I acquired the Palermo instant-read thermometer from a great deal posted by FLBuckeye for $3.99 on Amazon. Normally this retails at about $20.
I do not own a Thermapen, and at $4 this was very much a worthy trial of something in a similar vein.
Here is the Palermo instant-read reading room temp right out of the box, next to my ThermoPop reading the room temp right beside it.
I tried to get a pic of both of them in the boiling water test, but it was too hard to hold them and snap a pic. You understand.
You'll have to trust me on this, but in boiling water the ThermoPop read 209, the Palermo read 210.6. At my elevation (928') water should boil at 210.3.
I would say +1 for the Palermo! Suffice it to say being so spot-on I would not hesitate to use it in meat.
Also- I have read a few folks saying the Palermo was hard to open the probe. I did not find this to be the case. With the edge of my finger or my fingernail the probe folds out easily. Perhaps this a unit-by-unit thing with the tight probe issue. I cannot think of a single complaint on this unit so far.
Here is a pic of the two probe sizes next to each other. Not sure how these relate to the Thermapen.
I would even go so far as to say, at least at this point, $20 is still worth it for the Palermo. YMMV.
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