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The best pizza ovens

A pizza oven puts you one step closer to having restaurant-quality pies at home. It can also do something your home oven cannot: reach the blistering-hot temperatures required to bake up the perfect pie. After baking 70 pizzas on four different outdoor ovens and one indoor countertop oven, we have some recommendations if you want to create perfect, crispy, bubbling ’zas at home.

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New picks

The best travel backpack

A travel backpack is for anyone who doesn’t want to be held down by cumbersome wheeled luggage. As travel restrictions ease this summer, you might want a spacious, sturdy backpack for wandering through tight terminal corridors or packed subway platforms.

Picking the perfect backpack is a personal choice, but you’ll find an overwhelming amount of options (at least 80 trillion, by our count). To narrow your options, we recommend the REI Co-op Ruckpack 60+ Recycled Travel Pack, which comes in a men’s version and a women’s version

Like their predecessors, which were our top picks in previous iterations of our guide, these backpacks have enough capacity to get you through at least a week of travel. We were also particularly impressed with the backpacks’ thickly padded and highly adjustable straps, which made for a comfortable wear.

You can read our full guide to travel backpacks here.

More this week

How and why to use a burner identity

Giving sites your credit card or phone number can cause headaches, spam, and worse. Here's how you can protect yourself online.

How to get rid of bedbugs

The thought of bedbugs might make your skin crawl, but don't worry—they’re beatable. Here are the steps you need to take in case of infestation.

How to use Bluetooth headphones better

Bluetooth headphones should play nice with newer laptops, but if yours aren’t connecting, here are a few possible reasons and remedies

Vacation-proof your home with smart devices

We’ve rounded up the best smart devices that will give you peace of mind while you’re away from home this summer.

Why you don’t need to ditch your gas stove (yet)

We’ve heard a lot recently about the climate concerns related to cooking on a gas stove. Here’s why we don’t think you actually need to freak out.

The week’s best deals

ThermoWorks Wand Blue No Touch Bluetooth Forehead Thermometer

Deal price: $44 | Street price: $124

As with a spare tire or a flashlight, sometimes you don’t realize how badly you need a reliable thermometer until it’s too late. In our testing, the ThermoWorks Wand produced consistently reliable readings, either matching our other picks’ results or coming within two-tenths of a degree. It has an easy-to-read display and can double as a surface or object thermometer.

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Allswell Luxe Hybrid Mattress (Queen)

Deal price: $506 | Street price: $675
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Typically, a hybrid mattress provides a feel somewhere between that of an all-foam mattress and a traditional innerspring. Even though there are only 682 coils in a queen-size Allswell—in contrast to the 1,000 or more in our other picks—they nevertheless bolster the mattress with a supportive feel. We think this mattress makes for a pleasing guest-room-bed option.

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ThermoWorks Thermapen Mk4 Meat Thermometer

Deal price: $74 | Street price: $104

If you ever fret at the thought of serving undercooked meat, a great digital meat thermometer can eliminate your worries. The Thermapen was the fastest and most accurate instant-read thermometer we tested. It also offers a rotating screen with a bright backlight, a huge temperature range—-from 58 °F to 572 °F—and waterproofing.

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

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