Christmas 2021 - Wife Keeps Upping Her Game

 After much Covid exposure and waiting for test results, after hoping the airline does not cancel their flight, we are expecting the #1 clan to be arriving in just a few hours and truly be having family for the holidays. But for Christmas morning it was just Wife and I...spending a lot more time getting the house ready for guests (creating sleeping areas primarily) than celebrating. But since it is usually just the two of us, the holiday tends to be on the quiet side anyway. 

I was anxious, however, to see what Wife was going to get me for gifts. After really upping her game for my birthday with the now infamous self-heating mug, who knew what she would be doing for an encore. 

Well damn if she wasn't at it with more technology!

Behold the Meater!

 

 The Meater is a wireless meat thermometer That You Can Control From Your Phone With An APP! 

Damn!

You all know how much de-I loves app controlled devices. I spent about 45 minutes getting this device paired with my phone (oops first you have to upload the current software update) (Oh oops before you can actually pair it you have to agree to a bunch of registration things such as giving all your meat cooking data to an international Woke Vegan organization). I am pretty sure I've got the thing connected. Can't wait for the fun to see if I can actually make it work.

 But then there were the decidedly, non-tech Meater Mitts.

These are supposed to allow you go right into the oven, grill or smoker and manhandle (or womanhandle...or some other non-gender specific handle) your large piece of meat

You can see all the specs for these below

However!

It is the instructions below that took this gift to another level.

One should always appreciate sound advice like this.