Amazon has ThermoPro Instant Read digital thermometers on sale today for as low as $11.55 – this is the brand I have.  Bought it during lockdown after hundreds of hours of cooking shows and it’s probably the best thing I did.  Use it ALL the time for everything from meat to baking to syrup to soup to … well, everything.  Even waved around the air vents when I didn’t trust the house thermostat!