COOKING ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF USE

1 . An instant-read thermometer, comprising:

• a housing;

• a temperature probe rotatably mounted to the housing about a rotational axis;

• a display mounted to the housing above the rotational axis; and

• a wireless module mounted within the housing, wherein the wireless module comprises a WiFi module, wherein the WiFi module is configured to connect to a WiFi network using a set of stored WiFi credentials.

2 . The instant-read thermometer of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a head, a base opposing the head, a back extending between the head and the base, and a front opposing the back, and wherein the wireless module comprises an antenna directed toward the front.

3 . The instant-read thermometer of claim 1 , further comprising:

• a data connector mounted to the housing; and

• an infrared accessory removably connected to the data connector.

4 . The instant-read thermometer of claim 3 , wherein the infrared accessory comprises a housing configured to absorb ambient heat.

5 . The instant-read thermometer of claim 1 , wherein the wireless module further comprises a Bluetooth module and is configured to receive the wireless credentials over a Bluetooth connection established between the Bluetooth module and an external user device.

6 . The instant-read thermometer of claim 1 , further comprising an onboard processing system mounted within the housing, wherein the processing system is configured to execute a set of models based on measurements sampled by the temperature probe.

7 . The instant-thermometer of claim 6 , wherein the set of models are received from a remote computing system.

8 . The instant-read thermometer of claim 6 , wherein the set of models comprise a model that estimates an amount of time until a monitored food reaches a target temperature, based on measurements of the monitored food sampled by the temperature probe.

9 . A cooking accessory, comprising:

• a housing;

• a temperature probe mounted to the housing; and

• a WiFi module mounted within the housing and configured to connect to a WiFi network using a set of stored wireless credentials.

10 . The cooking accessory of claim 9 , wherein the temperature probe is actuatably mounted to the housing.

11 . The cooking accessory of claim 10 , wherein the housing defines a head, the cooking accessory further comprising:

• a probe hub rotatably mounted to the head and defining a hub rotational axis; and

• a display mounted to the head, wherein the hub rotational axis intersects the display.

12 . The cooking accessory of claim 9 , further comprising a connector mounted to the housing and configured to removably connect an external accessory, comprising at least one of an infrared sensor, a wired temperature probe, or a camera, to the cooking accessory.

13 . The cooking accessory of claim 12 , wherein the processing system receives an external accessory identifier for the external accessory connected to the connector and determines an operation mode based on the external accessory identifier.

14 . The cooking accessory of claim 9 , further comprising a processing system mounted within the housing, wherein the processing system is configured to execute a set of models based on measurements sampled by the temperature probe.

15 . The cooking accessory of claim 14 , wherein the set of models comprise machine learning models.

16 . The cooking accessory of claim 14 , wherein the processing system is configured to:

• determine a food identifier and a desired doneness level for a food;

• estimate a time to cooking completion based on temperatures measured by the temperature probe, a set of internal temperature cooking curves associated with the food identifier, and a target internal temperature associated with the desired doneness level; and

• display the time to cooking completion on the display.

17 . The cooking accessory of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the food identifier and the desired doneness level is received via a set of user inputs mounted to the housing.

18 . The cooking accessory of claim 9 , wherein the processing system is communicably coupled to an external system through a wireless module, wherein the wireless module comprises the WiFi module, wherein the processing system is further configured to:

• receive operating instructions identifying a cook session from the external system, wherein the cook session comprises a food identifier; and

• operate the cooking accessory based on the identified cook session.

19 . The cooking accessory of claim 9 , further comprising a Bluetooth module, wherein wireless credentials are received via the Bluetooth module.

20 . The cooking accessory of claim 9 , wherein the temperature probe extends from the housing, lacks an external wire, is partially enclosed within the housing.