No it isn't, and everyone is talking about those thermometers (there's a couple competing ones, all of them are leave-in, liquid and oven-safe, and have an array of sensors instead of just one) because they rule a lot and because Chris Young is a pretty outstanding presenter.

I'm sure there are people paid to talk about them, like about everything else, but that's not why people like Kenji and Gritzer are. Sorry, it's just a good product, and Chris Young is just an interesting guy.