all was working properly. My older ones like Lars mentioned, are dark from age and over use. They have a flat foot so best to test on the rack in the middle of the oven. I keep mine in the knife drawer next to the oven.

The phone app connected are tempting but unreliable so far. You will need a 5$ back-up just to check it. : ). Most review are not so good. Quality should improve soon I hope.

I think as well as a basic model, a digital probe that goes directly into your meat, is most important. All ovens are so different and all meat portions/sizes/weights/quality are different, it's best to watch inside temp.

I like the Thermoworks dot. I use my thermopen all the time. Not China junk and they stand behind their products.

Love my Thermopen!

I’m not talking about meat thermometers—in talking about OVEN thermometer.

The Thermopen smoke thermometer (which would measure air temperature in an oven) is not recommended for high heat cooking. The probes do not help if you are baking a pizza. Thermopen does have a thermometer that will measure temperatures inside a smoker, but they must be much lower than normal oven temperatures.

"I’m not talking about meat thermometers—in talking about OVEN thermometer."

Oven thermometer specs tell you it's measuring range, if you exceed the range, it does not mean it will be damaged. It will just give you an error message.

But if you want to be sure, you can get a kiln thermometer (measure range to 2000F). It will even measure self-cleaning setting temperature. Not expensive for one ($40?).

dcarch

I must not be explaining myself. What I’m looking for is a thermometer that will tell me whether the heat inside my electric oven is 350, The number at which I turned my dial. Perhaps it’s called something else?

You’re explaining yourself fine and most responses are answering you. Yes, oven temp not food temp. :)

"Oven thermometer specs tell you it's measuring range, if you exceed the range, it does not mean it will be damaged. It will just give you an error message."

The Thermapen web site stated that its smoke thermometer could be damaged by high heat.

I reread everything. I think what confused me is that some of the oven therms have something that looked to me like a meat probe. My bad!

ETA: On that thermopen, does component w/digital readout go inside oven? Looks kinda delicate

You need to check the thermopen to make sure that it will read temperatures high enough.

Here's one that will read oven temperatures up to 572°.

"---The Thermapen web site stated that its smoke thermometer could be damaged by high heat.---"

Many of the thermometers can be damaged if the probe (Type K thermocouple transducer) is subjected to open flame. If that happens, you may need to replace just the probe, not the main unit.

bossyvossy, a meat probe can measure oven temperature just the same, if you don't put it inside meat.

dcarch.

I didn’t know that. I will try w/my existing meat therm.

" bossyvossy

I didn’t know that. I will try w/my existing meat therm."

Depends. Don't put your meat thermometer in the oven unless it has the probe separate from the main electronics. The probe is heat proof, but not the main electronics. The part that has the display and batteries.need to be outside of the oven.

dcarch

This is what I have, meat

That can check oven temperature safely inside an oven. unless it is not glass. If plastic it will melt.

How ever, it can only tell you up to 220F. If you want to know if your oven goes higher, it can't tell you.

dcarch

I went ahead an ordered the one in the link I posted. I made sure that the probe is detachable, and so if that gets damaged, I can replace just that part, ad Dcarch suggests. I need this not only for my oven, but also for our Big Green Egg. It should allow us to check the temperature of the air and the meat remotely and warn us if the BGE gets too hot or too cold. At one point, we got the BGE hot enough to melt aluminum, which has a melting point of 1200°F, I believe - much hotter than we needed for the pizzas. My oven probably won't get over 550°F, and so this should be able to tell me how hot it is. I would like it hotter than that for pizzas, but I've made do. The pizzas do come out better when baked on the BGE.

Oh good grief, get an oven thermometer at your grocery store...

Don't put your probe like the posted pic in your oven...it will be toast and melt. That style is meant to take a quick temp of meat/protein out of the oven or just pulling out briefly for a moment. Even if it is glass it is not meant to be left in any oven for any length of time. Most like that are plastic.