I have a standalone thermocouple and temp sensor that was quite cheap and I use for blacksmithing. I'll try to find a link. It's great. 

-craig

> On Apr 14, 2014, at 1:34 PM, john Lauterbach <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> A few months ago when there was a discussion on digital multimeters,
> someone brought up temperature measurement.  My scientific consulting
> business needs to do some temperature measurements with micro
> thermocouples (a few hundred degrees Celsius with temperature rise over
> two to three seconds) so it would appear that one could get a digital
> multimeter that would do science experiments as well as help keep my
> Vanagon working.
> 
> Any suggestions for a multimeter that works well with thermocouples?
> 
> John