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Meat Thermometers

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But the average product has 23,321 reviews to catch up to, so Meat Thermometers is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 40% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£2.2M/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Meat Thermometers against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Meat Thermometers is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Meat Thermometers market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Meat Thermometers 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated £2.2M. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.6%
Conversion, latest week
15.8%
Market size, estimated
£2.2Ma year
Peak month
December3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
meat thermometer827K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.06.

Listings sell for £7.06 on average, from £3.32 to £18.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 15,000 to 20,000 of them. At £7.06 that is £106K to £141K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.06under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.32–£18.47
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
15,000–20,000
Revenue per listing a year
£106K–£141K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #12 within Barbecue & Outdoor Dining. It carries 23,321 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#12in Barbecue & Outdoor Dining
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
23,321per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Meat Thermometers products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£109K£219K£328K£438K1001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

  • TempPro33%
  • DOQAUS32%
  • BESROY11%
  • AWLKIM5%
  • flintronic4%
  • Exburanty3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

Demand

Meat Thermometers search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Meat Thermometers search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • meat thermometer827K/yr
  • food thermometer281K/yr
  • temperature probe101K/yr
  • meat thermometer probe194K/yr
  • cooking thermometer104K/yr
  • food probe68K/yr
  • meat probe50K/yr
  • probe thermometer42K/yr
  • food thermometer probe digital59K/yr
  • food temperature probe37K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Meat Thermometers

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Durability26%−0.15

Broke within a week

Broke after first use

Stopped working after a few uses

Functionality-Overall11%−0.07

Stopped Working

Did not work

Not that effective

Quality-Overall10%+0.63

Build quality is very poor

Cheap rubbish

Bad quality

Battery Life8%−0.03

Battery wont stay in

doesn't stay lit which conserves battery life

very short battery life as not turned on often

Temperature Control5%+0.18

so you cant get an accurate measurement of temperature

Temperature went out of sync

when u need to take temp fast its a real pain

Love

Ease Of Use19%+1.57

This is so handy

Easy to read

Ease of use

Quality-Overall17%+0.63

Excellent product

also for consistent quality

Solid build quality

Value For Money14%+0.82

Excellent value

Excellent value

Fair price

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+0.76

As described

Just what I needed

Works as its should, no problems

Temperature Control8%+0.18

The temperature was correct

Precise temperature readings

The temperature is accurate

Return

0.5% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall39%▆▇██▆█

Stopped Working

Did not work

Not that effective

Measurement/Reading Accuracy8%▄█▅▆▆▇

Sensor is wildly inaccurate

Difficult to assess just how accurate this is

I am not convinced it gave an accurate reading

Defective Material/Parts7%▆▅▇█▄▆
Display-Overall7%█▅▅▃▇▄

The LCD screen is faulty

Display unreliable

already faulty- doesnt fully display

Battery Life5%█▄▆▄▃▄

Battery wont stay in

doesn't stay lit which conserves battery life

very short battery life as not turned on often

FAQ

Common Meat Thermometers questions

Answered from the same tracked data.