A meat thermometer is a device that’s used to measure the temperature of meat, but also types of food and drink. They range from the very basic models, with are merely a metallic - usually stainless steel - meat thermometer probe as well as a display that’s either analog or digital which measures the temperature of the food and nothing else, to much more comprehensive models that contain a variety of addition settings and features including timers, temperature lock, and auto-shut off.\r