Cooking devices and components thereof

A cooking system, comprising:

• a housing having an internal compartment therein, at least one heating element configured to heat the internal compartment, and a sensor port arranged on an exterior of the housing;
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• a cooking container removably disposed within the internal compartment of the housing and defining an interior cooking volume;
• a through-passage formed in at least one of a sidewall of the housing and a sidewall of the cooking container, the through-passage extending into the interior cooking volume of the cooking container;
• and
• a sensor assembly including a connector housing configured to operably mate to the sensor port, a cable extending from the connector housing and configured to pass through the through-passage and into the interior cooking volume, and a probe arranged at a distal end of the cable and configured to be positioned within the internal compartment for measuring a temperature therein.