Grilling is a high-temperature endeavor, which means the difference between delicious, juicy\xa0meats and blackened, dry mistakes is a matter of seconds, not minutes. It also means you don't want your hand near those grates for long. Get the perfect char every time and keep the hair on your fingers\xa0with ONE second readings accurate to half a degree.
"My arm hair is slowly growing back now that it doesn't take minutes to check temps over a 400°\xa0grill. Should've bought this a long time ago. The backlight really helps when grilling at dusk."
Every molecule of matter is always moving. They can be moving around freely like in a gas or liquid, or vibrating in place while locked in a solid. Temperature is a measure of the average speed of the molecules in a given piece of matter, so the faster these molecules move, the higher the substance’s temperature.\xa0
Heat, on the other hand, is not a measure of the speed of molecules, but a measure of how much "work" can be done by the thermal energy in a system. And some materials have more capacity to hold thermal energy than others. Take a steel and wood block for instance. In the same room, they're likely the same temperature, but the steel will feel cooler\xa0because it has more capacity for energy. The heat in your hand flows more readily into the steel.
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"The Thermapen ONE will let me grill a little bit more efficiently with it's quick read times! Also, really like the idea of the probe being angled to make easier to read!"