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The first time my family and I celebrated Thanksgiving was at my sister and brother-in-law’s house; almost 1100 miles from where I live. Because the holiday trip was such a big undertaking, I was diligent about making my packing list so it didn’t take me 16 hours only to realize I’d missed something important. Clothes, snacks, and my 10-year-old labrador were obvious must-haves, but one more of my Thanksgiving travel essentials might surprise you: iQ Sense smart thermometer from COOK iQ.
I love hosting dinner parties, but I used to be deathly afraid of cooking anything with meat. I would crash that I would end up with food poisoning and hospitalize all my friends with undercooked meat. I feel different now. With the iQ Sense, my brother-in-law and I cooked our Thanksgiving turkey perfectly. In short, this smart thermometer works so well that it was a necessity for my Thanksgiving vacation out of the country. It happens to be sold now, even after many of the Cyber Monday sales are over.
IQ Sense is worth the price – and with season of giving underway, it makes a great gift for the home cook in your life. For more, here they are the best kitchen gifts for home cooks and ours favorite smart home gifts. What makes this product even better is that you can now get three probes for the price of two,
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I like the ease of iQ Sense
iQ Sense is a wireless, unlimited-range cooking thermometer that connects to your phone via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to alert you when your food is ready to be removed from the heat.
It comes in three options — 1-probe set, 2-probe set and 3-probe set — to meet your every cooking need. If you’re really just cooking for yourself, go for the 1-Probe, but if you’re like me and like to host dinner parties or cook several steaks at once, the 3-Probe might be your best bet. Now you can get three for less than the price of two.
Here’s a breakdown of the deals:
For context, 2-Probe is currently for $150 on Amazon, but you can get it for $140 on the iQ Sense website (although your shipping costs may be higher).
No matter which option you choose, you can be sure that you won’t be serving undercooked or overcooked meat. Each probe has four internal temperature sensors to monitor the ambient temperature with an accuracy of one degree. As much as I love the accuracy of the iQ Sense, I love its lightness and convenience even more.
I also love that I don’t have to keep opening the oven door and sticking a probe into the meat and checking the temperature every few minutes. I can just pop it in once and let it work on other dishes until I get a notification that it’s ready to go. When I say “notification”, I really mean it, considering it comes with a built-in speaker for beeps. It’s like having a sous chef cooking the meat perfectly in your kitchen at all times.
Why iQ Sense is a great gift
When you think of great kitchen gifts, you might automatically think of a coffee maker or a quality set of pans. I would make the argument that you would get more out of a smart thermometer. Every time you cook meat, for yourself or others, you’ll be using iQ Sense. For me, this breaks down in daily use, making it well worth the higher price compared to analog meat thermometers.
With the iQ app, you can also browse over 700 guided cooking recipes from CHEF iQ’s in-house culinary experts and follow hundreds of videos that break down recipes into simple instructions. If you have a home cook in your life who wants to expand their skills without spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on cooking lessons, then the iQ Sense is a perfect gift.
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Will there be more offers for the CHEF iQ?
The CHEF iQ line of smart kitchen appliances isn’t the cheapest compared to non-smart appliances, so it’s good to keep an eye out for discounts on the site — and this Cyber Monday period is the best time of year to score CHEF iQ products at a discount. iQ Sense is also available on Costco.
The iQ Sense is currently discounted in all sizes, but the same goes for the iQ cookera smart multicooker that also offers the same ease and intelligence to users.
For more great gifts, here are some viral finds TikToks that are actually worth giving. If you want to give that special someone more money, these are our favorites gifts under $300 and gifts under $500.
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