It’s not the accuracy (although that’s obviously table stakes). It’s the quality & reliability. There are a ton of cooking thermometers on Amazon. A majority o

It’s not the accuracy (although that’s obviously table stakes). It’s the quality & reliability. There are a ton of cooking thermometers on Amazon. A majority of them are awful. Either they’re woefully inaccurate, or they fail after only a few months of use. You only have to read the reviews (when they’re not completely gamed by the sellers) to see this. So you can either a) buy cheap thermometers one after the other until you happen to hit on one that works or b) buy a quality product first time that professional chefs rave about. Sure, you might get lucky with option a), but after two or three duds, option b) starts to look increasingly sane. Thermopens just work. They do one thing & have been honed to do that one thing incredibly well. When you buy one, you know exactly what you’re getting & you know that the company will stand behind their product. WHat you’re buying is a combination of certainty & quality. Why shouldn’t they charge a premium for that?