Now you can avoid the health hazards of undercooked chicken and ensure joints are roasted to perfection without having to keep opening your oven door simply stick this extra long probe into the centre of any poultry or meat joint and extend the one metre cord outside the oven door where the digital thermometer will sound an alarm when the meat is cooked you can set it to your own personal preference if you like beef cooked to medium for example set the target temperature to 71c temp