A thermometer to monitor food in accordance with a monitoring procedure includes a measurement input probe to contact the food to capture temperature information, and a housing coupled to the measurement input probe and having a user interface. The nozzle assembly includes a first and second nozzles, rotatably installed adjacent first and second racks, respectively, for selectively spraying water in first and second directions. The two shaft parts engage via rotary drivers in complementary negative profiles of an interposed elastic damper part in the direction of rotation. The dummy wire is set to a lower connection strength than the main circuit wire.