Abstract: A cooling monitor thermometer device and a system for monitoring and logging the cooling of food. The cooling monitor thermometer device includes a display, a control panel, and a probe. The cooling monitor thermometer that can measure the temperature of a food or liquid medium in a temperature mode, an initialization mode, and a monitoring and logging mode to capture and log a hot food cool down process or a cold food cool down process at certain initial temperatures and logging temperatures with corresponding times. The captured and logged temperatures and times may be transmitted from the cooling monitor thermometer via a network to a program platform on a logging device.