$89 at The BBQ Store
Researched, not tested. How we choose.
Opens The BBQ Store’s site in a new tab. You buy from them, at their price. Small parcel, express post, dispatch most in-stock items within 1 business day, then Sydney metro 1 to 2 business days, other metro 5 to 10, regional longer. Returns: 30 days from delivery. Fine unless you buy very early.
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The dad who cooks steaks to order for the whole family and wants each one right
Handheld digital instant-read meat thermometer with 2-3 second readout, auto-rotating LCD and water-resistant construction.
An instant-read is the thermometer a serious cook reaches for most often, because it spot-checks several parts of a cut in seconds rather than committing to one probe position. The water-resistant body is what stops it dying the first time he rinses it.
Dispatch and transit are separate windows and the estimate on a product page is usually only the second one. How long Australia Post actually takes.
30 days from delivery. Fine unless you buy very early.
Unused, brand new, original unopened packaging. Excludes special order, custom, clearance and perishable.
A faulty, unsafe or misdescribed product carries a consumer guarantee no store policy can remove. The BBQ Store’s full terms.
The BBQ Store’s delivery and returns pages were read on 3 September 2026. Policies change without notice; theirs at checkout is the one that binds.
One reading so far. We record every change from here, so a sale price later in the year can be measured against this one rather than against whatever a retailer says it used to cost. Why that matters.
View at The BBQ Store You buy from The BBQ Store, under their terms. We hold no stock and take no payment.
The dad who does the weeknight barbecue for the family, not just the weekend showpiece
The dad with a kettle or offset smoker who is still buying supermarket smoking chips
The dad who rearranges charcoal and moves grates mid-cook, and currently does it with a tea towel
We will email you three weeks before Christmas, and three weeks before Father’s Day, with the shortlist already narrowed and the post still able to get there.
Two or three emails a year. Not a newsletter.
