Your oven might be lying to you. That’s right, whenever you preheat your oven—the first step in virtually any baking or roasting recipe—you’re taking a gamble that the inside of your appliance is ...

Oven thermometers get very hot, so be sure the one you choose won’t put you at risk of coming into contact with it as you work. How much you can expect to spend on an oven thermometer.

We spoke to chefs who recommended their favorite oven thermometers, digital thermometers, and infrared thermometers for fact-checking your home oven. They start at $7 at Amazon.

Don’t trust your oven dial, according to Ina Garten. This $5 Taylor oven thermometer is her top recommendation for better accuracy.

It's not just Ina who's a fan of the Taylor Oven Thermometer — over 5,700 Amazon customers have given it a perfect rating. "I use this thermometer to test the accuracy of various ovens during a ...