Classic Super-Fast® Thermapen®

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It’s called a classic for a reason. Its Super-Fast® readings, large display, and splash proof design have made it the preferred temperature instrument of professional chefs and BBQ pitmasters for over a decade.
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2-year WarrantyNSF CertifiedMade in EnglandNIST TraceablePolygiene Biomaster#1 Rated by Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen, Read More

Super-Fast® and Accurate: 1-2 second readings with ±0.7°F accuracy
With full readings in just 1-2 seconds, Classic Thermapen is second only to Thermapen ONE.

Long Battery Life: 1500 hours of battery life
Always there when you need a temp check.

Auto on/off: No unnecessary buttons
We built in the auto on and off feature to eliminate buttons that trap food and bacteria in crevices.

NIST-Traceable Calibration Certificate
Each Thermapen is individually calibrated and includes a NIST-traceable calibration certificate.

  • High accuracy to ±0.7°F (±0.4°C)
  • Water-resistant design
  • Includes Polygiene Biomaster silver ion technology to reduce microbial growth
  • °F to °C reconfigurable

Classic Super-Fast Thermapen is a professional tool (originally designed for commercial kitchens, labs and manufacturing plants) that has become the top consumer cooking thermometer for home use. Its popularity among celebrity chefs, cooking magazines, top foodies, bloggers and competition BBQ teams has made the Thermapen into an essential tool in the best-equipped home kitchens and backyard BBQ rigs.

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Made by Hand in England, the Thermapen is faster and more accurate than any other cooking thermometer on the market. Competitors have tried to copy the Thermapen with mass-produced products made in China and have flooded the housewares market with slower, less-accurate knock-offs. However, when compared to true competing commercial thermocouple thermometers, the Thermapen is not only faster and more accurate, it's also less expensive!

The Thermapen's speed and accuracy will reveal more about food and cooking techniques than you ever imagined. You'll learn that temperatures are always changing; a roast is never the same temperature throughout while cooking. If you want to know what's really going on, get a Thermapen.

If you want to experience speed and precision (traceable to National Standards) and you're on a quest for culinary perfection, you will want a Thermapen. Add up the expense of wasted meats alone and you'll justify the cost of this professional tool.

A Thermapen can be used for virtually anything that needs to be cooked or chilled. Use it on meats, fish, casseroles, re-heated foods, breads, cakes, deep frying and candy. You don't have to have a Thermapen to be a great cook; however, more than one celebrity chef and several food writers have testified that a Thermapen will make you a better cook...AND, you can choose your own color! Order one today.

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Rated 4 out of 5
Jul 22, 2025
Don't leave it out in hot sun
The pen responds fast but don't leave it in the sun. If you leave it in the hot sun even for short periods of time then the display gets darker and sometimes the pen won't respond so you need to cool it off before you can use it again.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 21, 2025
Excellent quality
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 20, 2025
The Thermapen is the best on the market!
The Thermapen is the best on the market & I'veused them for years. I bought them for my kids & now I buy them for house warming presents.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 20, 2025
Great tool. Perfect for busy kitchen and accurate y.
I bought one for myself and my son. Love how this just works in the flow of cooking. Great tool.
Suggestions: add a "hold" button for situations where the light is bad. Also, add a left handed option too.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 17, 2025
Love it.
Love, love, love this thermometer. I am amazed how much faster this is than my old one.
Rated 4 out of 5
Jul 17, 2025
Ok??............
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 16, 2025
Thermoworks pen
Works great use it when I'm bbq meat
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 14, 2025
My third one. I use them daily and they're great This one arrived with dead batteries.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 14, 2025
I love using the Thermo pen most accurate way to keep your temperature
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 13, 2025
Great product, don't waste your money on cheap imitations, it's worth every penny!
Had a knock off thermometer for a while and it took a long time to get a reading. I love my Thermopen fast and accurate. I'll be ordering more products soon.
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33 Questions
Why did you choose this?

Christmas gift for my son since he keeps using my Thermopen.

It’s good

Looked like the best

already own one!

Can I use this as a candy thermometer?

Yes, you can. In fact, the Thermapen is our preferred choice for candy making. It's fast. It's accurate. It's the perfect tool for keeping on top of the fast-moving temperature changes that occur during the last moments of a candy-making cook. We highly recommend the Thermapen for this application.

Does this Thermopen come with a certificat of calibration?

Yes, it comes with a calibration certificate.

Different parts of meat measure different temperatures, how do you know which one is accurate?

Unlike dial thermometers, where the sensor can be in the shaft of the probe, the temperature sensor in a Thermapen is in the very tip of the probe. This is important. It means, wherever you put the tip of the probe, that is where your Thermapen is measuring temperature.

Different spots of meat are different temperatures. The best way to measure the doneness of meat is to push the probe tip just past the center of the food while it is cooking (being careful not to go all the way through) and to pull the probe tip back up through the food until you find the coolest spot. You'll actually notice the numbers on the Thermapen display change as you move the tip around. That's because different parts of the food are at different temperatures while it cooks.

If you have any concerns about the accuracy of your Thermapen, or any other thermometer, the best way to test them is with a properly made ice bath test, as it’s a standard laboratory test that is easily replicated at home. If your Thermapen is accurate, it will read within ± 0.7°F of 32°F (31.3 to 32.7°F). If it is reading accurately in this test, you can rest assured that it is reading accurately in various spots in food and at higher temperatures. Directions for conducting a proper ice bath can be found here:

https://blog.thermoworks.com/thermometer/check-thermometers/

can you use a classic thermapen to measure skillet temperature before searing a steak?

If the pan has oil or butter in it, then yes, you can use your Classic Thermapen. However, if your skillet is dry, you'll want to use an infrared gun, as they are used to measure surface temperatures.

You can find our selection of Infrared Guns here:

http://www.thermoworks.com/Infrareds

Here are some helpful blog articles that explain more:

Thermal Tips: Searing Meat

http://blog.thermoworks.com/2016/04/thermal-tips-sear-meat/

Infrared Thermometer Basics & Best Practices

http://blog.thermoworks.com/2017/02/how-to-use-an-infrared-thermometer/

Does it read water/liquid temperatures too?

Yes, it does. You can use a Thermapen to take the temperature of any food or liquid (and many other things, too)!

Display rotates?

The Classic Thermapen's display does not rotate. You'll want to look at the Thermapen ONE instead, as it has an auto-rotating display. It's available here: https://www.thermoworks.com/thermapen-one

What is the button inside next to the battery?

It is the trim adjustment. You can read more about it in the Operating Instructions that came with your Thermapen. You may also find the Operating Instructions online here:

https://www.thermoworks.com/pdf/classic_thermapen_operating_instructions.pdf

Calibration and Trim Adjustment Instructions may be found here

:https://www.thermoworks.com/pdf/user_manuals/Thermapens/Thermapen_Splash_Proof_Calibration.pd

fNote: If the Thermapen is within specifications, we do not recommend using the trim adjust feature.. It should not be needed in normal use.

Can you use the thermapen to check how hot grease is?

Yes, you may.

Is there a warranty on this?

Yes, Classic Thermapen comes with a 2-year warranty. You can find the warranty terms here:

https://www.thermoworks.com/product-warranty/

can a thermapen be used as an oral thermometer?

No, it cannot. We recommend that you look at WAND™ - No Touch Digital Forehead Thermometer, which is FDA-Cleared for taking human temperatures. You may find it here: https://www.thermoworks.com/wand

Classic Super-Fast® Thermapen®

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