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Cheapest slow cooker you can find. For example: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9306561?clickPR=plp:1:18
There's a good article here: https://moltenspeedwax.com/pages/waxing-your-chain
I no longer bother with checking temperature, although I did at the start. I now know that after 30 minutes on, my slow cooker will be at roughly the right temperature. I then sling the chain in, wait 5 minutes or so, and then take it out and hang it up.
I find that if I wait 20 minutes and then put the chain back on the bike before it is completely cool, I can shortcut the part about needing to articulate each of the links. Be careful in case it is still hot, though. I just stick the chain on, turn the cranks a few times, change gears up and down, and then I'm fine to put the bike away or ride.
I know that Silca do not recommend waxing quick release links, whereas this article does. I personally have waxed them in the past, but will be testing unwaxed quick release links in the future.
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This is tremendously useful - god I love this forum. What are people using for melting? Electric jobby with a thermometer, slow cooker?
Very useful tips on cleaning as well, I try and make a thing of washing the bike and chuck on some music so chain re-waxing the chain each proper wash (few 100km) isn’t a huge deal.
What’s the deal with cleaning the chain before re-waxing?
Fretting enough about this god help me when I find myself I the tubeless thread