Abstract: This invention provides a cooking utensil, particularly in the form of a fork. A temperature sensor is provided on a tine of the fork to provide information to a processing unit within the handle. The processing unit contains information on the desired temperatures for specific levels of cooking for a variety of products. A user may select a particular product being cooked and a desired level of cooking so that the processing unit may compare results from the temperature sensor with the desired predetermined level. The processing unit may then output a result to a display and/or alarm function to indicate when the desired level of cooking has achieved.