Food & Cooking Thermometer Probe HQ1 By HomeQuip - NEW Ultra Modern Slick Design with Simple One Button Interface | Quick Read & Accurate Digital Meat Temperature Probe for Liquids, Foods, Oven, BBQ, Grill & Stove Tops

It’s very easy to use, light,, digital readout clear, easy to read,would recommend.

Excellent speedy service,great value for money.would recommend.

Very good, always useful

did not last long and when it did work it was very slow on giving a correct reading

As a enthusiastic year round BBQ'er I use a number of temperature probes to monitor and check the temperatures of the food I am cooking.As well as my wired and wireless 'leave in' monitors I have a few 'instant read' probes. I have a Weber probe which was about 70% of the price of the HQ1 and a Thermapen which retails at about twice the price of the HQ1. So to review the HQ1 I thought I would test the three together.ACCURACY: The Thermapen is highly regarded as the most accurate temperature probe you can buy, without buying expensive lab gear. Although the HQ1 doesn't show tenths of a centigrade, taking measurements over a number of temperature profiles my HQ1 seemed accurate to about 0.5 degrees when compared to the Thermapen. My Weber probe was consistently measuring between 2 and 4 degrees lower than the Thermapen.SPEED: This is what sells the Thermapen, nothing seems to come close to it's speed of measurement. The HQ1 seemed to be about 2 seconds behind. The Weber probe a fraction faster than the HQ1. In practice 2 seconds won't make much difference unless you have the lid off your BBQ and are trying to very quickly measure the temperatures of several cuts of meat.OPERATION: The Thermapen, though not difficult to operate does require two hands to open in order to switch it on and is the largest of the three. The Weber is the smallest and has three small buttons on the front which can be a little fiddly if you have fat fingers or the light is dim. The HQ1 is the easiest to operate, with just one button. Press to switch on, hold the button in for 2 seconds to change between centigrade and Fahrenheit if needed, leave it alone for a few minutes for it to auto off. Couldn't be any simpler.LOOKS: The HQ1 wins hands down in my opinion and is the only one I would consider leaving 'on show' in the kitchen.CONCLUSION: If you are a very serious BBQer or chef then nothing beats the speed and accuracy of the Thermapen, whether you consider that enough to pay the extra money is debatable. My Weber probe will now be confined to the kitchen gadget drawer and probably won't see the light of day again. The HQ1 will be getting more use than my Thermapen from now on. I am very impressed with the HQ1.For the money, I think the HQ1 would take a lot of beating.I would not hesitate in recommending these to any of my friends.

Being a BBQ and Smoker fan, I have a number of thermometer probes - wired or bluetooth, cheap and expensive - but there's always space for more. The HQ1 is a pretty thermometer with a large display, and it's darned quick at suggesting the temperature. This, however, is where it seems to fall down - as I don't trust its accuracy - I've tested it with other thermometers and a thermapen and it always reads high. Only 2 or 3 degrees celsius, but enough to question it. That said, it's now part of my kitchen essentials, and has a pride of place in my knife block. Not great for outdoors, but great for occasional meat joints in the kitchen.

A good thermometer for BBQ and home cooking. I use an ETI Thermapen which is well known as an instant read and accurate thermometer. I did a side by side test and this was around 1 degree C lower than the lab calibrated thermapen however that could have been because the thermapen shows tenths of a degree too rather than just the whole degree. Overall a good bit of kit and worth considering at £10-£15 cheaper than the RRP of the ETI model!

I bought this as I do a lot of cooking both in an AGA and BBQ, and have acquired a number of thermometers over the years, and was looking for a new one as was starting to doubt my old thermopen.The HQ1 arrived next day due to prime delivery and was well packaged.. so all good.The first chance to use it was on sunday where a large leg of lamb was the test!the HQ1 looks great and very modernI have only given it 4 starts due to how slowly it shows the temperature. as a temp probe for home cooks it is great and very accurate compared to my thermopen, however for BBQ use it would be a bit slow for those cooks wanting to retain heat in the BBQ/Smoker due to the slow nature of the temp probe

Attrezzo semplice e funzionale.

fa quello che dice nella descrizionelettura abbastanza veloce e precisaforse materiale un pò scadente ma in generale buon prodotto