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To all morons that think sticking a hole in meat affects anything.. please try this at home. Stab you hand with a compass, then put it over a 400 degree grill. Notice the blood stops? It's called "searing"... also known as cauterizing. That is what happens to flesh when cooked. So stabbing a hole or even making a small incision in your meat will immediately sear before it looses any substantial juices. Plus the holes are usually on top.. so the juice doesn't go anywhere.
Now, to the product at hand.. so someone took the all-too-popular fork thermometer and put it in tongs and its worth mentioning on gizmodo? Is the tech world that dry?
@DssTrainer: Try this at home. Take two pieces of meat, cook them nicely on the grill without poking holes in either. Remove both from the grill, allow one to rest 5 min. before slicing, slice the other immediately. See the problem?
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You are not cauterizing the meat, because it's not *bleeding* you are worried about. Moron.
Looks like it has some kind of probe in the tong that punctures the meat. This leads me to thinking this is a bad idea for anyone serious about their food. First, sticking holes in cooking meat is generally a bad idea. Juice tends to leak out, giving you a dry cooked lump. Second, it looks like hell to clean. Third, where the probe ends up inside your grilled cut is anyone's guess--could be dead center, could just be below the surface.
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I love technology. But old school here may just work better. Get a pair of tongs and learn how long it takes. The side benefit is that you can cook a bunch of steaks to perfect your technique.
"Sounds to me like a product liability lawsuit waiting to happen."
Actually it sounds like another piece of chatchki crap which will eventually wind up occupying space at the bottom of the closet, right next to the Ronco Pocket Fisherman....
Ridiculous. The only people buying this are clueless wives for their poor, misunderstood, grilling-enthusiast husbands. And, of course, the latter will have to use it in order to feign appreciation. And most likely in front of all of his friends.
08/13/09
08/13/09
Now, to the product at hand.. so someone took the all-too-popular fork thermometer and put it in tongs and its worth mentioning on gizmodo? Is the tech world that dry?
08/13/09
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You are not cauterizing the meat, because it's not *bleeding* you are worried about. Moron.
08/13/09
08/13/09
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I love technology. But old school here may just work better. Get a pair of tongs and learn how long it takes. The side benefit is that you can cook a bunch of steaks to perfect your technique.
01/13/09
Actually it sounds like another piece of chatchki crap which will eventually wind up occupying space at the bottom of the closet, right next to the Ronco Pocket Fisherman....
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01/13/09
MY EYES! MY EYES!!!
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I love her, but the grilling gadgets always break.
Always.
F-You, Brookstone.
01/13/09
This looks like something the Predator would use if he had a BBQ.