I would add that getting an isolated type K TC makes life easier, grounded TC's can act up in some scenarios where isolated TC'c would be unaffected. As for standard probes, I have grown to hate Maverick probes because they are not very water resistant and fail very easily if they get wet. On the other hand, I really like the Thermoworks Pro probes, I find them to be very reliable and water resistent, much harder to kill. Only thing is their probes have shorter leads on them, which at first seemed like a sticking point, but I have actually come to like the shorter cables because they are just long enough to reach and there isn't a lot of extra cable to get tangled up ('cause those braided probe leads do tangle up easily).